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Events from the year 1941 in the United Kingdom.
[edit] Events
- January 19 - British troops attack Italian-held Eritrea.
- January 21 - World War II: Australian and British forces attack Tobruk, Libya.
- 21 January - the British communist newspaper Daily Worker suppressed.[1]
- January 22 - British troops capture Tobruk from the Italians.
- 1 February - Air Training Corps formed. [1]
- February 19 - The start of the "three nights' Blitz" over Swansea, South Wales.
- March 29 - Battle of Cape Matapan - Off the Peloponnesus coast in the Mediterranean, British naval forces defeat those of Italy sinking five warships. Battle started on March 27.
- April 21 - Greece capitulates. British troops withdraw to Crete.
- May 10 - The House of Commons is damaged by the Luftwaffe in an air raid.
- May 10 - Rudolf Hess parachutes into Scotland claiming to be on a peace mission.
- May 15 - First British jet aircraft, the Gloster E.28/39, is flown.
- May 24 - In the North Atlantic, the German battleship Bismarck sinks the HMS Hood killing all but three crewman on what was the pride of the Royal Navy.
- May 26 - World War II: In the North Atlantic, Fairey Swordfish aircraft from the carrier HMS Ark Royal fatally cripple the German battleship Bismarck in torpedo attack.
- June 4 - Britain invades Iraq, the pro-Axis government there is overthrown.
- August 9 - Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill meet at Argentia, Newfoundland. The Atlantic Charter is created as a result.
- November 13 - The aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal is hit by German U-boat U-81, it capsizes and sinks the next day
- December 10- Sinking of Prince of Wales and Repulse- Two Royal Navy battleships, the HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse are sunk by Japanese aircraft.
- December 27 - Winston Churchill becomes the first British Prime Minister to address a Joint session of the U.S. Congress
- December 27 - British Commandos raid the Norwegian port of Vaagso, causing Hitler to reinforce the garrison and defenses
[edit] Births
- January 5 - Kevin Keelan, English footballer
- January 7 - Iona Brown, British violinist and conductor (d. 2004)
- January 7 - John E. Walker, English chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
- January 8 - Graham Chapman, British comedian (d. 1989)
- January 12 - Long John Baldry British singer (d. 2005)
- January 26 - Henry Jaglom, English director
- January 27 - Beatrice Tinsley, English astronomer
- February 10 - Michael Apted, English film director
- February 26 - Tony Ray-Jones, British photographer (d. 1972)
- February 27 - Paddy Ashdown, British Liberal Democrat politician
- March 4 - Adrian Lyne, English film director
- March 26 - Richard Dawkins, British scientist
- April 12 - Bobby Moore, English football player and World Cup winning captain (d. 1993)
- April 14 - Julie Christie, British actress
- April 23 - Ed Stewart, English disc jockey
- June 8 - Robert Bradford, Northern Irish footballer and politician (d. 1981)
- July 11 - Tommy Vance, English disc jockey (d. 2005)
- September 10 - Christopher Hogwood, English conductor
- October 4 - Jackie Collins, British writer
- October 20 - Anneke Wills, British actress
- November 18 - David Hemmings, English actor (d. 2003)
- 5 December - Sheridan Morley, theatre critic (d. 2007)
- December 18 - Prince William of Gloucester
- December 24 - John Levene, British actor
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