Page 13: Historical Events In 1943

Jun 17   Player-manager Joe Cronin of Red Sox hits two 3-run pinch home runs   

Jun 18   Australian government announces Australia no longer threatened with invasion   

Jun 18   SS Police in Amsterdam sentence for 12 resistance fighter to death (Jewish, communists, homosexuality) at the census bureau   

Jun 19   "Shiek Of Arahy" Spike Jones and City Slickers peaks at #19   

Jun 20   Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) founded   

Jun 20   National Congress of Racial Equality organizes   

Jun 20   New Qu‚bec (Chubb) Crater discovered in northern Qu‚bec (3« km dia)   

Jun 20   Ungava Bay Quebec, Chubb sights the New Quebec Crater; one of the world's largest, at 403 metres deep and nearly 11 km around   

Jun 21   Federal troops put down racial riot in Detroit 30 dead   

Jun 22   WEB DuBois is recorded as becoming 1st Black member of National Institute of Letters.   

Jun 23   Dutch artsens protest against nazis   

Jun 24   Allies begin 10-day bombing on Hamburg.   

Jun 25   Crematory III at Birkenau is finished   

Jun 25   Gerrit "Ger" Zijlstra, sculptor.   

Jun 25   Spencer Charters, actor (Big Town Girl, St Louis Kid), dies at 68.   

Jun 26   Fritz Schmidt, Nazi commissioner in Holland, commits suicide at 39   

Jun 26   RCAF bomber wing begins operating from North Africa; 3 squadrons; a prelude to invasions of Sicily and Italy.   

Jun 27   Elly Dammers throws Dutch record spear (4143m)   

Jun 29   During World War 2, American forces land in New Guinea.   

Jun 29   Pope Pius XII encyclical Mystic Corporis (mystic body of Christ)   

Jul 01   Auguste Reitsma, Dutch resistance fighter (census director), executed   

Jul 01   In this year, MacArthur starts the Allied offensive in the Pacific; New Guinea Isles War.   

Jul 01   Withholding tax from paychecks starts   

Jul 02   Gulf of Biskaje: Liberator bombers sinks U-126.   

Jul 02   Lt Charles Hall, is recorded as becoming inaugural black pilot to shoot down Nazi plane.   

Jul 03   Liberator bombers sinks U-628.   

Jul 04   Wladyslaw Sikorski, gen/PM of Poland in exile (1939-43), dies at 62   

Jul 05   Battle of Gulf of Kula   

Jul 06   2nd day of battle at Kursk: 25000 German killed   

Jul 06   Night Battle of Kula Gulf results in loss of 2 Japanese destroyers and USS Helena.   

Jul 07   -10] Japanese premier Hideki Tojo visits Java.   

Jul 08   4th day of battle at Kursk: Gen Model uses last tank reserve.   

Jul 08   Harry Oakes, Canadian ruler of Bahamas, murdered   

Jul 09   5th day of battle at Kursk: Germans occupy Verchopenje   

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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   

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