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Today in World War II History—September 27, 1941

Monday, September 27, 2021 by Sarah Sundin
Liberty ship SS Patrick Henry launching in Baltimore, MD, on Liberty Fleet Day, 27 September 1941 (National Museum of the US Navy: Lot-3452-6)

Liberty ship SS Patrick Henry launching in Baltimore, MD, on Liberty Fleet Day, 27 September 1941 (National Museum of the US Navy: Lot-3452-6)

80 Years Ago—Sept. 27, 1941: Liberty Fleet Day: US launches first 14 Liberty cargo ships, led by SS Patrick Henry in Baltimore, MD.

Germans arrest Alois Eliáš, prime minister of Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, for resistance work; he will become the only head of state to be executed by the Nazis.

New song in Top Ten: “I Don’t Want to Set the World on Fire.”

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