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Armistice sent to London and Vichy for ratification; French hosp ship arrives Marseilles from Beirut
1941Maulana Karenga, American philosopher, author, and activist, created Kwanzaa[†]
Maulana Ndabezitha Karenga, previously known as Ron Karenga, is an American activist, author and professor of Africana studies, best known as the creator of the pan-African and African-American holiday of Kwanzaa.
1941Andreas Khol, German-Austrian lawyer and politician[†]
Andreas Khol is an Austrian politician of the centre-conservative Austrian People's Party, President of the National Council from 2002 to 2006.