Citizen Kane
Release year: 1941
Directed by: Orson Welles
Starring: Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Dorothy Comingore, Agnes Moorehead
Country: United States of America
April 1941 calendar
Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened in April 1941.
The US president was Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democrat), the UK Prime Minister was Winston Churchill (Conservative), Pope Pius XII was leading the Catholic Church.
But much more happened on April 1941: find out below
Historical Events
Which were the important events of April 1941?
Events
- 01 Apr 1941 Pro-German Rashid Ali al-Ghailani grabs power in Iraq.
- 02 Apr 1941 USS Hornet with Jimmy Doolittles B-25 departs from San Francisco
- 03 Apr 1941 Churchill warns Stalin of German invasion
- 04 Apr 1941 German troops conquer Banghazi.
- 05 Apr 1941 In SF, Castro and Fillmore streetcars replaced by buses
- 06 Apr 1941 Begin oper Bestrafung-Germany bomb attacks Belgrade
- 08 Apr 1941 Joe Louis TKOs Tony Musto in 9 rounds for heavyweight boxing title.
- 09 Apr 1941 PGA establishes Golf Hall of Fame.
- 10 Apr 1941 In Washington, USA, a treaty is signed with the Danish government for the US to take over protection of Greenland.
- 11 Apr 1941 Jewish Weekly newspaper taken control by Nazis
- 12 Apr 1941 WWII: German troops enter Belgrade.
- 13 Apr 1941 Russian-Japan no-attack treaty goes into effect
- 14 Apr 1941 King Peter leaves Yugoslavia.
- 15 Apr 1941 First helicopter flight of one hour duration, Stratford, Connecticut.
- 16 Apr 1941 Little Theater at Adelphi Strand closes.
- 17 Apr 1941 British troop land in Iraq / Yugoslavia; surrender to Nazis
- 18 Apr 1941 WWII: Prime Minister of Greece Alexandros Koryzis commits suicide as German troops approach Athens.
- 19 Apr 1941 45th Boston Marathon won by Leslie Pawson of Rhode Island in 2:30:38.
- 20 Apr 1941 Dodgers start to wear liners in their caps
- 21 Apr 1941 Greece surrenders to Nazi-Germany
- 23 Apr 1941 Greece Army surrenders to German Nazis RAF brings Greek King George II to Egypt
- 24 Apr 1941 Dutch Prince Bernhard becomes a British Royal Air Force pilot.
- 25 Apr 1941 Operation Merkur: Hitler orders conquest of Kreta
- 26 Apr 1941 A tradition begins, first organ at a baseball stadium (Chicago Cubs).
- 27 Apr 1941 German troops occupy Athens, Greece.
- 28 Apr 1941 Last British troops in Greece surrender.
- 30 Apr 1941 Spread of Judaism begins in Croatia.
Famous Birthday
Swedish-American actress, singer and dancer; onscreen since 1962.
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French writer, publicist and film director.
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British actress born in India, educated in Paris and stage actress in London, 1948.
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American actor on screen and TV after first working as a movie stuntman.
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Famous Deaths
Premier Hungary.
Prime Minister Hungary (1920-21, 39-41), suicide at 61.
Prime Minister of Greece, commits suicide.
Austrian composer and pedagogue (Born 1878).
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Movies
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Penny Serenade
Release year: 1941
Directed by: George Stevens
Starring: Cary Grant, Irene Dunne, Beulah Bondi, Edgar Buchanan
Country: United States of America
A Woman's Face
Release year: 1941
Directed by: George Cukor
Starring: Joan Crawford, Melvyn Douglas, Conrad Veidt, Osa Massen
That Uncertain Feeling
Release year: 1941
Directed by: Ernst Lubitsch
Starring: Merle Oberon, Melvyn Douglas, Burgess Meredith, Alan Mowbray
Border Vigilantes
Release year: 1941
Directed by: Derwin Abrahams
Starring: William Boyd, Russell Hayden, Andy Clyde, Frances Gifford