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Action of 8 May 1941: The German commerce raider Pinguin was sunk by the British heavy cruiser HMS Cornwall in the Indian Ocean off the Seychelles. British and Transjordanian forces began the Assault on Rutbah Fort. The Sanski Most Revolt was suppressed on its third day. The Nottingham Blitz took place overnight. German submarine U-569 was ...
Eleanor Roosevelt at the dedication of South Side Community Art Center (May 7, 1941). Efforts to open a community art center on Chicago's South Side began in 1938. Peter Pollack, a Federal Art Project official, contacted Metz Lochard, an editor at the Chicago Defender, about having the Art Project sponsor exhibitions of African American artists, who often had trouble securing space to display ...
The Return of Daniel Boone is a 1941 American western film directed by Lambert Hillyer and written by Paul Franklin and Joseph Hoffman. The film stars Wild Bill Elliott, Betty Miles, Dub Taylor, Ray Bennett, Walter Soderling and Carl Stockdale. The film was released on May 7, 1941, by Columbia Pictures. [1] [2] [3]
May 1941 saw a renewal of the air assault on the region; a seven-night bombardment that devastated the city. [10] The first bomb landed upon Seacombe, Wallasey, Wirral, at 22:15 on 1 May. [11] The peak of the bombing occurred from 1–7 May 1941.
The 78-rpm was recorded on May 7, 1941, for RCA Victor's Bluebird Records and became the first to be certified a gold disc on February 10, 1942, for 1,200,000 sales. [4] [5] The transcription of this award ceremony can be heard on the first of three volumes of RCA's "Legendary Performer" compilations released by RCA in the 1970s.
1941 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, the ... May 7 – James George Frazer, Scottish social anthropologist (b. 1854)
Over 80 years later, Dec. 7, 1941 is a date that still lives in infamy. The attack on Pearl Harbor launched the United States into World War II and left an indelible scar on the American psyche ...
14 May: The RAF is authorized to act against German aircraft in Syria and on Vichy French airfields. 15 May: First Civilian Public Service camp opens for conscientious objectors in the United States. 16 May: Rommel defeats a counter-attack, "Brevity", at Halfaya Pass. The two sides trade alternating control of Fort Capuzzo and Halfaya Pass.