Famous Deaths Happened In 1943

Jan 01 Colonel andrew summers rowan: U.s. military officer who gave "a message to garcia" (b. 1857)  

Jan 03 Sir walter james: Premier of western australia (b. 1863)  

Jan 05 George washington carver: Famous black scientist,  

Jan 07 Nikola tesla: Yugoslavian physicist (tesla motor),  

Jan 08 Richard hillary: Australian spitfire pilot and author (b. 1919)  

Jan 09 Robin g collingwood: English philosopher (roman britain),  

Jan 10 Agustin p justo y rolon: Pres argentina (1931-38),  

Jan 11 Carlo tresca: Ny's italian newspaper editor/anti-fascist, murdered  

Jan 12 Jan r t campert: Dutch resistance fighter/poet (18 dead),  

Jan 13 Sophie taeuber-arp: Swiss artist (b. 1889)  

Jan 14 Adolf sandberger: Composer,  

Jan 16 Franz courtens: Flemish painter (sunny lane),  

Jan 20 Giacomo benvenuti: Composer,  

Jan 21 Otakar sini: Composer,  

Jan 23 Alexander woollcott: Critic,  

Jan 24 John burns: English minister of local government (1905-14),  

Jan 26 Nikolai vavilov: Geneticist, saratovv labour camp,  

Feb 03 Alexander goode: Rabbi who surrended his life jacket, drowns  

Feb 04 Frank calder: 1st nhl president,  

Feb 05 Wim gertenbach: Dutch resistance fighter (slogan), shot by nazis  

Feb 06 Ha seyffardt: Dutch lt-gen/nsb "minister",  

Feb 09 ... reydons: Wife of general reydons, shot to death by resistance  

Feb 10 Wa'er: Shot dead by defiance  

Feb 13 William walraven: Journalist/writer (neglected grouser),  

Feb 14 David hilbert: German mathematician (hilbert space),  

Feb 15 William victor harris: Composer,  

Feb 17 Armand j. piron: American jazz violinist and composer (b. 1888)  

Feb 18 Henri polak: Dutch union leader/politician (soc-dem),  

Feb 22 Christoph probst: German resistance fighter (that weisse rose),  

Feb 26 Theodor eicke: Nazi official (b. 1892)  

Feb 27 Kostis palamas: Greek poet, twice nominated for the nobel prize (b. 1859)  

Mar 02 Alexandre yersin: Swiss bacteriologist (bacteria plague),  

Mar 03 George thomson: Cricketer (all-rounder-6 tests for eng 1909-10),  

Mar 04 Nikolaos "sokrates" politis: Greek foreign minister,  

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Jan 02 Barış manço: Turkish singer and television producer  

Jan 04 Tom wilkinson: Cfl qb (edmonton eskimos)  

Jan 04 Doris kearns goodwin: American writer  

Jan 05 Eusebio de silva ferreira: Mozamb/port soccer star (europa cup 1 1962)  

Jan 05 Ferreira da silva eusebio: Brazilan intl soccer player  

Jan 06 Osvaldo soriano: Writer  

Jan 06 Paul james nunn: Mountaineer  

Jan 06 Terry venables: British soccer player/manager