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July 1941
The following events occurred in July 1941: July 1, 1941 (Tuesday) * The Battle of Palmyra was fought in Syria, resulting in Allied victory. * German and Finnish forces launched Operation Arctic Fox, aimed at capturing Salla. * German forces captured Riga. * was bombed in Brest harbour by the Royal Air Force and severely damaged. * The Vichy government froze Soviet assets in France. * The Massacre of Lviv professors began. * Joe DiMaggio of the New York Yankees tied the 44-year old hitting streak record of Wee Willie Keeler by hitting safely in both games of a doubleheader against the Boston Red Sox, extending the streak to 44 consecutive games. * Full U.S. commercial television service began from the NBC station WNBT in New York City. The first official paid television advertisement was for Bulova watches and cost the advertiser $9. * German submarine '' U-131'' was commissioned. * Born: Alfred G. Gilman, pharmacologist, biochemist and Nobel laureate, in New Haven, Connect ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
July 1
Events Pre-1600 * 69 – Tiberius Julius Alexander orders his Roman legions in Alexandria to swear allegiance to Vespasian as Emperor. * 552 – Battle of Taginae: Byzantine forces under Narses defeat the Ostrogoths in Italy, and the Ostrogoth king, Totila, is mortally wounded. *1097 – Battle of Dorylaeum: Crusaders led by prince Bohemond of Taranto defeat a Seljuk army led by sultan Kilij Arslan I. * 1431 – The Battle of La Higueruela takes place in Granada, leading to a modest advance of the Kingdom of Castile during the Reconquista. * 1520 – Spanish conquistadors led by Hernán Cortés fight their way out of Tenochtitlan after nightfall. * 1523 – Jan van Essen and Hendrik Vos become the first Lutheran martyrs, burned at the stake by Roman Catholic authorities in Brussels. * 1569 – Union of Lublin: The Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania confirm a real union; the united country is called the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
German Submarine U-131 (1941)
German submarine ''U-131'' was a Type IXC U-boat of Nazi Germany's ''Kriegsmarine'' during World War II. Built at the DeSchiMAG AG Weser shipyard in Bremen, she was Keel laying, laid down on 1 September 1940, Ceremonial ship launching, launched on 1 April 1941, and Ship commissioning, commissioned on 1 July 1941, with ''Korvettenkapitän'' Arend Baumann in command. Design German Type IX submarine#Type IXC, German Type IXC submarines were slightly larger than the original German Type IXB submarine, Type IXBs. ''U-131'' had a displacement of when at the surface and while submerged. The U-boat had a total length of , a pressure hull length of , a beam (nautical), beam of , a height of , and a draught (ship), draught of . The submarine was powered by two MAN SE, MAN M 9 V 40/46 supercharged four-stroke, nine-cylinder diesel engines producing a total of for use while surfaced, two Siemens-Schuckert 2 GU 345/34 Motor–generator, double-acting electric motors producing a total of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
