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==Events==
==Events==
* [[February 28]]: [[List of snowfalls|Two inches of snow]] fell on the city.
* [[February 28]]: [[List of snowfalls|Two inches of snow]] fell on the city.
* [[March 29]]: The North American Regional Broadcasting Agreement came into effect, with [[WAPI-AM]] and [[WSGN-AM]] moving temporarily to [[AM 1170]] and [[AM 1340]], respectively.
* [[March 29]]: The North American Regional Broadcasting Agreement came into effect, with [[WAPI-AM]] and [[WSGN-AM]] moving temporarily to [[AM 1170]] and [[AM 1340]], respectively.\
* [[June 14]]: [[1941 Docena Mine explosion]].
* [[July 10]]: [[1941 Acmar No. 6 Mine explosion]].
* [[September 29]]-[[October 4]]: [[1941 Alabama State Fair]]
* [[October 24]]: Pianist [[Sergei Rachmaninoff]] performed in Birmingham.
* [[December 1]]: The ''[[USS Osmond Ingram]]'' was recommissioned as a destroyer, DD-255.
* [[December 7]]: Japanese forces bombed Pearl Harbor in the Territory of Hawaii, leading the United States to declare war and join the Allied Forces fighting [[World War II]].
* [[Fraternal Order of Police Birmingham Lodge No. 1]] was chartered.
* [[Fraternal Order of Police Birmingham Lodge No. 1]] was chartered.
* Twenty-five [[Chinese elm]] trees were planted around [[Glen Iris Elementary School]] by the Parent-Teacher Association.
* [[Donald Beatty]] organized the "Consairway" trans-Pacific cargo system for the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation of San Diego, California.
* The [[Apollo Boys' Choir]] relocated to Dallas, Texas.
* [[Nazareth Bogan Jr]] moved his [[Bogan's Birmingham Busters]] to Los Angeles, California.
* Gustave Courbet's painting "[[Entrée d'un gave]]" was seized from Parisian businessman Moïse Lévy de Benzion by the Nazis.
* Hubert Drouais's painting "[[Les Portraits de MM. De Béthune Jouant avec un Chien]]" was seized from Parisian art dealer  S. R. Founes by the Nazis.
* Addresses on the eastern section of [[Warrior Road]] were renumbered to continue the scheme from the western section.


===Business===
===Business===
* [[February 15]]: [[WSGN-AM]] moved its studios to the [[Dixie Carlton Hotel]].
* [[February 15]]: [[WSGN-AM]] moved its studios to the [[Dixie Carlton Hotel]].
* The ''[[Birmingham News]]'' and ''[[Birmingham Age-Herald]]'' adopted Linotype's new "Corona" typeface.
* The ''[[Birmingham News]]'' and ''[[Birmingham Age-Herald]]'' adopted Linotype's new "Corona" typeface.
* [[Emory Jackson]] took over publication of the ''[[Birmingham World]]''.
* [[Penn Central Airlines]] inaugurated direct passenger service from [[Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport|Birmingham Municipal Airport]] to Pittsburgh's Allegheny County Airport.
* [[Penn Central Airlines]] inaugurated direct passenger service from [[Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport|Birmingham Municipal Airport]] to Pittsburgh's Allegheny County Airport.
* The [[New Ideal]] department store expanded into the former [[Sears]] building on [[2nd Avenue North]] at [[18th Street North|18th Street]].
* The [[New Ideal]] department store expanded into the former [[Sears]] building on [[2nd Avenue North]] at [[18th Street North|18th Street]].
* [[Standard Furniture]] relocated to the [[New Ideal building]] at 111 [[19th Street North]].
* [[Leo E. Bashinsky]] sold his stake in the [[Bashinsky Case Cotton Company]] to become president of [[Automatic Machine Products]].
* [[I. L. Fabian]], [[Abe Klotzman]] and [[Ralph Blach]] bought the [[Empire Hotel (1912)|Empire Hotel]] at 2130 [[4th Avenue North]].
* [[Stapleton's Fine Foods]] moved from 2107 to 2131 [[7th Avenue South]].


