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1943 Historical Event(s)
January 30, 1943
– World War II: Second day of the Battle of Rennell Island. The USS Chicago is sunk and a U.S. destroyer is heavily damaged by Japanese torpedoes.
February 5, 1943
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Water Sheep in Chinese astrology.
March 5, 1943
– First flight of Gloster Meteor jet aircraft in the United Kingdom.
March 13, 1943
– The Holocaust: German forces liquidate the Jewish ghetto in Kraków.
April 13, 1943
– World War II: The discovery of a mass grave of Polish prisoners of war executed by Soviet forces in the Katyń Forest Massacre is announced, causing a diplomatic rift between the Polish government in exile in London from the Soviet Union, which denies responsibility.
June 1, 1943
– British Overseas Airways Corporation Flight 777 is shot down over the Bay of Biscay by German Junkers Ju 88s, killing actor Leslie Howard and leading to speculation the downing was an attempt to kill British Prime Minister Winston Churchill.
July 9, 1943
– World War II: Operation Husky – Allied forces perform an amphibious invasion of Sicily.
July 24, 1943
– World War II: Operation Gomorrah begins: British and Canadian aeroplanes bomb Hamburg by night, those of the Americans by day. By the end of the operation in November, 9,000 tons of explosives will have killed more than 30,000 people and destroyed 280,000 buildings.
July 28, 1943
– World War II: Operation Gomorrah – The British bomb Hamburg causing a firestorm that kills 42,000 German civilians.
August 17, 1943
– World War II: First Québec Conference of Winston Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and William Lyon Mackenzie King begins.
Who Were Born On 1943?
February 3, 1943
– Shawn Phillips, American singer, guitarist and songwriter
March 2, 1943
– Zygfryd Blaut, Polish footballer (d. 2005)
April 26, 1943
– Peter Zumthor, Swiss architect
June 15, 1943
– Muff Winwood, British songwriter and bassist (Spencer Davis Group)
August 28, 1943
– David Soul, American actor
September 11, 1943
– André Caillé, Canadian businessman
September 28, 1943
– J. T. Walsh, American actor (d. 1998)
October 11, 1943
– Gene Watson, American country singer
December 19, 1943
– Ross M. Lence, American political scientist (d. 2006)
December 28, 1943
– Richard Whiteley, British television presenter (d. 2005)