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Nomura and Kurusu indicate talks will continue
Mikhailovitch forces in counter-attack, Uzice area; press battles south of Belgrade; Brit Libyan victory seen as aiding delivery of war materials to Serbs
Survey of OPM curtailment in output of tetraethyl lead repts likely effect on motor fuel, U S
passed by House; amendment to cut lease-lend aid rejected
Brit declares war on Finland, Hungary and Rumania
1941Helen Cornelius, American country singer-songwriter and actress (died 2025)[†]
Helen Lorene Cornelius, was an American country singer-songwriter, best remembered for a series of hit duets with Jim Ed Brown, many of which reached the U.S. country singles top ten during the late 1970s and early 1980s.
1941Bruce Nauman, American sculptor and illustrator[†]
Bruce Nauman is an American artist. His practice spans a broad range of media including sculpture, photography, neon, video, drawing, printmaking, and performance. Nauman lives near Galisteo, New Mexico.
1941Richard Speck, American murderer (died 1991)[†]
Richard Benjamin Speck was an American mass murderer who killed eight student nurses in their South Deering, Chicago, residence via stabbing, strangling, slashing their throats, or a combination of the three on the night of July 13–14, 1966. Speck also raped one victim before killing her. A ninth potential victim, student nurse Corazon Amurao, survived by hiding beneath a bed.
1941Bill Thomas, American academic and politician[†]
William Marshall Thomas is an American politician. He was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1979 to 2007, finishing his tenure representing California's 22nd congressional district and as the Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee.
1941World War II: Camp X opens in Canada to begin training Allied secret agents for the war.[†]
World War II or the Second World War was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers. Nearly all of the world's countries participated, with many nations mobilising all resources in pursuit of total war. Tanks and aircraft played major roles, enabling the strategic bombing of cities and delivery of the first and only nuclear weapons ever used in war. World War II is the deadliest conflict in history, causing the death of 70 to 85 million people, more than half of whom were civilians. Millions died in genocides, including the Holocaust, and by massacres, starvation, and disease. After the Allied victory, Germany, Austria, Japan, and Korea were occupied, and German and Japanese leaders were tried for war crimes.