Historical Events In 1943

Jul 05   In the year 1943 battle of Gulf of Kula  

Jul 06   2nd day of battle at Kursk: 25,000 German killed in the year 1943.  

Jul 06   Night Battle of Kula Gulf results in loss of 2 Japanese destroyers and USS Helena in the year 1943.  

Jul 07   In the year 1943 -10] Japanese premier Hideki Tojo visits Java  

Jul 08   In the year 1943 4th day of battle at Kursk: Gen Model uses last tank reserve  

Jul 08   On this day in history harry Oakes, Canadian ruler of Bahamas, murdered  

Jul 09   On this day in history 5th day of battle at Kursk: Germans occupy Verchopenje  

Jul 10   In the year 1943 6th day of battle at Kursk  

Jul 10   In the year 1943 arthur Finlay Nevin, composer, dies at 72  

Jul 10   Naval gunfire help Allied troops land on Sicily. It was first extensive use of LST's and smaller landing craft to deliver heavy equipment over the beach on this day in history.  

Jul 10   On this day in history uS & Britain invade Sicily in WW II  

Jul 11   7th day of battle at Kursk in the year 1943.  

Jul 11   Gunfire from U.S. cruisers and destroyers stop German and Italian tank attack against Army beachhead at Gela, Sicily in the year 1943.  

Jul 12   On this day in history battle of Kolombangara (2nd battle of Gulf of Kula)  

Jul 12   Bruce Taylor, cricketer (big-hitting NZ all-rounder 1965-73) in the year 1943.  

Jul 13   In the year 1943 11th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 5-3 at Shibe Park, Philadelphia  

Jul 13   In the year 1943 during Battle of Kolombangara in Solomon Islands, U.S. lost USS Gwin. (DD-433) while Japanese lost light cruiser Jintsu.  

Jul 13   Kurt Huber, German philosopher/resistance fighter, dies at 50 in the year 1943.  

Jul 13   The birth of The Battle of Kursk, largest tank battle in history, ends in the year 1943.  

Jul 14   Johannes F "Frits" Bakker Sr, actor, dies at 74% on this day in history.  

Jul 17   In the year 1943 rAF bombs Germany rocket base Peenemunde  

Jul 18   On this day in history british assault on Catania Sicily  

Jul 18   In the year 1943 german submarine shoots down K-47, the first and only U.S. airship lost during WW II.  

Jul 19   On this day in history 500 allied air forces raid Rome during WW II  

Jul 19   Allied air forces raid Rome during WW II on this day in history.  

Jul 20   Joint Chiefs of Staff question adm Nimitz (landing Gilbert Island) in the year 1943.  

Jul 21   Charles William Paddock, 100m runner (Olympic-gold-1920), dies at 42 in the year 1943.  

Jul 22   On this day in history allied forces captured Palermo, Sicily  

Jul 22   General George S. Patton leads American troops to capture Palermo, Sicily, during WWII in the year 1943.  

Jul 22   In the year 1943 uS forces led by Gen George Patton liberate Palermo Sicily  

Jul 23   Battle of Koersk, USSR ends in Nazi defeat (6,000 tanks) on this day in history.  

Jul 23   Emanuel Querido, publisher (Sobibor), dies on this day in history.  

Jul 24   On this day in history rAF bombs Hamburg (20,000 dead)  

Jul 24   Revolt in Italy; Mussolini is deposed by Badoglio on this day in history.  

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Jan 02   Barış Manço, Turkish singer and television producer (d. 1999) was born in the year 1943.  

Jan 04   Tom Wilkinson, CFL QB (Edmonton Eskimos) was born in the year 1943.  

Jan 04   In the year 1943 birth of doris Kearns Goodwin, American writer  

Jan 05   In the year 1943 birth of eusebio de Silva Ferreira, Mozamb/Port soccer star (Europa Cup 1 1962)  

Jan 05   Ferreira da Silva Eusebio, Brazilan intl soccer player was born on this day in history.  

Jan 06   Osvaldo Soriano, writer was born in the year 1943.  

Jan 06   In the year 1943 birth of paul James Nunn, mountaineer  

Jan 06   In the year 1943 birth of terry Venables, British soccer player/manager  

Jan 01   Colonel Andrew Summers Rowan, U.S. military officer who gave "a message to Garcia" (b. 1857) died on this day in history.  

Jan 03   Sir Walter James, Premier of Western Australia (b. 1863) died in the year 1943.  

Jan 05   George Washington Carver, famous black scientist, dies at 81 on this day in history.  

Jan 07   Nikola Tesla, Yugoslavian physicist (tesla motor), dies at 86 in the year 1943.  

Jan 08   Richard Hillary, Australian Spitfire pilot and author (b. 1919) died in the year 1943.  

Jan 09   Robin G Collingwood, English philosopher (Roman Britain), dies at 53 in the year 1943.  

Jan 10   Agustin P Justo y Rolon, pres Argentina (1931-38), dies at 66 on this day in history.  

Jan 11   In the year 1943 death of carlo Tresca, NY's Italian newspaper editor/anti-fascist, murdered