====Establishments====
====Establishments====
* [[Tom Martin]] founded the [[Southern Research|Alabama Research Institute]].
* [[Tom Martin]] founded the [[Southern Research|Alabama Research Institute]].
* [[A & P]] opened a store at in the former [[Adamson Motor Company]] showroom at [[1729 5th Avenue North]].
* A second [[Alley's Drugs]] opened at 5017 [[5th Avenue South]] in [[Crestwood North|Woodlawn Heights]].
* The [[Anchorage Restaurant]] opened in [[Homewood]].
* The [[Anchorage Restaurant]] opened in [[Homewood]].
* [[Ariail Drug Co.]] opened in [[Crestline Village]].
* [[Ariail Drug Co.]] opened in [[Crestline Village]].
* The [[Brooke Hill School|Brooke Hill School for Girls]] opened.
* The [[Brooke Hill School|Brooke Hill School for Girls]] opened.
* The [[Homewood Public Library]] was created at [[Homewood City Hall]].
* The [[Homewood Public Library]] was created at [[Homewood City Hall (1928)|Homewood City Hall]].
* [[John Packas Barbecue]] opened at 414 [[18th Street South]].
* [[John Packas Barbecue]] opened at 414 [[18th Street South]].
* [[Morris Sher]] launched the clothing business that evolved into [[Krown Kredit]].
* [[Morris Sher]] launched the clothing business that evolved into [[Krown Kredit]].
* The [[Lucky Strike Bowling Alley]] opened at 2217 [[3rd Avenue North]].
* The [[Lucky Strike Bowling Alley]] opened at 2217 [[3rd Avenue North]].
* [[Stapleton's Fine Foods]] opened at 2131 [[7th Avenue South]].
* [[Paul Vaughan]] and [[Ferd Weil]] opened their [[Vaughan-Weil]] store at 1816 [[3rd Avenue North]].
* [[Vaughan-Weil]] opened at 1816 [[3rd Avenue North]].
* [[CRST Malone|Malone Freight Lines]] was founded in [[Trussville]].
 
====Disestablishments====
* The [[Birmingham Civic Symphonic Orchestra]] was disbanded.
* The ''[[Southern News Almanac]]'' ceased publishing.


===Government===
===Government===
* The U.S. Army Air Corps created the [[Tuskegee Airmen|332nd Fighter Group]] which trained African-American aviators at the [[Tuskegee Army Air Field]].
* The U.S. Army Air Corps created the [[Tuskegee Airmen|332nd Fighter Group]] which trained African-American aviators at the [[Tuskegee Army Air Field]].
* The [[Alabama Highway Department]] took over maintenance of the "Rose Trails" along the [[U.S. Highway 280|Florida Short Route]].
* The [[Alabama Highway Department]] took over maintenance of the "Rose Trails" along the [[U.S. Highway 280|Florida Short Route]].
* [[September 1]]: Reservists from the [[106th Observation Squadron]] were assigned to the 66th Observation Group.
* [[October 13]]: [[1941 Birmingham municipal election]]
* [[October 13]]: [[1941 Birmingham municipal election]]


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* [[Our Lady Queen of the Universe Catholic Church]] was founded by the [[Diocese of Mobile]].
* [[Our Lady Queen of the Universe Catholic Church]] was founded by the [[Diocese of Mobile]].
* [[St Theresa Catholic Church]] was founded by the [[Diocese of Mobile]].
* [[St Theresa Catholic Church]] was founded by the [[Diocese of Mobile]].
* [[Ensley First United Methodist Church]] hosted the [[1941 North Alabama Methodist Conference]].


