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A LOOK
AT THE WORLD IN 1941 |
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In
The News In 1941
RKO releases Orson Welles' masterpiece Citizen Kane which
is loosely based on the life of William Randolph Hearst.
The Manhattan Engineer District, a code name for atomic research,
is authorized by President Roosevelt. Attack on Pearl Harbor by
the Japanese; 19 ships damaged or sunk, 2300 killed.
Germany invades the Soviet Union, opening a second European front
in World War Two. |
Entertainment
in 1941
* Nobel Prize Winner (Literature) -no award -
* Best Selling Fiction - The Keys of the Kingdom, A.J. Cronin
* Best Selling Non-Fiction - Berlin Diary, William L. Shirer
* Best Picture - How Green Was My Valley, 20th Century Fox
* Best Director - John Ford, How Green Was My Valley
* Best Actress - Joan Fontaine, Suspicion
* Best Actor - Gary Cooper, Sergeant York |
Sport
champions in 1941
* MLB - New York Yankees
* NFL - Chicago Bears
* NHL - Boston Bruins
* NCAA-Basketball - Wisconsin
* KY Derby - Whirlaway
* U.S. Open Golf - Craig Wood
* U.S. Open Tennis (Men) - Robert Riggs
* U.S. Open Tennis (Women) - Sarah Palfrey Cooke |
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