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the Pensacola Convoy , which in 1941 carried the first United States soldiers to be based in Australia , was planned initially to reinforce Allied forces defending the Philippines ?
the American Thanksgiving holiday was moved a week earlier from 1939 —1941 because of The Great Depression and was referred to as Franksgiving after President Franklin D. Roosevelt ?
the Soviet pop singer Klavdiya Shulzhenko performed more than 500 concerts in besieged Leningrad in 1941 and 1942 ?
the first time in World War II submersible tanks were used was on June 22 , 1941 , by German tanks of the 18th Panzer-Division ?
tickets bought for the ceremonial opening of Kiev Republican Stadium scheduled for June 22 , 1941 were still valid 7 years later, as the event was "postponed until after the Victory " due to the Nazi invasion to the USSR ?
the song "Deep in the Heart of Texas " was first recorded by Perry Como in 1941 ?
Kabloona (1941 ) is a classic account of a Frenchman 's life among Canadian Inuit ?
Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb led the successful German assault on Leningrad in 1941 , but was relieved of duty by a distrustful Hitler ?
American Jesuit priest Walter Ciszek was imprisioned by the Soviet Union between 1941 and 1963 , and sentenced to 15 years hard labor, six of which were spent in Moscow 's infamous Lubyanka prison ?
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority founder Myra Hemmings starred, co-produced and co-directed the 1941 film Go Down, Death! The Story Of Jesus and the Devil ?
Gordon Canfield is remembered as the "Father of the United States Coast Guard Reserve " because he first introduced and spearheaded the legislation for the reserve component 's creation in 1941 ?
Igo Sym , one of the most popular actors of interbellum Poland , was executed in 1941 by the Polish resistance for cooperating with German occupiers?
Israfil Mamedov , the first Azeri Hero of the Soviet Union , killed about seventy Germans, including three officers, during the Battle of Moscow on December 3 , 1941 ?
DC Comics sued Fawcett Comics in 1941 over Fawcett's Captain Marvel being a Superman rip-off, and the resulting National Comics Publications v. Fawcett Publications lawsuit took thirteen years to settle ?
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Question 1 : January 5 – ________ , Japanese filmmaker
Question 2 : ________ is subsequently pushed back over 200 miles.
Question 6 : ________ – Louis Chevrolet , Swiss-born automobile builder and race car driver (b.
Question 9 : ________ – World War II: The first snowfall is reported on the Russian front.
Question 10 : ________ – Winston Churchill , in a worldwide broadcast, tells the United States to show its support by sending arms to the British: "Give us the tools, and we will finish the job."