===Sports===
===Sports===
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===Books===
===Books===
* {{CD-1941}}
* ''[[Now Let Us Praise Famous Men]]'' by [[James Agee]] and photographer [[Walker Evans]].
* ''[[Now Let Us Praise Famous Men]]'' by [[James Agee]] and photographer [[Walker Evans]].
* ''The Church and Her Children'' by [[Raimundo de Ovies]]


===Buildings===
===Buildings===
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* [[Five Points West Shopping City]]
* [[Five Points West Shopping City]]
* [[Downtown Sears store|Sears, Roebuck & Co. store]] in [[downtown Birmingham]]
* [[Downtown Sears store|Sears, Roebuck & Co. store]] in [[downtown Birmingham]]
* [[Gantt Machinery Co.]]
* [[Hanger C]], [[101st Observation Squadron]], [[Birmingham Airport]]
* [[Inglenook Park]] was dedicated.
* [[Inglenook Park]] was dedicated.
* [[McAdory High School]] in [[McCalla]] (built by the [[Works Progress Administration]])
* [[McAdory High School]] in [[McCalla]] (built by the [[Works Progress Administration]])
* [[Joe Money Machinery Co.]]
* Dam at [[Lake Tranquility]], [[Oak Mountain State Park]] (built by the [[Works Progress Administration]])
* Dam at [[Lake Tranquility]], [[Oak Mountain State Park]] (built by the [[Works Progress Administration]])
* [[Pilgrim Church|Pilgrim Congregational Church]] at 1819 [[8th Avenue North]]
* [[Pilgrim Church|Pilgrim Congregational Church]] at 1819 [[8th Avenue North]]
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* [[Wigwam Village]] on [[Bessemer Super Highway]]
* [[Wigwam Village]] on [[Bessemer Super Highway]]
* Eight-room addition to [[F. D. McArthur School]] in [[Druid Hills]]
* Eight-room addition to [[F. D. McArthur School]] in [[Druid Hills]]
* Expansion and renovation of the [[Homewood Theatre]]
* Expansion and renovation of the [[Homewood Theatre (cinema)|Homewood Theatre]]
* Addition to [[McElwain Elementary School]] (built by the [[Works Progress Administration]])
* Addition to [[McElwain Elementary School]] (built by the [[Works Progress Administration]])
* Indoor plumbing was added to [[Mortimer Jordan High School]].
* Indoor plumbing was added to [[Mortimer Jordan High School]].
* Expansion of the clinic at [[Slossfield Community Center]]
* Remodeling of the [[Ensley Theatre]]
* New "Memorial Gateway" at [[Underwood Park]]


====Demolitions====
====Demolitions====
* [[March 14]]: [[Barker Elementary School]] was destroyed by fire.
* [[March 14]]: [[Barker Elementary School]] was destroyed by fire.
* The [[Drennen Department Store]] at [[123 20th Street North]] was destroyed by fire.


