1941

     

Year 1941 (MCMXLI) was a common year starting on Wenesday (the link will display 1941 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar.

Trivia about 1941

  • This year saw Hitler hit Moscow, Yamamoto hit Pearl Harbor & DiMaggio hit in 56 straight games
  • In this year FDR proclaimed December 15 as Bill of Rights Day; it was the 150th birthday of the document
  • "How Green Was My Valley" won a Best Picture Oscar for this year, the same year "Citizen Kane" was released
  • John Belushi starred as Capt. Wild Bill Kelso in this romp about hysteria gripping America after Pearl Harbor
  • The Reuben James became the first U.S. Navy ship torpedoed & sunk in WWII on Halloween of this year
  • Before "The Blues Brothers", Dan Aykroyd & John Belushi starred in this WWII farce
  • "No matter what happens, the U.S. Navy is not going to be caught napping", said Navy Sec. Frank Knox Dec. 4 of this year
  • (Jimmy of the Clue Crew at Indianapolis Speedway) The Noc-Out Hose Clamp Special was the winning car at Indianapolis in this year; the race was cancelled the next 4 years

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