Page 15: Historical Events In 1943

Jul 28   Bill Bradley, Crystal Ms, NBA forward (Knicks, Oly-gold-64/Sen-D-NJ)   

Jul 28   Italian Facist dictator Benito Mussolini steps down.   

Jul 28   Pres FDR announces end of coffee rationing in US.   

Jul 29   1 million inhabitants flee Hamburg   

Jul 30   Benjamin James Dale, composer, dies at 58.   

Jul 30   Henri-François Gautrin, Quebec politician   

Jul 30   Last Judy Garland-Mickey Rooney movie released (Girl Crazy).   

Jul 31   Hedley Verity, cricketer (144 wickets in 40 Tests), dies in POW camp.   

Jul 31   Transport nr 58 departs with French Jews to nazi Germany   

Aug 01   Ismar Elbogen, German/US learned/rabbi (Jewish Lexicon), dies at 68   

Aug 01   PT-109 rammed and sunk, the future Pres. Kennedy suffers a back is injury   

Aug 01   Race riot in Harlem New York city.   

Aug 02   Armed revolt breaks out in Treblinka   

Aug 02   PT-109, under command of LTJG John F. Kennedy, cut in half by Japanese cruiser.   

Aug 02   Revolt in Treblinka.   

Aug 03   A private in an army hospital in Sicily is slapped by U.S. General George S. Patton, who accused the soldier of cowardice. Patton later apologized for the incident, at the request of General Dwight D. Eisenhower   

Aug 03   Gen Patton slaps a US GI in the hospital accusing him of cowardice   

Aug 04   British premier Churchill travels on the Queen Mary to Canada   

Aug 05   Adam Kuckhoff, writer, dies at 55   

Aug 05   Sammi Smith, singer   

Aug 05   Sicily: 3 US A-36's bomb British headquarter   

Aug 06   Tom Garrett, cricketer (last survivor of 1st Test in 1877), dies.   

Aug 06   US 1st Infantry division occupies node Troina Sicily   

Aug 07   Gustav Schmidt, German lt-general, dies in battle   

Aug 07   Red Army recaptures Bogodukov   

Aug 08   Common Chiefs of staff meet in Quebec   

Aug 09   Bertolt Brecht's "Leben des Galilei," premieres in Zurich   

Aug 10   C Bergsma, Dutch resistance fighter (Waalsdorpervlakte), dies   

Aug 10   Dutch submarine attacks Island Hertenbeest in NW Bali.   

Aug 11   Flying Officer Lloyd Allan Trigg, 200 Squadron, RAF, won the Victoria Cross over the North Sea.   

Aug 11   Red Army recaptures Tchukujev, at Kharkov.   

Aug 12   Alleged date of the inaugural Philadelphia Experiment test on United States Navy ship USS Eldridge.   

Aug 12   Georges Martin Witkowski, composer, dies at 76.   

Aug 13   Red army recaptures Spas-Demensk.   

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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