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May 1941

The following events occurred in May 1941: May 1, 1941 (Thursday)The Orson Welles-directed drama film Citizen Kane had its world premiere at the Palace Theatre in New York City.The week-long May Blitz of Liverpool began.Fighting in western Ethiopia between the Italian and Belgian Congolese colonial forces was halted for six weeks due to the rainy season.Gross-Rosen became an independent concentration camp.The British Government created the Ministry of War Transport and made Frederick Leathers its first head.The "Mad Dog" trial ended after twenty days when the jury found the Esposito brothers guilty of two counts of murder after just one minute of deliberation.German submarine U-568 was commissioned.A new breakfast cereal by General Mills named Cheerioats was introduced.

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