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1943 Calendar

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•  January 23, 1943 – World War II: Troops of Montgomery’s 8th Army capture Tripoli in Libya from the German-Italian Panzer Army.
•  February 5, 1943 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Water Sheep in Chinese astrology.
•  March 13, 1943 – World War II: In Bougainville, Japanese troops end their assault on American forces at Hill 700.
•  March 14, 1943 – World War II – The Kraków Ghetto is 'liquidated'.
•  July 11, 1943 – Massacres of Poles in Volhynia.
•  September 18, 1943 – World War II: The Jews of Minsk are massacred at Sobibór.
•  October 20, 1943 – The cargo vessel Sinfra is attacked by Allied aircraft at Suda Bay, Crete, and sunk. 2,098 Italian prisoners of war drown with it.
•  November 1, 1943 – World War II: In support of the landings on Bougainville, U.S. aircraft carrier forces attack the huge Japanese base at Rabaul.
•  November 25, 1943 – World War II: Statehood of Bosnia and Herzegovina is re-established at the State Anti-Fascist Council for the People’s Liberation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

•  January 26, 1943 – Austin “Jack” Warner, Trinidadian FIFA Vice-President and CONCACAF President
•  February 5, 1943 – Nolan Bushnell, American video game pioneer
•  May 25, 1943 – John Palmer, British musician (Family)
•  July 16, 1943 – Reinaldo Arenas, Cuban poet (d. 1990)
•  July 22, 1943 – Bobby Sherman, American singer and actor
•  August 11, 1943 – Stefania Toczyska, Polish mezzo-soprano
•  October 1, 1943 – Jean-Jacques Annaud, French film director
•  October 19, 1943 – Robin Holloway, British composer
•  November 13, 1943 – Roberto Boninsegna, Italian footballer
•  December 8, 1943 – Ken Johnson, American professional wrestling manager