History of 1941

During the year of 1941 the following events have happened in our world's history.

January 03, 1941 - Canada & US acquire air bases in Newfoundland (99 yr lease)
January 06, 1941 - FDR names 4 freedoms (freedom of speech religion; from want fear)
March 11, 1941 - FDR signs Lend-Lease Bill
March 17, 1941 - Natl Gallery of Art opens in Wash DC
March 22, 1941 - Grand Coulee Dam in Wash went into operation
March 28, 1941 - Novelist & critic Virginia Woolf dies
March 31, 1941 - Ground broken for Union Sq Garage
April 01, 1941 - Navy takes over Treasure Island.
April 05, 1941 - Castro and Fillmore streetcars replaced by buses.
April 17, 1941 - Office of Price Administration established (handled rationing)
May 07, 1941 - Cornerstone of B of A building at 300 Montgomery laid
May 15, 1941 - Yanks win 13-1 Joe DiMaggio starts 56 game hitting streak
May 21, 1941 - 1st American ship sunk by a U-boat (Robin Moor)
May 24, 1941 - HMS Hood sunk by German battleship Bismarck
May 27, 1941 - German battleship Bismark sunk by British naval force
June 02, 1941 - Yankee great Lou Gehrig dies at 37
June 06, 1941 - 1st navy vessel constructed as mine layer Terror launched
June 14, 1941 - Ground broken for Boeing Plant II (ex-AFLC Plant 13) Wichita KS
June 16, 1941 - 1st US federally owned airport opened Wash DC
June 22, 1941 - Germany declares war on Russia during WW II
June 29, 1941 - Polish statesman pianist Ignace Paderewski died in NY at 80
June 29, 1941 - DiMaggio extends hitting streak to 42 breaking Sisler's record
July 01, 1941 - 1st coml TV license granted-W2XBS-WNBT (NBC) & WCBW (CBS) NYC
July 01, 1941 - DiMaggio ties Willie Keeler's 44 game hitting streak
July 02, 1941 - DiMaggio breaks Willie Keeler's 44 game hitting streak
July 07, 1941 - US forces land in Iceland to forestall Nazi invasion
July 17, 1941 - Joe DiMaggio's 56 game hitting streak ends
July 20, 1941 - Yanks beat Tigers 12-6 in 17
August 12, 1941 - French Marshal Henri Petain gave full support to Nazi Germany.
August 14, 1941 - Atlantic Charter signed by FDR & Churchill
September 04, 1941 - Yanks beat Red Sox 6-3 & clinch their 12th & earliest pennant
September 11, 1941 - Charles Lindbergh charges `the British the Jewish and the Roosevelt administration' were trying to get the US into WW II
September 12, 1941 - 1st German ship in WW2 captured by US ship (Busko)
September 24, 1941 - 9 Allied govts pledged adherence to the Atlantic Charter
September 27, 1941 - 1st WWII liberty ship freighter Patrick Henry launched
September 28, 1941 - Ted Williams assures his 400 avg on last day with 6 hits
October 05, 1941 - Mickey Owens drops a 3rd strike Tom Hendrick reaches 1st safely
October 06, 1941 - Yanks beat Dodgers 4 games to 1 in the world series
October 16, 1941 - Gordo (by Gus Arriola) 1st appeared in newspapers
October 17, 1941 - 1st American destroyer torpedoed in WW2 the Kearny off Iceland
October 23, 1941 - Walt Disney's "Dumbo" is released
October 26, 1941 - US Savings Bonds go on sale
October 30, 1941 - US Navy destroyer Reuben James torpedoed by Germany
November 13, 1941 - British aircraft carrier Ark Royal sank in Mediterranean
November 15, 1941 - Cow Palace opens in SF
December 07, 1941 - Pearl Harbor attacked (a day that will live in infamy) 1st Japanese submarine sunk by American ship (Ward)
December 08, 1941 - SF 1st blackout at 6:15PM. Also US declares war on Japan
December 09, 1941 - 300 Montgomery opens as new Bank of America HQ
December 11, 1941 - Japanese occupy Guam
December 25, 1941 - Japan announces surrender of British-Canadian garrison at Hong Kong
December 27, 1941 - Japan bombs Manila even though it was declared an `open city'