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September 17, 1941

On September 17, 1941, world War II: A decree of the Soviet State Committee of Defense restores compulsory military training. Michel Roux, Maulana Karenga, Andreas Khol would arrive in the same year.

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1941 (MCMXLI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1941st year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 941st year of the 2nd millennium, the 41st year of the 20th century, and the 2nd year of the 1940s decade.

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On September 17, 1941

  1. 1941 World War II: A decree of the Soviet State Committee of Defense restores compulsory military training.

    System of compulsory military training in the Russian SFSR

    Vsevobuch, a portmanteau for "Universal Military Training", was a system of compulsory military training for men practiced in the Russian SFSR governed by the Chief Administration of Universal Military Training of the People's Commissariat of Military Affairs.

  2. 1941 World War II: Soviet forces enter Tehran during the Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran.

    1941 conflict of World War II

    The Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran, also known as the Anglo-Soviet invasion of Persia or the Allied invasion of Iran, was the joint invasion of the officially neutral Imperial State of Iran by the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union in August 1941. The two powers announced that they would stay until six months after the end of the war with their mutual enemy, Nazi Germany, which turned out to be 2 March 1946. On that date the British began to withdraw, while the Soviet Union delayed until May, initially citing "threats to Soviet security", followed by the Iran crisis of 1946.

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Michel Roux 1941– French-English chef and author (died 2020)
Maulana Karenga 1941– American philosopher, author, and activist, created Kwanzaa
Andreas Khol 1941– German-Austrian lawyer and politician
Lady Elizabeth Shakerley 1941– British party planner, writer and socialite (died 2020)
Dorothy Hyman 1941– English sprinter
Michel Roux 1941– French-English chef and author (died 2020)

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