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September 4, 1941 (Thursday) [] The Greer incident occurred in the North Atlantic when the German submarine U-652 fired a torpedo at the American destroyer USS Greer, perhaps believing that the American ship had launched an attack that had actually come from a British bomber. The Finnish conquest of East Karelia began.
September 11 – World War II: Charles Lindbergh, at an America First Committee rally in Des Moines, Iowa, accuses "the British, the Jewish, and the Roosevelt administration" of leading the United States toward war. Widespread condemnation of Lindbergh follows. September 27 – The first liberty ship, the SS Patrick Henry, is launched at Baltimore.
2 January: German bombers bomb Ireland for the second night in a row. 2–4 January: Bardia is bombed by British bombers and bombarded by naval vessels off shore. 3 January: RAF bombers attack Bremen and the Kiel Canal in Germany. The Kiel Canal Bridge suffers a direct hit and collapses on Finnish ship Yrsa.
September 11 is the 254th day of the ... defeat of its history and the Rhine is established as the border ... within the United Kingdom. 2001 – The September 11 ...
Clark International Airport (IATA: CRK, ICAO: RPLC) — known as Diosdado Macapagal International Airport from 2003 to 2014 — is an international airport covering portions of the cities of Angeles and Mabalacat within the Clark Freeport and Special Economic Zone in the province of Pampanga, Philippines. It is located 80 kilometers (50 mi) [ 6 ...
15 August – first personnel of the Government Code and Cypher School move to Bletchley Park. 19 August – Sir Malcolm Campbell sets the water speed record in Blue Bird K4 on Coniston Water. 23 August–2 September – most paintings from the National Gallery in London are evacuated to Wales. [17]
The "Day of Infamy" speech, sometimes referred to as the Infamy speech, was a speech delivered by Franklin D. Roosevelt, the 32nd president of the United States, to a joint session of Congress on December 8, 1941. The previous day, the Empire of Japan attacked United States military bases at Pearl Harbor and the Philippines, and declared war on ...
21–22 January – World War II: start of Operation Steinbock (the "Baby Blitz"), a nocturnal Luftwaffe bombing offensive chiefly targeted at the Greater London area (continues until May). On this attack, few aircraft reach the target area. [1] 10 February – PAYE (pay as you earn) system of tax collection introduced.