Page 17: Historical Events In 1943

Sep 16   Australians capture Lae.   

Sep 16   Montgomery's 8th army contacts invasion.   

Sep 17   Dick Tyldesley, cricketer (7 Tests for England), dies.   

Sep 17   Load of "ammunition in transit" explodes at Norfolk Naval Air Station.   

Sep 18   Cardinals clinch NL pennant   

Sep 18   Most of the 2000 deported Minsk Jews are killed in Sobibor.   

Sep 19   Fanny Whiteers-Koen breaks jumping world record   

Sep 20   HMCS ST CROIX (RCN),sunk by a new acoustic torpedoSE of Greenland by 2 torpedoes from German U.305.   

Sep 20   Liberator bombers sinks U-338.   

Sep 20   Rome is occupied by the Germans. The German Army now controls most of Italy.   

Sep 21   Arundel (Solomon Island) in US hands   

Sep 22   British dwarf submarines attack Tirpitz.   

Sep 22   U.S. destroyers and landing craft land Australian troops at Finschhafen, New Guinea   

Sep 24   Soviet forces reconquer Smolensk   

Sep 25   Russian troops liberate Smolensk.   

Sep 26   Operation Jaywick - an Australian SOA (Special Operations Australia) unit, operating from the fishing vessel Krait, mines Japanese ships in Singapore harbour The operation sinks 37000 tons of enemy shipping   

Sep 27   Anti-fascism opposition begins in Naples.   

Sep 27   Waclaw Gieburowski, composer, dies at 65   

Sep 28   Charles Vintcent, cricketer (played in S Africa's 1st 3 tests), dies.   

Sep 29   Eisenhower and Italian Marshal Pietro Badoglio sign an armistice   

Sep 29   Lech Walesa, Polish leader; founder of Solidarity trade union is born.   

Sep 30   Pope Pius XII encyclical on Divine spirit.   

Oct 01   Allied forces captured Naples during WW II   

Oct 01   Antoine T Broekman, resistance fighter, executed at 32.   

Oct 01   Clark's forces enter Naples, Italy   

Oct 02   Japanse troops leave Kolombangara, Solomon Island.   

Oct 02   Orders are given for the expulsion of all Danish Jews. Thanks to Danish underground operations, only 415 Jews are captured by the Germans. 7000 are evacuated to Sweden.   

Oct 02   Robert Nathaniel Dett, composer, dies at 60   

Oct 03   British 8th army lands at Termoli, East Italy   

Oct 04   Corsica freed by Free French.   

Oct 04   Richard T Ely, US economist (Ground under our feet), dies.   

Oct 05   US air raid on Wake.   

Oct 06   400 Orthodox rabbis march on Washington from the Capitol to the White House. The President refuses to see them. However, as a result, public hearings on rescue in the House and Senate are held   

Oct 06   Battle at Vella Lavella, Solomon Island   

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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