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1941
 
    
Greek soprano Maria Callas sings her first Tosca, in the opera house in Athens       
1941
 
   
The US army invests in a significant new vehicle, placing an order for 16,000 jeeps      
1941
 
   
Aung San and some revolutionary colleagues (the Thirty Comrades) receive military training in Japan, aiming to evict the British from Burma      
1941
 
   
Australian prime minister Robert Menzies is forced to resign after losing the confidence of his cabinet      
1941
 
    
Citizen Kane is written, directed and starred in by 26-year-old Orson Welles       
1941
 
     
John Huston, for his first film, directs Humphrey Bogart in the third screen adaptation of The Maltese Falcon        
1941
 
    
British author Rebecca West publishes an account of Yugoslavia, Black Lamb and Grey Falcon       
1941
 
    
US author Eudora Welty publishes her first collection of stories, A Curtain of Green       
1941
 
    
The US Congress declares war on Japan and President Roosevelt endorses the order       
1941  January 6
 
    
President Roosevelt defines to Congress his concept of Four Freedoms – of speech, of worship, from want, from fear