===Music===
===Music===
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*


===Film===
===Film===
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* [[June 7]]: [[Joseph Vath]] was ordained a priest of the Roman Catholic Church.  
* [[June 7]]: [[Joseph Vath]] was ordained a priest of the Roman Catholic Church.  
* [[July 20]]: [[Joseph Raya]] was ordained a priest of the Melkite Catholic Church.
* [[July 20]]: [[Joseph Raya]] was ordained a priest of the Melkite Catholic Church.
* November: [[F. K. Gamble]] succeeded [[G. Fred Cooper]] as pastor of [[Avondale United Methodist Church]].
* [[December 7]]: [[Milton Grafman]] succeeded [[Myron Silverman]] as rabbi of [[Temple Emanu-El]].
* [[December 7]]: [[Milton Grafman]] succeeded [[Myron Silverman]] as rabbi of [[Temple Emanu-El]].
* [[Douglas Arant]] was elected chair of the American Bar Association's Committee on the Bill of Rights.
* [[Mattie Bush]] began directing the [[8th Avenue YMCA]].
* [[George Denny]] re-assumed the position of [[List of University of Alabama presidents|President]] of the [[University of Alabama]] on an interim basis following the death of [[Richard Foster]].
* [[Leon Hicks]] succeeded [[William Poe]] as president of [[Thompson High School]].
* [[Seybourn Lynn]] was elected to the [[Eighth Judicial Circuit of Alabama]].
* [[Ida Moffett]] assumed management of nurses at [[Highland Avenue Baptist Hospital]] and [[Birmingham Baptist Hospital]].
* [[Ida Moffett]] assumed management of nurses at [[Highland Avenue Baptist Hospital]] and [[Birmingham Baptist Hospital]].
* [[Avery Parrish]] left the [[Erskine Hawkins Orchestra]].
* [[Avery Parrish]] left the [[Erskine Hawkins Orchestra]].
* [[John Persons]] was promoted to Major General of the [[Alabama National Guard]].
* [[Erskine Ramsay]] resigned from the [[Birmingham Board of Education]].
* [[Oscar Roettger]] succeeded [[Ira Smith]] as manager of the [[Birmingham Barons]].
* [[Luke Sewell]] began managing the American League's St Louis Browns.
* [[Luke Sewell]] began managing the American League's St Louis Browns.
* [[Virginia Tyler]] assumed directorship of the [[Ensley Community House]].
* [[Virginia Tyler]] assumed directorship of the [[Ensley Community House]].
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[[File:Marty Eagle.jpg|right|thumb|Marty Eagle]]
[[File:Marty Eagle.jpg|right|thumb|Marty Eagle]]
* [[February 1]]: [[Giuseppe Bertolone]], restaurateur
* [[February 1]]: [[Giuseppe Bertolone]], restaurateur
* [[March 5]]: [[Hank Johnson]], golf professional
* [[March 24]]: [[Lester Cobb]], drummer, artist, activist, and social worker
* [[March 24]]: [[Lester Cobb]], drummer, artist, activist, and social worker
* [[March 25]]: [[Ralph Lindsey]], [[Mayor of Kimberly]]
* [[March 25]]: [[Ralph Lindsey]], [[Mayor of Kimberly]]
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* [[May 3]]: [[Helen Shores Lee]], clinical psychologist, attorney, and judge
* [[May 3]]: [[Helen Shores Lee]], clinical psychologist, attorney, and judge
* [[May 25]]: [[Jerry Woodard]], rockabilly singer and guitarist
* [[May 25]]: [[Jerry Woodard]], rockabilly singer and guitarist
* [[June 8]]: [[Frank Parsons]], attorney, travel agent, and civic leader  
* [[June 5]]: [[Charles Bugg ]], crystallographer and [[BioCryst]] co-founder
* [[June 8]]: [[Frank Parsons]], attorney, travel agent, and civic leader
* [[June 9]]: [[Art Clarkson]], sports promoter
* [[June 21]]: [[Mitty Collier]], soul and blues singer and Christian minister
* [[June 21]]: [[Mitty Collier]], soul and blues singer and Christian minister
* [[June 29]]: [[Elizabeth Garner]], science teacher
* [[June 29]]: [[Elizabeth Garner]], science teacher
* [[July 5]]: [[John Lusco]], Latin teacher and dean of students
* [[July 5]]: [[John Lusco]], Latin teacher and dean of students
* [[July 9]]: [[Myrna Jackson]], civil rights activist and social worker
* [[July 27]]: [[Bill Baxley]], [[Attorney General of Alabama|Attorney General]] and [[Lieutenant Governor of Alabama]]
* [[August 9]]: [[Way Bandy]], make-up artist
* [[August 9]]: [[Way Bandy]], make-up artist
* [[August 15]]: [[Tommie Reynolds]], professional baseball player
* [[August 15]]: [[Tommie Reynolds]], professional baseball player
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* [[October 7]]: [[Thomas Corts]], [[List of Samford University presidents|President of Samford University]]
* [[October 7]]: [[Thomas Corts]], [[List of Samford University presidents|President of Samford University]]
* [[October 15]]: [[Marty Eagle]], bar owner
* [[October 15]]: [[Marty Eagle]], bar owner
* [[November 15]]: [[Jimmy Graphos]], restaurateur
* [[November 15]]: [[Jimmy Graphos|Jimmy]] and [[Sammy Graphos]], restaurateurs
* [[December 6]]: [[Ray Perkins]], [[Alabama Crimson Tide football team|Alabama Crimson Tide football]] player and coach
* [[December 7]]: [[Wayne Rasco]], newspaper publisher
* [[December 7]]: [[Wayne Rasco]], newspaper publisher
* [[December 8]]: [[Bill Battle III]], sports licensing pioneer, football coach, and athletic director
* [[December 8]]: [[Bill Battle III]], sports licensing pioneer, football coach, and athletic director
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* [[Donald Green]], baseball coach and athletic director
* [[Donald Green]], baseball coach and athletic director
* [[Barry Ivker]], psychotherapist, literary scholar, poet, playwright, musician, dancer, and artist
* [[Barry Ivker]], psychotherapist, literary scholar, poet, playwright, musician, dancer, and artist
* [[Jimmy Jews]], fire captain
* [[Jim Lawrence]], real estate executive and poet
* [[Jim Lawrence]], real estate executive and poet
* [[Vincent Oliver]], barber
* [[Vincent Oliver]], barber
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* [[Thomas Precise]], Methodist minister
* [[Thomas Precise]], Methodist minister
* [[Jim Reed]], bookseller
* [[Jim Reed]], bookseller
* [[Dave Roddy]], radio personality
* [[Carole Samuelson]], pediatrician and Jefferson County Health Officer
* [[Carole Samuelson]], pediatrician and Jefferson County Health Officer
===Graduations===
* Judge [[Clarence Allgood]] completed his bachelor of laws at the [[Birmingham School of Law]].
* Playwright [[William Berney (playwright)|William Berney]] graduated from the [[University of Alabama]].
* Attorney [[Samuel Burr]] earned his bachelor of arts at the [[University of Alabama]].
* Patholigist [[Joseph Cunningham]] completed a residency at the Boston University School of Medicine.
* Architect [[George Gaunt]] earned his degree at the University of Michigan.
* Historian [[Virginia Hamilton]] completed her bachelor's degree in English at [[Birmingham-Southern College]].
* College administrator [[Harry Lipson Jr]] earned his master's in business administration at Northwestern University in Chicago, Illinois.
* Insurance executive [[Lee McGriff]] earned a mathematics degree at the University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee.
* Business owner [[Katherine McTyeire]] graduated from [[Birmingham-Southern College]].
* Educator [[Ernest Palmore]] earned a bachelor's degree in agriculture at [[Tuskegee Institute]].
* Novelist [[Walker Percy]] completed an M.D. from the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons.
* Radio announcer [[Joe Rumore]] graduated from [[Ramsay High School]].
* Industrialist [[William Spencer III]] earned a bachelor of science in chemistry at the University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee.
* Businessman [[Hall Thompson]] graduated from the Duncan Preparatory School in Nashville, Tennessee.
* Park director [[Frank Wagner]] graduated from [[West End High School]].
* U.S. Marine Corps Commandant [[Louis Wilson Jr]] earned his bachelor of arts at Millsaps College in Jackson, Mississippi
* [[List of UAB presidents|UAB President]] [[Joseph Volker]] earned his Ph.D. in biochemistry at the University of Rochester, New York.
===Marriages===
* [[June 21]]: [[William Sulzby]] married [[Mildred Sulzby|Mildred Wood]].
* [[June 28]]: [[William Yester]] married [[Ruth Yester|Ruth Anne Mulvaney]].
* [[October 18]]: [[Henrietta Boggs-MacGuire|Henrietta Boggs]] married José Figueres Ferrer, head of Costa Rica's Social Democratic Party.
* [[December 24]]: [[Buck Falkner]] married Lorene Juzan.
* [[Willie Foster]] married Thelma Quigless.
* [[Dorothea Fox|Dorothea Warren]] married Charles Fox.
* [[Izzy Jannazzo]] married Francesca Tombrello.
* [[B. Davie Napier]] married Joyce Robertson White.
* [[Fred Shuttlesworth]] married [[Ruby Shuttlesworth|Ruby Keeler]].
====Divorces====
* [[Tallulah Bankhead]] and John Emery were divorced.
* [[Lucille Bogan]] and [[Nazareth Bogan]] were divorced.
===Retirements===
* [[Lois Wilson]] retired from acting.
===Awards===
* [[Miss Birmingham]]: [[Virginia McGraw]]


