Current Events of 1941

·          Japanese surprise attack on U.S. fleet at Pearl Harbor brings U.S. into World War II; U.S. and Britain declare war on Japan.

·          RCA demonstrates a new simplified electron microscope that magnifies up to 100,000 times.

·          In Citizen Cane, Orson Welles subordinates all previous technological and cinematic accomplishments to his own essentially cinematic vision.

·          Federal spending: $13.65 billion

·          Federal debt: $57.5 billion

·          Consumer Price Index: 14.7

·          Unemployment: 9.9%

·          Cost of a first-class stamp: $0.03

·          President: Franklin D Roosevelt

·          Vice President: Henry A. Wallace

·          U.S. Population: 133,402,471