Page 2: Historical Events In 1943

Jan 14   FDR and Winston Churchill confer in Casablanca concerning WWII   

Jan 14   Heinrich Himmler views Warsaw.   

Jan 15   1000 workers complete the air conditioning system for the Pentagon.   

Jan 15   1st transport of Jews from Amsterdam to concentration camp Vught.   

Jan 15   Japanese driven off Guadalcanal   

Jan 15   Work is completed on the Pentagon, headquarters of the U.S. Department of Defense.   

Jan 16   -60°F (-51°C), Island Park Dam, Idaho (state record)   

Jan 16   -60ºF (-51ºC), Island Park Dam ID (state record)   

Jan 16   Franz Courtens, Flemish painter (Sunny Lane), dies at 88   

Jan 16   German 2nd SS-Pantzer division evacuates Charkow.   

Jan 16   Red Army recaptures Pitomnik airport at Stalingrad   

Jan 16   The inaugural US air raid on Ambon.   

Jan 17   Tin Can Drive Day   

Jan 18   Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto begin resistance of Nazis.   

Jan 18   Jews in Warsaw Ghetto begin resistance of Nazis   

Jan 18   Moscow announced the 16-month Nazi siege of Leningrad was lifted   

Jan 18   Presliced bread sale banned to reduce bakery demand for metal parts.   

Jan 18   Soviets announce they broke the long Nazi siege of Leningrad   

Jan 19   Janis Joplin, American rock singer is born   

Jan 19   Joint Chiefs of Staff decide on invasion in Sicily.   

Jan 20   Giacomo Benvenuti, composer, dies at 57   

Jan 20   Lead SD, temp is 52°F, while 1.5 miles away Deadwood SD records -16°F   

Jan 20   Lead SD, temp is 52ºF, while 1.5 miles away Deadwood SD records -16ºF   

Jan 20   Operation-Weiss Assault of German, Italian, Bulgarian and Croatian.   

Jan 20   The Coast Guard Air Station, Floyd Bennett Field had experimented with a helicopter used as an airborne ambulance   

Jan 21   Otakar Sini, composer, dies at 61   

Jan 21   Soviet forces reconquer Gumrak airport near Stalingrad   

Jan 21   Soviet forces reconquer Worosjilowsk   

Jan 21   Vice-Admiral Cunningham appointed British Admiral of Fleet   

Jan 22   66.3 cm precipitation at Hoegees Camp, Calif (state record).   

Jan 22   American and Australian troops took New Guinea in the inaugural land victory over the Japanese in World War II   

Jan 23   66.34 cm (26.12"), Hoegees Camp, California (state record)   

Jan 23   Alexander Woollcott, critic, dies of a heart attack on radio, at 56.   

Jan 23   British 8th army marches into Tripoli.   

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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