December 1941 calendar

Events

• 01 Dec 1941 British cruiser Devonshire sinks German sub Python
• 02 Dec 1941 Largest roller-skating rink (outside of New York City) opens in Peekskill, New York.
• 04 Dec 1941 The State of Jefferson is declared in Yreka, California, with judge John Childs as a governor.
• 05 Dec 1941 US aircraft carrier Lexington and five heavy cruisers leave Pearl Harbor.
• 06 Dec 1941 Dutch and British pilots see Japanese invasion fleet at Singapore.
• 07 Dec 1941 Australian bombers land on Timor / Ambon
• 08 Dec 1941 Destruction Camp Chelmo opens
• 09 Dec 1941 1st US WWII bombing mission in Far East, Luzon, Philippines
• 10 Dec 1941 British battleship Prince of Wales sinks off Singapore
• 11 Dec 1941 Germany and Italy declare war on US
• 12 Dec 1941 European reservists on Java mobilizes.
• 13 Dec 1941 U-81 torpedoes British aircraft carrier Ark Royal
• 14 Dec 1941 Premier Winston Churchill travels to US on board HMS Duke of York
• 15 Dec 1941 Gas / electrical use restricted in Holland
• 16 Dec 1941 World War II: Japanese forces occupy Miri, Sarawak
• 17 Dec 1941 German submarine U-31 sunk
• 18 Dec 1941 German submarine U-434 sinks
• 19 Dec 1941 German submarine U-574 sinks
• 20 Dec 1941 Japanese troops lands on Mindanao.
• 21 Dec 1941 German submarine U-567 sinks
• 22 Dec 1941 Premier Winston Churchill arrives in Washington, DC
• 23 Dec 1941 American forces on Wake Island surrender to Japanese
• 24 Dec 1941 (about 0930 hours) US forces on Wake Island surrender to the Japanese.
• 25 Dec 1941 Japan announces surrender of British-Canadian garrison at Hong Kong
• 26 Dec 1941 Winston Churchill becomes first British Prime Minister to address a joint meeting of US Congress, warning that the Axis would "stop at nothing".
• 27 Dec 1941 Siberia: Dmitri Sjostakovitsj completes his 7th Symphony
• 28 Dec 1941 State of siege goes into effect in Bohemia / Moravia
• 29 Dec 1941 Japanese forces begin an attack on Corregidor, Philippines.
• 30 Dec 1941 Nazibezetters oblige artsen member to become of Artsenkamer
• 31 Dec 1941 Young Park (2) in the Bronx named in honor of Samuel Young

Famous Birthday

• Alex Ferguson

  Scottish soccer player, the most successful player during the 1990s.

• Sarah Miles

  British actress who was first noted in the U.S.

• Maurice White

  American musician, a singer, percussionist and sessions drummer with Motown and Chess labels.

• Richard Speck

  American homicide, a mass murderer who gained entry to a dorm for student nurses, knifing and strangling eight and raping one on 7/14/1966.

• Beau Bridges

  American actor from a noted family, the son of Lloyd Bridges and brother of eight-year-younger Jeff Bridges.

• Catherine Tasca

  French politician, a member of the Senate of France, representing the Yvelines department.

• Serge Reding

  Belgian weightlifter, the world champion dumbbell lifter.

• Jean Gachassin

  French rugby player, nicknamed ‘’Peter Pan’’ due to his small size.

• François Barcelo
• Fionnula Flanagan

  Dublin, Ireland -- Actress (Rich Man Poor Man).

• Noël Le Graët
• Jean-Claude Bouillon

  French actor.

• Jean Vila
• André Lacrampe

  French Roman Catholic clergyman, an Archbishop of Besançon.

• Lesley Stahl

  American newscaster, the co-editor of CBS' "60 Minutes" as of 3/21/1991.

• Gilbert Meyer
• Maaike Jansen
• Mary Alice

  Indianola, Mississippi -- Newscaster (CBS, Lettie-Different World).

• John Davidson (entertainer)
• Sener Sen
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Famous Deaths

• Leopoldo Mugnone

  Composer, dies at 83.

• Johann Christian August Sinding

  Composer, dies at 85.

• Cecil Forsyth

  Composer, dies at 71.

• Iida

  Japanese pilot / lt, dies in battle at 28.

• Sigwart Aspestrand

  Composer, dies at 85.

• Dmitry Merezhkovsky

  Russian writer and philosopher (Born 1865).

• Colin Kelly

  American pilot (Born 1915).

• John Gillespie Magee

  Jr.

• Igor Severyanin

  Russian poet (Born 1887).

• Leonard "Leo" Polak

  Dutch philosopher, dies in Sachsenhausen at age 61.

• L M Dovator

  Russian general, dies in battle.

• Among the 2

  400 dead from the attack on Pearl Harbor.

• Charles Emile Picard

  French mathematician (Born 1856).

• Cesar Basa

  Philippine Air Force and World War II hero (Born 1915).

• Tullio Levi-Civita

  Italian professor, mathematician and researcher on pure geometry, hydrodynamics, absolute differential calculus and tensor calculus.

• Pavel Filonov

  Russian painter and poet (d. 1941).

• Siegfried Alkan

  German composer (Born 1858).

• El Lissitzky

  Russian photographer and architect (d. 1941).

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Woody Herman & His Orchestra - Blues in the Night
2. Woody Herman & His Orchestra - By-U By-O (The Lou'siana Lullaby)
3. Bing Crosby - Shepherd Serenade
4. Charlie Spivak & His Orchestra - This Is No Laughing Matter
5. Kay Kyser & His Orchestra - (There'll be Bluebirds Over) The White Cliffs of Dover