(click here to watch the full program, with Sara Roosevelt's death @ 3:11:05)
(Sunday, September 7, 1941, 12:15 p.m. EDT)— Sara Roosevelt, the 86-year-old mother of U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, died today at her home in Hyde Park, New York, following an acute circulatory collapse late last evening.
Why Japan Attacked Pearl Harbor in 1941
(Saturday, July 26, 1941) — In response to Thursday’s Japanese occupation of French Indo-China, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt ordered today the seizure of all Japanese assets in the United States.
How the first Vietnam war began part one of six
(Thursday, July 24, 1941) — Japanese warships were reported off the coast of Southern French Indo-China tonight, and twelve Japanese troop transports were said to be on their way here as Japan followed up quickly French acceptance of her demands for new military concessions in the colony.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhSOxRvxGoU
Sergeant York Movie Trailer Re-Release Version
(Wednesday, July 2, 1941) — Sergeant York, a biographical film about the life of Alvin York, the most-decorated American soldier of World War I, premiered today in the U.S. It was directed by Howard Hawks and starred Gary Cooper.
FDR Dedicates His Library
(Monday, June 30, 1941) — U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicated today the $350,000 library which bears his name with a declaration of faith in the future of free America.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-Ot0orIFUk
LBJ Campaign 1941
(Saturday, June 28, 1941) — Texas Governor and radio personality W. Lee “Pappy” O’Daniel narrowly defeated U.S. Rep. Lyndon Johnson today for the U.S. Senate in a special election by only 1,311 votes (click here to watch “American Experience: The Presidents: LBJ” — the 1941 race starts at 16:12)
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=626Dt9JdjQs
(Monday, June 2, 1941, 10:10 p.m ET) — Lou Gehrig, baseball’s “Iron Horse,” died today at his home in the Riverdale section of the Bronx, New York, of a degenerative disease, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS). He was 37.
(Tuesday, May 27, 1941, 9:30 p.m. ET) — Amid rising world tensions, President Roosevelt tonight proclaimed an “unlimited national emergency.” Click here to watch video of the address.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vRRNkfj-mM
Destruction of the Hood from "Sink the Bismarck"(1960)
(Saturday, May 24, 1941) — The German battleship Bismarck sank the British dreadnought Hood today in the North Atlantic during the World War II Battle of the Denmark Strait.
(Saturday, May 24, 1941) — Robert Allen Zimmerman, better known as Bob Dylan, the iconic singer-songwriter, poet, and painter, was born today in St. Mary’s Hospital in Duluth, Minnesota.
