September 21st, 1941 (SUNDAY)
LATVIA: Soviet troops evacuate the capital, Riga, and the Germans capture the key naval base at Oesel.
U.S.S.R.: The Baltic Red Fleet at
Kronstadt is attacked by 180 Luftwaffe Stuka which dive bombers sink or damage nine ships,
including battleship Marat, which settles on the bottom after losing its bow by
a 1000 kg bomb hit.
Soviet destroyer Frunze sunk by German
JU-87 aircraft in the Black Sea.
The Soviet 37th Army surrenders to the Germans giving the Germans Kiev. Meanwhile, the German 11th Army reaches the Sea of Azoz, cutting off the Crimean Peninsula.
CHINA: There is a total eclipse of the sun.
U.S.A.: Congress passes the Revenue Act of 1941 increases the taxes paid by Americans.
The first of 2,751 Liberty ships, SS Patrick Henry, Maritime Commission Hull 14, is launched at the Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyards Inc. in Baltimore, Maryland.
ATLANTIC OCEAN:
U-201 sank SS Lissa, SS
Rhineland and Runa in Convoy OG-74.