===Deaths===
===Deaths===
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* [[March 11]]: [[Harry Breeding]], architect
* [[March 11]]: [[Harry Breeding]], architect
* [[June 10]]: [[John Coe]], coal and lumber dealer
* [[June 10]]: [[John Coe]], coal and lumber dealer
* [[June 14]]: Five workers were killed in the [[1941 Docena Mine explosion]].
* [[June 17]]: Retailer, insurance executive and civic leader [[Simon Klotz]] died.
* [[July 10]]: Eleven workers were killed in the [[1941 Acmar No. 6 Mine explosion]].
* [[July 12]]: [[Birmingham Police Department|Birmingham Police]] motorcycle officer [[Newton Wolff]] was [[List of Birmingham Police officers killed on duty|killed]] in a traffic accident.
* [[July 30]]: [[Eugene Enslen]], real estate and business investor
* [[July 30]]: [[Eugene Enslen]], real estate and business investor
* [[August 31]]: [[Charles DeBardeleben]], coal operator
* [[October 14]]: [[Herbert Salmon]], mining engineer
* [[October 14]]: [[Herbert Salmon]], mining engineer
* [[December 7]]: [[Julius Ellsberry]], U.S. Navy crewman
* [[December 7]]: [[Julius Ellsberry]], U.S. Navy crewman
* December 7: [[John A. Austin]], U.S. Navy chief warrant officer
* December 7: [[Billy McCary]], U.S. Navy musician
* December 7: [[Billy McCary]], U.S. Navy musician
* [[Richard Foster]], [[List of University of Alabama presidents|President of the University of Alabama]]
:''See also: [[List of homicides in 1941]]''
:''See also: [[List of homicides in 1941]]''


