| January 24, 1941 |
Harold Ragsdale ("Ray Stevens") is born in Clarksdale
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| January 27, 1941 |
Delta announces that Atlanta will be the home to its fleet
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Delta Air Lines
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| February 27, 1941 |
William Byron, a member of the U. S. House of Representatives from Maryland, died when his private plane crashed near Jonesboro, Georgia
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| March 1, 1941 |
Delta moves its operations to Atlanta to better serve its two routes, Atlanta to Cincinnati and Atlanta to Savannah
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Delta Air Lines
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Atlanta, Georgia (1900-2000) |
| March 6, 1941 |
Gutzon Borglum dies
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John Gutzon de la Mothe Borglum |
| March 27, 1941 |
Eleanor Roosevelt in Valdosta
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Eleanor Roosevelt dedicates library in Valdosta |
| March 27, 1941 |
The state creates the Stone Mountain State Park Authority |
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Stone Mountain |
| March 29, 1941 |
First George Foster Peabody Awards are presented |
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Peabody Awards |
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George Foster Peabody |
| May 5, 1941 |
Major George P. Moody is killed while testing a Beech AT-10. Moody Air Base, near Valdosta, is named in his honor
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| June 7, 1941 |
Ku Klux Klan holds a convention in Atlanta. All but ten states are represented
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Ku Klux Klan in Georgia |
| June 25, 1941 |
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt issues Executive Order 8802, making it illegal for defense contractors to discriminate against employees based on race, color(?), or religion. This executive order also established the Fair Employment Practices Committee (FEPC), overseeing the practices of the contractors
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The Road to Integration
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt |
| July 1, 1941 |
Philip Randolph and Baynard Rustin had a March on Washington scheduled on this date to protest the discrimination in defense industries. The march is called off when Roosevelt issued an Executive Order on June 25, 1941, barring discrimination based on race or religion.
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The Road to Integration
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt |
| August 18, 1941 |
Flood Control Act of 1941 is enacted. This act authorized, in part, the construction of Allatoona Dam by the U. S. Corps of Engineers
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| September 9, 1941 |
Otis Redding born, Dawson, Georgia
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Otis Redding |
| November 1, 1941 |
CAA takes over the control tower at Atlanta Airport (Now Hartsfield International Airport)
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Atlanta, Georgia (1900-2000) |
| December 7, 1941 |
Surprise attack on Pearl Harbor. Atlanta Mayor Roy LeGraw, a Lieutenant Colonel in the Georgia National Guard, informs the city council he intends to resign when assigned to active duty
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| December 8, 1941 |
World War II |
| August 14, 1945 |
