1941

Centuries: Year in Review 20th Century

19th century - 20th century - 21st century

Decades: 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s - 1940s - 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s

Years: 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 - 1941 - 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946

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Births

• January 5 - Miyazaki Hayao, Japanese film maker
• February 11 - [Glenn Randall Jr]?, stuntman.
• February 11 - [Jeremy Mackenzie]?, general.
• Richard Dawkins, British scientist
• Bob Dylan, US poet and musician

Deaths

• February 11 - [Rudolf Hilferding]?, German economist/Minister? of Finance.
• August 31 - Marina Tsvetaeva, aged 48, Russian poetess (suicide)

Events

• February 11 - 1st Gold record presented to [Glenn Miller]? for Chattanooga Choo Choo.
• February 11 - Lieutenant-General Erwin Rommel arrives in Tripoli.
• June 22 - Germany attacks the Soviet Union in Operation Barbarossa, Finland sees an opportunity and launches the [Continuation War]?.
• December 7 - Japan attacks the United States fleet at Pearl Harbor, thus drawing the US into World War II.
• [John Vincent Atanasoff]? and [Clifford E. Berry]? developed the Atanasoff Berry Computer
• Ives? and Stilwell? prove that ions radiate at frequencies affected by their motion.

Nobel Prizes

• Physics - not awarded
• Chemistry - not awarded
• Medicine - not awarded
• Literature - not awarded
• Peace - not awarded