===Marriages===
==Context==
* [[June 21]]: [[William Sulzby]] married [[Mildred Sulzby|Mildred Wood]].
In his third inaugural address, President Franklin Roosevelt elaborated "Four Freedoms" (freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want and freedom from fear) as fundamental human rights. The US passed the Lend-Lease Act to provide material aid to the United Kingdom and China. Germany and its allies invaded the Soviet Union and Hitler authorized a "final solution" to murder all Jews and other "undesirable" individuals in territories under his control. Charles Lindbergh's involvement in the isolationist America First Committee made him increasingly unpopular.
* [[October 18]]: [[Henrietta Boggs-MacGuire|Henrietta Boggs]] married José Figueres Ferrer, head of Costa Rica's Social Democratic Party.
 
* [[B. Davie Napier]] married Joyce Robertson White.
On December 7, 1941 Japan attacked a U.S. Naval base at Pearl Harbor. President Roosevelt addressed Congress, saying that the attack was "a date which will live in infamy." Congress voted to declare war against the Empire of Japan. Soon later the Axis powers declared war against the United States, involving the nation in the European and Pacific theaters of war.
* [[Fred Shuttlesworth]] married [[Ruby Shuttlesworth|Ruby Keeler]].
 
During 1941, Glenn Seaborg first isolated the element plutonium. The National Gallery in Washington D.C. was dedicated. General Mills introduced "Cheerioats" breakfast cereal. Joe DiMaggio maintained a 56-game hitting streak between May and July. Walt Disney's animation department went on strike. The first commercial television broadcasts aired in New York City. Willys produced the first general purpose military vehicle, later known as a "Jeep". The first of H. A. Rey's "Curious George" books were published. Robert Frost was awarded the Robert Frost Medal for distinguished lifetime service to American poetry. A major hurricane struck the Texas Gulf Coast. North Dakota's "Mount Rushmore" monument was completed. [[Joe Louis]] reigned as heavyweight champion in boxing and Whirlaway won the triple crown of horse racing.


