Page 19: Historical Events In 1943

Oct 19   Theater Guild presentation of "Othello" opens   

Oct 21   Alfred DPR Pound, British admiral/1st Sealord (Jutland, WW II), dies   

Oct 21   Frans LAJ Wolters, economist/Dutch MP (PvdA)   

Oct 22   Catherine Deneuve, French actress is born.   

Oct 22   Josef Venantius von Woss, composer, dies at 80.   

Oct 23   1st Jewish transport out of Rome reaches camp Birkenau   

Oct 24   Anti-nazi Clandestine Radio Soldatsender Calais begins transmitting   

Oct 25   Burma railroad completed and opens.   

Oct 25   H van Zanten, guerrilla leader on North Sumatra, executed   

Oct 26   World War II: inaugural flight of the Dornier Do 335 "Pfeil".   

Oct 27   Bela Reinitz, composer, dies at 64   

Oct 28   U-220 sinks   

Oct 29   3 allied officers escape out camp Stalag Luft 3   

Oct 29   Adrianus M de Young, writer (Merijntje Gijzen's youth), murdered at 55   

Oct 29   Donald Simpson, film producer   

Oct 30   Italian director Federico Fellini marries actress Giulietta Masina   

Oct 31   Max Reinhardt, Austrian stage manager (Turandot), dies   

Oct 31   Wash Redskin Sammy Baugh passes for 6 touchdowns vs Bkln (48-10)   

Nov 01   Dim-out ban lifted in San Francisco Bay area.   

Nov 01   Dim-out ban lifted in SF Bay area   

Nov 02   In a few days, 50000 Jews in the Lublin region are deported and shot in ditches behind the Majdanek gas chambers   

Nov 02   Jewish ghetto of Riga Latvia is destroyed   

Nov 03   Dmitri Sjostakovitch's 8th Symphony premieres in Moscow   

Nov 04   France arrests government of Lebanon.   

Nov 05   -6] Vatican bombed   

Nov 05   Louis Schelfhout, Dutch painter/graphic artist, dies at 62.   

Nov 06   Michael Schwerner, civil rights worker, murdered in 1964.   

Nov 06   Russian troops land on Kertsj peninsula   

Nov 07   Detroit Lions 0, NY Giants 0; last scoreless tie in NFL.   

Nov 07   Dwight Frye, actor (Vampire Bat, Dracula), dies at 44.   

Nov 09   Bernhard Lichtenberg, German clergyman/antifascist, dies at 67   

Nov 10   The U.S. State Department demolishes FDR's plan to set up refugee camps in North Africa and Southern Europe   

Nov 12   Brian Hyland, Queens NY, rocker (She Wore an Itsy Bitsy ... Bikini)   

Nov 12   Landwacht (NSB-political party) forms in Netherlands.   

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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