Editing 1941 (section)

===September===
{{Main|September 1941}}
* September
** The word "[[Teenager (word)|Teenager]]" is first recorded in print as a singular conjoined noun, in ''[[Popular Science]]'' magazine (U.S.)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.englishproject.org/april-teen-speak|title=Teen Speak|work=The English Project|date=April 2008|accessdate=2024-06-28}}</ref>
** WWII: The [[Royal Scots Greys]], stationed in the Middle East, receive their first tanks, being the last of the [[cavalry regiments of the British Army]] to have abandoned horses for combat operations.<ref>{{cite book|first=Charles|last=Grant|title=Royal Scots Greys|location=Reading|publisher=Osprey|year=1972|isbn=0850450594|page=34}}</ref>
* [[September 3]] &ndash; [[The Holocaust]]: ''[[SS]]-[[Hauptsturmführer]]'' [[Karl Fritzsch]] first uses the pesticide [[Zyklon B]] to execute [[Soviet]] [[prisoners of war]] ''en masse'' at [[Auschwitz concentration camp]]; eventually it will be used to kill about 1.2&nbsp;million people.
* [[September 6]] &ndash; [[The Holocaust]]: The requirement to wear a [[yellow badge]] with the [[Star of David]] and the word "Jew" (''Jude'') inscribed, is extended to all Jews over the age of 6 in German-occupied areas.
* [[September 8]] &ndash; WWII: [[Siege of Leningrad]] &ndash; German forces begin a siege against the [[Soviet Union]]'s second-largest city, [[Saint Petersburg|Leningrad]]. Stalin orders the [[Volga German]]s deported to Siberia.
* [[September 11]]
** WWII: [[Charles Lindbergh]] delivers his [[Des Moines speech]] at an [[America First Committee]] rally in [[Des Moines, Iowa]], accusing "the British, the Jewish, and the Roosevelt administration" of leading the United States toward war. Widespread condemnation of Lindbergh follows.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Dunn |first=Susan |title=1940: FDR, Willkie, Lindbergh, Hitler—the Election amid the Storm |publisher=[[Yale University Press]] |year=2013 |isbn=9780300205749 |pages=301–303}}</ref>
** The [[Medvedev Forest massacre]] of political prisoners takes place, at the [[Oryol Prison]] in the Soviet Union.
** Construction on [[the Pentagon]] begins in [[Washington, D.C.]]
* [[September 12]]
** WWII: The first snowfall is reported on the Russian front.
** Franklin Roosevelt gives one of his [[fireside chats]], on the [[USS Greer (DD-145)|USS ''Greer'']] incident.
* [[September 14]] &ndash; The State of [[Vermont]] "declares war" on Germany, by defining the United States to be in "armed conflict", in order to extend a wartime bonus to Vermonters in the service.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://archive.boston.com/lifestyle/articles/2011/09/14/this_day_in_history/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130118101637/http://articles.boston.com/2011-09-14/lifestyle/30156127_1_actor-adam-lamberg-actor-walter-koenig-danielle-peck|archive-date=2013-01-18|title=Vermont declares war on Germany|newspaper=Boston.com |url-status=live|publisher=}}</ref>
* [[September 15]] &ndash; The [[Estonian Self-Administration]], headed by [[Hjalmar Mäe]], is appointed by the German military administration.
* [[September 16]] &ndash; [[Rezā Shāh]] of [[Pahlavi Iran|Iran]] is forced to resign in favor of his son [[Mohammad Reza Pahlavi]], under pressure from the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union, concluding the [[Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran]].
* [[September 16]]–[[September 30|30]] &ndash; The [[Nikolaev massacre]] takes place in [[Mykolaiv]] (Soviet Union); 35,782 men, women and children, mostly Jews, are killed by ''[[Einsatzgruppe D]]'' and local collaborators.
* [[September 22]] &ndash; The town of [[Reshetylivka]] in the [[Soviet Union]] is occupied by German forces.
* [[September 23]] &ndash; The [[1941 Texas hurricane]] makes landfall near [[Bay City, Texas]], causing extensive damage and flooding in [[Galveston, Texas|Galveston]] and [[Houston]].
* [[September 27]]
** WWII: The [[National Liberation Front (Greece)]] (the main [[Greek Resistance]] movement) is established, and [[Georgios Siantos]] is appointed its first acting leader.
** The first [[liberty ship]], the {{SS|Patrick Henry}}, is launched at [[Baltimore]].
* [[September 28]] &ndash; WWII: The [[Drama Uprising]] against the [[Bulgaria]]n [[Axis occupation of Greece|occupation]] in northern Greece begins.
* [[September 29]] &ndash; WWII: The [[Moscow Conference (1941)|Moscow Conference]] begins; U.S. representative [[Averell Harriman]] and British representative [[Max Aitken, Lord Beaverbrook|Lord Beaverbrook]] meet with Soviet foreign minister [[Vyacheslav Molotov]], to arrange urgent assistance for Russia.
* [[September 29]]–[[September 30|30]] &ndash; [[The Holocaust]]: [[Babi Yar massacre]] &ndash; German troops, assisted by Ukrainian police and local collaborators, kill 33,771 Jews in Kyiv.