===Awards===
Notable people born in 1941 include actors Beau Bridges, Faye Dunaway and Nick Nolte; architect Todao Ando; athletes Pete Rose; authors Anne Rice and Anne Tyler; television personalities Martha Stewart and Chuck Woolery; musicians Joan Baez, Neil Diamond, Bob Dylan, Aaron Neville, Paul Simon, and Otis Redding; political leaders Dick Cheney, Kim Jong-Il, Slobodan Milošević, and Bernie Sanders; and sculptor Dale Chihuly. Notable deaths in 1941 include those of architect El Lissitzky; baseball player Lou Gehrig; authors James Joyce and Virginia Woolf; philosopher Henri Bergson; musician Jelly Roll Morton; Scouting founder Robert Baden-Powell; sculptor Gutzon Borglum; Supreme Court justice Louis Brandeis; German Emperor Kaiser Wilhelm II, and King Alfonso XIII of Spain.
*


===Graduations===
Notable films of 1941 included ''Citizen Kane'', ''How Green Was My Valley'', ''The Maltese Falcon'', and ''Dumbo''.  
* Attorney [[Samuel Burr]] earned his bachelor of arts at the [[University of Alabama]].
* Insurance executive [[Lee McGriff]] earned a mathematics degree at the University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee.
* Novelist [[Walker Percy]] completed an M.D. from the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons.
* Radio announcer [[Joe Rumore]] graduated from [[Ramsay High School]].


==Context==
In 1941


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1941 was the 70th year after the founding of the city of Birmingham.

Events

Business

Establishments

Disestablishments

Government

Religion

Sports

Works

Books

Buildings

Bessemer City Hall

Demolitions

Music

Film

Individuals

Births

Way Bandy
Marty Eagle

Graduations

Marriages

Divorces

Retirements

Awards

Deaths

Julius Ellsberry
See also: List of homicides in 1941

Context

In his third inaugural address, President Franklin Roosevelt elaborated "Four Freedoms" (freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want and freedom from fear) as fundamental human rights. The US passed the Lend-Lease Act to provide material aid to the United Kingdom and China. Germany and its allies invaded the Soviet Union and Hitler authorized a "final solution" to murder all Jews and other "undesirable" individuals in territories under his control. Charles Lindbergh's involvement in the isolationist America First Committee made him increasingly unpopular.

On December 7, 1941 Japan attacked a U.S. Naval base at Pearl Harbor. President Roosevelt addressed Congress, saying that the attack was "a date which will live in infamy." Congress voted to declare war against the Empire of Japan. Soon later the Axis powers declared war against the United States, involving the nation in the European and Pacific theaters of war.

During 1941, Glenn Seaborg first isolated the element plutonium. The National Gallery in Washington D.C. was dedicated. General Mills introduced "Cheerioats" breakfast cereal. Joe DiMaggio maintained a 56-game hitting streak between May and July. Walt Disney's animation department went on strike. The first commercial television broadcasts aired in New York City. Willys produced the first general purpose military vehicle, later known as a "Jeep". The first of H. A. Rey's "Curious George" books were published. Robert Frost was awarded the Robert Frost Medal for distinguished lifetime service to American poetry. A major hurricane struck the Texas Gulf Coast. North Dakota's "Mount Rushmore" monument was completed. Joe Louis reigned as heavyweight champion in boxing and Whirlaway won the triple crown of horse racing.

Notable people born in 1941 include actors Beau Bridges, Faye Dunaway and Nick Nolte; architect Todao Ando; athletes Pete Rose; authors Anne Rice and Anne Tyler; television personalities Martha Stewart and Chuck Woolery; musicians Joan Baez, Neil Diamond, Bob Dylan, Aaron Neville, Paul Simon, and Otis Redding; political leaders Dick Cheney, Kim Jong-Il, Slobodan Milošević, and Bernie Sanders; and sculptor Dale Chihuly. Notable deaths in 1941 include those of architect El Lissitzky; baseball player Lou Gehrig; authors James Joyce and Virginia Woolf; philosopher Henri Bergson; musician Jelly Roll Morton; Scouting founder Robert Baden-Powell; sculptor Gutzon Borglum; Supreme Court justice Louis Brandeis; German Emperor Kaiser Wilhelm II, and King Alfonso XIII of Spain.

Notable films of 1941 included Citizen Kane, How Green Was My Valley, The Maltese Falcon, and Dumbo.


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