Born in 1941

What things cost in 1941

1941 figures are annual averages of the published monthly (or quarterly) values. “Today’s dollars” uses the Consumer Price Index for September 2026; “latest” is the most recent published price. Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Labor, via FRED. Average retail prices are only published from 1976 on; 1941 has the CPI alone.

Who was in charge in 1941

United States, head of state and government

Franklin Delano Roosevelt Wikidata

United Kingdom, head of state

George VI Wikidata

United Kingdom, head of government

Winston Churchill Wikidata

Canada, head of government

William Lyon Mackenzie King Wikidata

Terms from Wikidata, shown only where they match the official lists of holders.

Famous people born in 1941

• September 8 – Bernie Sanders, American politician, U.S. Senator (D-Vt.) and 2016 presidential candidate source
• May 24 – Bob Dylan, American poet, musician and recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature source
• 31 December – Alex Ferguson, Scottish footballer and football manager source
• January 30 – Dick Cheney, 46th Vice President of the United States (died 2025) source
• January 1 – Marshall "Rock" Jones, African-American bass player (Ohio Players) (died 2016) source
• 1 January – Martin Evans, geneticist and academic (in Stroud, Gloucestershire) source
• January 5 – Hayao Miyazaki, Japanese film director, screenwriter source
• June 8 – George Pell, Australian cardinal (died 2023) source
• July 23 – Sergio Mattarella, Italian lawyer, judge and politician, 12th President of Italy source
• March 12 – Erkki Salmenhaara, Finnish composer (died 2002) source
• January 3 – Shima Iwashita, Japanese actress source
• December 29 – Ray Thomas, English flautist, singer and songwriter (The Moody Blues) (died 2018) source
• July 25 – Emmett Till, African-American civil rights icon (died 1955) source
• September 29 – Fred West, English serial killer, suicide (died 1995) source
• 26 March – Richard Dawkins, Kenyan-born British scientist source

What happened in 1941

• January 6 – During his State of the Union address, President of the United States Franklin D. Roosevelt presents his Four Freedoms, as fundamental global human rights. source
• February 3 – WWII: The Nazis forcibly restore Pierre Laval to the office of Prime Minister in occupied Vichy France. source
• January 1 – Thailand's Prime Minister Plaek Phibunsongkhram decrees January 1 as the official start of the Thai solar calendar new year (thus the previous year that began April 1 had only 9 months). source
• January 6 – The keel of battleship USS Missouri is laid at the New York Navy Yard in Brooklyn. source
• 21 February – First flight by a Royal Air Force flying boat through the "Donegal Corridor", neutral Republic of Ireland airspace between its base in Northern Ireland and the Atlantic Ocean, a concession secretly agreed by Éamon de Valera. source
• January 11 – WWII: The British Royal Navy light cruiser HMS Southampton is bombed, catches fire and has to be sunk off Malta, with the loss of 81 crew. source
• 4 March - ends the 1941 South American Championship held in Chile. source
• 18 January: Petrol Ofisi a national petroleum company founded. source