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May 6, 1941
On May 6, 1941, at California's March Field, Bob Hope performs his first USO show. Michel Roux, Maulana Karenga, Andreas Khol would arrive in the same year.
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Featured · May 6, 1941
At California's March Field, Bob Hope performs his first USO show.
California is a state in the Western United States that lies on the Pacific Coast. It borders Oregon to the north, and Nevada and Arizona to the east; it also shares an international border with the Mexican state of Baja California to the south. S.
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The year in brief
1941 (MCMXLI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1941st year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 941st year of the 2nd millennium, the 41st year of the 20th century, and the 2nd year of the 1940s decade.
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On May 6, 1941
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1941 At California's March Field, Bob Hope performs his first USO show. U.S. state
California is a state in the Western United States that lies on the Pacific Coast. It borders Oregon to the north, and Nevada and Arizona to the east; it also shares an international border with the Mexican state of Baja California to the south. S.
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1941 The first flight of the Republic P-47 Thunderbolt. Family of fighter aircraft
The Republic P-47 Thunderbolt is a World War II-era fighter aircraft produced by the American company Republic Aviation from 1941 through 1945. One of the main United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) fighters, it found success in the European and Pacific theaters as an escort fighter well-suited to high-altitude air-to-air combat. It also served as the foremost American fighter-bomber in the ground-attack role.
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Other moments from 1941
- April 1 Fântâna Albă massacre: Between two hundred and two thousand Romanian civilians are killed by Soviet Border Troops.
- April 1 A military coup in Iraq overthrows the regime of 'Abd al-Ilah and installs Rashid Ali al-Gaylani as Prime Minister.
- April 10 World War II: The Axis powers establish the Independent State of Croatia.
- April 13 A pact of neutrality between the USSR and Japan is signed.
- April 14 World War II: German and Italian forces attack Tobruk, Libya.
- April 15 World War II: In the Belfast Blitz, 200 bombers of the German Luftwaffe attack Belfast, killing some 1,000 people.
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