Born in 1941

A selection from Wikipedia's '1941 in the United States'. Not a complete list.

• January 27 – World War II – Attack on Pearl Harbor: U.S. Ambassador to Japan Joseph Grew passes on to Washington, D.C. a rumor overheard at a diplomatic reception about a planned surprise attack upon Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
• March 22 – Washington state's Grand Coulee Dam begins to generate electricity.
• May 1 – Orson Welles' film Citizen Kane premieres in New York City.
• June 16 – Official start of production at Ford's Willow Run facility (Air Force Plant 31) in Michigan. At its wartime peak, it will produce one B-24 bomber every hour.
• June 20 – The United States Army Air Forces comes into being, taking over the former United States Army Air Corps.
• July 1 – Mammoth Cave National Park is authorized by Congress.
• October 23 – Walt Disney's fourth animated film, Dumbo, is released to recoup the initial financial losses of both Pinocchio and Fantasia the year prior.
• December 1 – Fiorello La Guardia, Mayor of New York City and Director of the Office of Civilian Defense, signs Administrative Order 9, creating the Civil Air Patrol under the authority of the United States Army Air Forces.

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