(Saturday, March 15, 1941) — “Song of the Volga Boatmen” by Glenn Miller peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard Best Selling Singles chart for one week.
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Category Archives: 1940s
FDR signs Lend-Lease bill providing war supplies to countries fighting Axis powers 80 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Mar 11 1941)
Video: 'Roosevelt Signs! (1941)'
(Tuesday, March 11, 1941, 3:50 p.m. EST; during World War II) — President Franklin D. Roosevelt today signed into law the Lend-Lease bill, which was mainly aimed at helping Britain, then virtually alone in fighting Nazi Germany during a critical phase of World War II. Continue reading FDR signs Lend-Lease bill providing war supplies to countries fighting Axis powers 80 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Mar 11 1941)
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February Strike begins in the Netherlands to protest anti-Jewish measures of Nazi occupiers 80 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 25 1941)
Video: 'The World at War: Occupation: Holland - 1940-1944 (18 of 26)' (February Strike at 14:20)
(Tuesday, February 25, 1941; during the era of The Holocaust, part of World War II) — The February Strike, a general strike in the German-occupied Netherlands organized by the then-outlawed Communist Party of the Netherlands in defense of persecuted Dutch Jews, began today following a series of arrests and pogroms held by the Germans in the Jewish neighborhood of Jodenbuurt in Amsterdam.
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U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney born in Lincoln, Nebraska 80 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 30 1941)
Video: 'Dick Cheney - A Heartbeat Away'
(Thursday, January 30, 1941) — Dick Cheney, the 46th vice president of the United States who served during the administration of President George W. Bush (2001-2009), was born Richard Bruce Cheney today in Lincoln, Nebraska.
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FDR inaugurated for unprecedented third term, Henry A. Wallace as 33rd VP 80 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 20 1941)
Video: 'President Roosevelt's Inauguration On Sleeve As President Roosevelts (1941)'
(Monday, January 20, 1941, 12:11 p.m. EST) — President Franklin D. Roosevelt, 58, was inaugurated today for an unprecedented third term of office on the East Portico of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., with Chief Justice Charles Hughes administering the oath of office.
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FDR outlines ‘Four Freedoms’ in State of the Union address 80 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 6 1941)
Video: 'Four Freedoms Speech'
(Monday, January 6, 1941, 2:00 p.m. EST; during World War II) — U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt delivered his Four Freedoms speech today before a joint session of the new 77th Congress, proposing four fundamental freedoms that all the people of the world ought to enjoy: freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want and freedom from fear.
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‘We must be the great arsenal of democracy,’ FDR declares 80 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 29 1940)
Video: 'Roosevelt Speaking About Cancer Of Nazis And Aid To Britain (1940)'
(Sunday, December 29, 1940, 9:30-10:00 p.m. EST; during World War II) — In a radio “fireside chat” directed primarily to the American people but broadcast throughout the world, President Franklin D. Roosevelt tonight promised to help the United Kingdom fight Nazi Germany by providing them with war supplies.
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‘The Second Great Fire of London has begun,’ American correspondent declares 80 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 29 1940)
Video: 'LONDON FIRE BRIGADE DURING BATTLE OF BRITAIN MOVIE 28232A'
(Sunday, December 29, 1940, shortly after 6:00-10:30 p.m. BST; during the Second Great Fire of London, part of the Blitz, part of the Strategic bombing campaign of World War II) — London suffered its most devastating air raid when Germans dropped incendiary bombs tonight, setting off what came to be known as “The Second Great Fire of London.”
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‘Frenesi’ by Artie Shaw peaks at #1 in USA 80 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 21 1940)
(Saturday, December 21, 1940) — “Frenesi” by Artie Shaw and His Orchestra peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard Best Selling Singles chart for 13 non-consecutive weeks (Dec. 21/28, 1940, Jan. 4/11/18/25, Feb. 1/8/15/22, Mar. 1/8/22, 1941).
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Germans seal off Warsaw Ghetto, cutting off 380,000 Jews 80 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 15 1940)
Video: '912 days of the Warsaw Ghetto' (Nov. 15, 1940, at 5:53)
(Friday, November 15, 1940; during The Holocaust, part of World War II) — The Warsaw Ghetto in occupied Poland, the largest of all the Nazi ghettos during World War II, was officially sealed today by a 9.8-foot high wall topped with barbed wire, cutting off 380,000 Jews from the rest of the world. Continue reading Germans seal off Warsaw Ghetto, cutting off 380,000 Jews 80 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 15 1940)
