1941

  • Japanese Naval air units from four aircraft carriers attacked Pearl Harbor without warning on December 7,1941.
     
  •  On April 15 Igor Sikorsky piloted a Vought-Sikorsky helicopter on a flight of 1 hour 5 minutes 14.5 seconds at Stratford, Conn. .

 Death of the Battle Ship Arizona

Songs From 1941

  “ChattanoogaChooChoo”
   “Bewitched”

        

Other Facts from 1941

President: Franklin D. Roosevelt

 

 

Average annual income

$1,777

New car

$850

Loaf of bread

$0.08

Gallon of milk

$0.54

Gallon of gas

$0.12

 

 

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