1943 Calendar

January 11, 1943 – World War II: The United States and United Kingdom give up territorial rights in China.

January 15, 1943 – The world’s largest office building, The Pentagon, is dedicated in Arlington, Virginia.

February 5, 1943 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Water Sheep in Chinese astrology.

February 19, 1943 – World War II: Battle of the Kasserine Pass in Tunisia begins.

April 19, 1943 – Bicycle Day – Swiss chemist Dr. Albert Hofmann deliberately takes LSD for the first time.

June 3, 1943 – In Los Angeles, California, white U.S. Navy sailors and Marines clash with Latino youths in the Zoot Suit Riots.

October 5, 1943 – 98 American POW’s executed by Japanese forces on Wake Island.

November 5, 1943 – Bombing of the Vatican.

November 15, 1943 – Holocaust: German SS leader Heinrich Himmler orders that Gypsies are to be put “on the same level as Jews and placed in concentration camps”. (see Porajmos)

December 28, 1943 – World War II – After eight days of brutal house-to-house fighting, the battle of Ortona concludes with the victory of the 1st Canadian Infantry Division over the German 1st Parachute Division and the capture of the Italian town of Ortona.

January 3, 1943 – Jarl Alfredius, Swedish news anchor (d. 2009)

February 24, 1943 – Pablo Milanés, Cuban musician

May 14, 1943 – Jack Bruce, Scottish bassist (Cream)

June 23, 1943 – Vint Cerf, American computer scientist

August 24, 1943 – John Cipollina, American guitarist (Quicksilver Messenger Service) (d. 1989)

August 28, 1943 – Surayud Chulanont, Thai 24th Prime Minister (former)

August 31, 1943 – Leonid Ivashov, Russian general

October 1, 1943 – Angèle Arsenault, Canadian singer and songwriter

October 22, 1943 – Jan de Bont, Dutch film director

November 12, 1943 – Julie Ege, Norwegian actress (d. 2008)