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Significant Events of 1941

This quiz tests your knowledge on important events and figures from the year 1941, pivotal in the context of World War II and cultural history.

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1 January 5 – ________, Japanese filmmaker

2 ________ is subsequently pushed back over 200 miles.

3 ________ – Antoni Łomnicki, Polish mathematician (b.

4 ________ – Menzies Campbell, British politician

5 July 17 – ________'s 56 game hitting streak ends.

6 ________ – Louis Chevrolet, Swiss-born automobile builder and race car driver (b.

7 ________ – In Washington, D.C., the National Gallery of Art is officially opened by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

8 October 18 – General ________ becomes the 40th Prime Minister of Japan.

9 ________ – World War II: The first snowfall is reported on the Russian front.

10 ________ – Winston Churchill, in a worldwide broadcast, tells the United States to show its support by sending arms to the British: "Give us the tools, and we will finish the job."

💡 Interesting Facts

  • the Pensacola Convoy, which in 1941 carried the first United States soldiers to be based in Australia, was planned initially to reinforce Allied forces defending the Philippines.
  • the American Thanksgiving holiday was moved a week earlier from 1939—1941 because of The Great Depression and was referred to as Franksgiving after President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
  • the Soviet pop singer Klavdiya Shulzhenko performed more than 500 concerts in besieged Leningrad in 1941 and 1942.
  • the first time in World War II submersible tanks were used was on June 22, 1941, by German tanks of the 18th Panzer-Division.
  • tickets bought for the ceremonial opening of Kiev Republican Stadium scheduled for June 22, 1941 were still valid 7 years later, as the event was "postponed until after the Victory" due to the Nazi invasion to the USSR.
  • the song "Deep in the Heart of Texas" was first recorded by Perry Como in 1941.
  • Kabloona (1941) is a classic account of a Frenchman's life among Canadian Inuit.
  • Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb led the successful German assault on Leningrad in 1941, but was relieved of duty by a distrustful Hitler.
  • American Jesuit priest Walter Ciszek was imprisioned by the Soviet Union between 1941 and 1963, and sentenced to 15 years hard labor, six of which were spent in Moscow's infamous Lubyanka prison.
  • Delta Sigma Theta Sorority founder Myra Hemmings starred, co-produced and co-directed the 1941 film Go Down, Death! The Story Of Jesus and the Devil.
  • Gordon Canfield is remembered as the "Father of the United States Coast Guard Reserve" because he first introduced and spearheaded the legislation for the reserve component's creation in 1941.
  • Igo Sym, one of the most popular actors of interbellum Poland, was executed in 1941 by the Polish resistance for cooperating with German occupiers.
  • Israfil Mamedov, the first Azeri Hero of the Soviet Union, killed about seventy Germans, including three officers, during the Battle of Moscow on December 3, 1941.
  • DC Comics sued Fawcett Comics in 1941 over Fawcett's Captain Marvel being a Superman rip-off, and the resulting National Comics Publications v. Fawcett Publications lawsuit took thirteen years to settle.
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