The Year 1941
History and Politics
World War II: British invade Abyssinis.
Lend-Lease Bill signed in US.
German air raids resumed on London.
German counter-offinsive in North Africa opens.
Rommel attacks Tobruk.
Stalin undisputed head of Soviet government.
Germans invade Crete.
HMS "Hood" sunk, Bismark sunk.
US freezes German and Italian assets in the US.
Germans invade Russia, capture Minsk, Smolensk, Tallinn, and enter Ukraine.
Germans take Kiev, Orel, Odessa, and Kharkov.
RAF bombs Nuremberg.
Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7th.
US and Britian declair war on Japan Dec. 8th.
Japanese invades the Phillippines.
Germany and Italy declare war on the US.
US declares war on Germany and Italy.
Hong Kong surrenders to Japanese.
President Roosevelt appoints James F. Byrnes and Robert H. Jackson to the Supreme Court.
Science, Technology, Growth
Donald Bailey invents the portable military bridge.
Hans Haas begins underwater photography.
"Manhattan Project" of intensive atomic research begins.
Whinfield and Dickson invent dacron.
Ferry Command aircraft crosses Atlantic from the West in 8 hours 23 minutes.
Edwin McMillan and Glenn T. Seaborg (US) discover plutonium (atomic munber 94).
Construction of Gatun Locks, Panama Canal begins.
Grand Coulee Dam, Washington, starts operation.
Rainbow Bridge over Niagara Falls, N.Y. opens.
Daly Life
British Air Raid Precaution recognized as Civil Defense.
Clothes rationing starts in Britian.
American Bowling Congress Hall of Fame established.
Joe DiMaggio hits safely in 56 consecutive games, a major league record.
US Supreme Court upholds Federal Wage and Hour Law.
Jeannette Rankin casts sole vote in Congress against war on Japan after Pearl Harbor attack.
US Lawn Tennis won by Bobby Riggs, women's won by Sarah Palfrey Cooke.
US Golf Assc. won by Marvin Ward, Open by Craig Wood.
"Whirlaway" Eddie Arcaro up, wins Belmont, Preakness, and Kentucy Derby.
Lou Gehrig, baseball player dies.
Monument over Time Capsule, to be opened in 6939 sealed
at site of 1939 New York World's Fair, is dedicated.
Nwe York (AL) wins World Series from Brooklyn (NL), 4-1.
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