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| * [[February 5]] – [[Barrett Strong]], American soul singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 2023) | * [[February 5]] – [[Barrett Strong]], American soul singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 2023) | ||
| - | * [[February 11]] – [[Sergio Mendes]], Brazilian jazz musician | + | * [[February 11]] – [[Sérgio Mendes]], Brazilian jazz musician |
| * [[February 20]] – [[Buffy Sainte-Marie]], Canadian singer | * [[February 20]] – [[Buffy Sainte-Marie]], Canadian singer | ||
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| * [[May 24]] – [[Bob Dylan]], American songwriter and musician | * [[May 24]] – [[Bob Dylan]], American songwriter and musician | ||
| - | * [[June 8]] - [[Fuzzy Haskins]], American musician | + | * [[June 8]] - [[Fuzzy Haskins]], American musician (d. 2023) |
| * [[June 15]] - [[Essy Persson]], Swedish actress | * [[June 15]] - [[Essy Persson]], Swedish actress | ||
| * [[July 15]] - [[Larry Cohen]], American film director and screenwriter (d. 2019) | * [[July 15]] - [[Larry Cohen]], American film director and screenwriter (d. 2019) | ||
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1941 (MCMXLI) was 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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Politics
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Holocaust
- Jews throughout Western Europe are forced into ghettos.
- Jews may not leave their houses without permission form the police.
- Jews may no longer use public telephones.
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Art and culture
- La Discothèque opened on rue Huchette
- Japan bombs Pearl Harbor, USA enters war
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Literature
- Thomas the Obscure
- Madame Edwarda
- The Garden of Forking Paths
- Masochism in Modern Man by Theodor Reik
- The Aerodrome: A Love Story by Rex Warner
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Film
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Music
- Recorded music broadcasting on American radio
- Symphony No. 7 by Shostakovich (about Nazi invasion of Russia)
- John Cage and Lou Harrison: Double Music (first collaborative musical composition)
- "Vous avez un beau chapeau Madame"
- "Chattanooga Choo Choo"
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Births
- January 8 - Boris Vallejo, Peruvian painter
- January 9 – Joan Baez, American singer, songwriter and activist
- January 14 - Faye Dunaway, American actress
- January 18 - Bobby Goldsboro, American pop and country singer-songwriter
- February 5 – Barrett Strong, American soul singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 2023)
- February 11 – Sérgio Mendes, Brazilian jazz musician
- February 20 – Buffy Sainte-Marie, Canadian singer
- March 22 – Bruno Ganz, Swiss actor (d. 2019)
- April 8 - Vivienne Westwood, English fashion designer (d. 2022)
- April 5 – Michael Moriarty, American-Canadian actor
- April 25 - Bertrand Tavernier, French director, screenwriter, actor and producer
- May 5 – Stanley Cowell, American jazz pianist, co-founder of Strata-East Records (d. 2020)
- May 24 – Bob Dylan, American songwriter and musician
- June 8 - Fuzzy Haskins, American musician (d. 2023)
- June 15 - Essy Persson, Swedish actress
- July 15 - Larry Cohen, American film director and screenwriter (d. 2019)
- June 24 - Julia Kristeva, Bulgarian-French philosopher and writer
- June 27 - Krzysztof Kieślowski, Polish film director (d. 1996)
- July 16 - Desmond Dekker, Jamaican singer and songwriter (d. 2006)
- July 16 – Lamont Dozier, American songwriter and producer (d. 2022)
- July 22 - George Clinton, African-American musician
- August 15 - Laura Mulvey, British film theorist
- August 26 - Barbet Schroeder, Swiss film director
- August 27 - Cesária Évora, Cape Verdean singer (d. 2011)
- October 4 - Anne Rice, American writer (d. 2021)
- November 20 – Dr. John, American singer and songwriter (d. 2019)
- November 28 – Laura Antonelli, Italian actress (d. 2015)
- December 23 - Tim Hardin, American folk musician (d. 1980)
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Deaths
- James Joyce (1882 - 1941)
- Henri Bergson (1859 - 1941)
- Virginia Woolf (1882 - 1941)
- Walter Ruttmann (1887 - 1941)
- Sherwood Anderson (1876 – 1941)
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