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Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened in July 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 July 1941: find out below

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Historical Events

Which were the important events of July 1941?

Events

  • 01 Jul 1941 WCBW (now WCBS) TV channel 2 in NY, New York (CBS) begins broadcasting
  • 02 Jul 1941 Earthquake hits Palestine
  • 03 Jul 1941 WWII: Joseph Stalin, in his first address since the German invasion, calls upon the Soviet people to carry out a quotscorched earthquot policy of resistance to the bitter end.
  • 04 Jul 1941 Latvia partisans shoot 416 Jews dead
  • 05 Jul 1941 German occupiers disband political parties
  • 06 Jul 1941 New York Yankees unveil a monument to Lou Gehrig in centerfield.
  • 07 Jul 1941 Nazis executed 5,000 Jews in Kovono Lithuania
  • 08 Jul 1941 9th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 7-5 at Briggs Stadium, Detroit
  • 10 Jul 1941 In Black Moshannon Park, Pennsylvania, USA, a meteorite falls to the ground without causing harm or damage.
  • 11 Jul 1941 German troops attack Dnjepr
  • 13 Jul 1941 24th PGA Championship: Vic Ghezzi at Cherry Hills Country Club - Denver
  • 14 Jul 1941 6,000 Lithuanian Jews are exterminated at Viszalsyan Camp
  • 15 Jul 1941 Florey and Heatley present freeze dried mold cultures (Pencillin).
  • 16 Jul 1941 Joe DiMaggio hits safely for the 56th consecutive game, a streak that still stands as an MLB record.
  • 17 Jul 1941 WWII: A BBC broadcast by ampquotColonel Brittonampquot calls on the people of occupied Europe to resist the Nazis under the slogan ampquotV for Victoryampquot.
  • 18 Jul 1941 SS drowns 40 Jews in Dvina River, Belorussia
  • 19 Jul 1941 President Franklin Roosevelt appoints FEP Committee.
  • 20 Jul 1941 Yanks beat Tigers 12-6 in 17
  • 21 Jul 1941 200 Jewish Torahs are burned in Ukraine
  • 23 Jul 1941 WWII Italian planes damege the destroyer HMS Fearless (H67) which has to be sunk by the British.
  • 24 Jul 1941 FDR demands Japanese troops out of Indo-China
  • 25 Jul 1941 FDR bans selling benzine / gasoline to Japan
  • 26 Jul 1941 Camp Amersfoort opened by Germany occupiers
  • 27 Jul 1941 German army enters Ukraine
  • 30 Jul 1941 German occupiers forbid SDAP, VDB, ARP, RKSP, CHU and SGP in the Netherlands
  • 31 Jul 1941 U-boats sink 21 allied ships this month: 94,000 ton
  • 06 Jul 1941 World War II: The German army launches its offensive to encircle several Soviet armies near Smolensk.

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