February 23 » Cuba leases Guantánamo Bay to the United States "in perpetuity".
June 16 » The Ford Motor Company is incorporated.
July 23 » The Ford Motor Company sells its first car.
September 11 » The first race at the Milwaukee Mile in West Allis, Wisconsin is held. It is the oldest major speedway in the world.
September 27 » The Wreck of the Old 97, an American rail disaster that became the subject of a popular ballad.
October 31 » The Purdue Wreck, a railroad train collision in Indianapolis, kills 17 people, including 14 players of the Purdue University football team.
Day of death October 7, 1941
The temperature on October 7, 1941 was between 9.4 °C and 15.1 °C and averaged 12.5 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
January 19 » World War II: HMSGreyhound and other escorts of convoy AS-12 sink Italian submarine Neghelli with all hands 40 miles (64km) northeast of Falkonera.
April 10 » World War II: The Axis powers establish the Independent State of Croatia.
May 20 » World War II: Battle of Crete: German paratroops invade Crete.
June 8 » World War II: The Allies commence the Syria-Lebanon Campaign against the possessions of Vichy France in the Levant.
September 1 » The Nazis execute 2,500 Jews by shooting in Ostroh, Ukraine.
September 17 » World War II: Soviet forces enter Tehran during the Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran.
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