What generation is 1941? Silent Generation

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About the Generation (1941)

The Silent Generation (1928-1945): Came of age during the post-war era, known for their conformist attitudes and silent approach to political and social issues.

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Famous People (Celebrities) Born in 1941

  • Bernie Sanders (Sep 8, 1941)
  • Ronald Williams (Sep 30, 1941)
  • Martha Stewart (Aug 3, 1941)
  • Paul Anka (Jul 30, 1941)
  • Bob Dylan ( 24, 1941)
  • Ritchie Valens ( 13, 1941)
  • Neil Diamond (Jan 24, 1941)
  • Alex Ferguson (Dec 31, 1941)
  • Kim Jong-il (Feb 16, 1941)

What Happened in 1941

  1. Jan 6 - US President Franklin Roosevelt makes his "Four Freedoms" speech (freedom of speech and worship; freedom from want and fear) during his US State of Union address [2]
  2. Jan 7 - Chinese Kuomintang forces under orders from Chiang Kai-shek open fire on the surrounded Communist New Fourth Army at Maolin, Anhui Province, killing or capturing 7,000 troops
  3. Jan 9 - 6,000 Jews murdered in a pogrom in Bucharest, Romania
  4. May 5 - Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie returns to Addis Ababa
  5. May 6 - Joseph Stalin becomes Premier of the Soviet Union, replacing his foreign minister Vyacheslav Molotov
  6. May 9 - British intelligence at Bletchley Park breaks German spy codes after capturing Enigma machines aboard the weather ship Muenchen
  7. May 24 - German battleship Bismarck sinks the British battle cruiser HMS Hood; 1,416 die, 3 survive
  8. Jun 14 - Estonia loses 11,000 inhabitants as a consequence of mass deportations into Siberia
  9. Jul 1 - Bulova Watch Co pays $9 for 1st ever network TV commercial
  10. Jul 14 - 6,000 Lithuanian Jews are exterminated at Viszalsyan Camp

Top Songs 1941

  1. Chattanooga Choo Choo - Glenn Miller
  2. Daddy - Sammy Kaye
  3. Stardust - Artie Shaw
  4. God Bless the Child - Billie Holiday
  5. Amapola (Pretty Little Poppy) - Jimmy Dorsey
  6. Green Eyes - Jimmy Dorsey
  7. Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy - The Andrews Sisters
  8. Take The 'A' Train - Duke Ellington
  9. Elmer's Tune - Glenn Miller
  10. Maria Elena - Jimmy Dorsey

Popular Movies 1941

  1. Citizen Kane - Director: Welles, Orson. Country: USA.
  2. The Maltese Falcon - Director: Huston, John. Country: USA.
  3. The Lady Eve - Director: Sturges, Preston. Country: USA.
  4. Sullivan's Travels - Director: Sturges, Preston. Country: USA.
  5. How Green Was My Valley - Director: Ford, John. Country: USA.
  6. Dumbo - Director: Sharpsteen, Ben / Armstrong, Samuel / Ferguson, Norman / Jackson, Wilfred / Kinney, Jack / Roberts, Bill. Country: USA.
  7. Here Comes Mr. Jordan - Director: Hall, Alexander. Country: USA.
  8. The Little Foxes - Director: Wyler, William. Country: USA.
  9. Sergeant York - Director: Hawks, Howard. Country: USA.
  10. High Sierra - Director: Walsh, Raoul. Country: USA.

Who Was US President 1941

Franklin D. Roosevelt
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