Page 20: Historical Events In 1943

Nov 14   Chic Bear Sid Luckman passes for 7 touchdowns vs NY Giants (56-7).   

Nov 16   Marcel Verhamme, Belgian resistance fighter, executed.   

Nov 16   World War II: American bombers strike a hydro-electric power facility and heavy water factory in German-controlled Vemork, Norway.   

Nov 17   Paul Charles Rene Landormy, composer, dies at 74.   

Nov 18   1st US ambassador to Canada, Ray Atherton, nominated   

Nov 19   Andre Antoine, French stage manager (Theatre Antoine), dies at 85   

Nov 19   U-536 sinks in Atlantic Ocean.   

Nov 20   U-538 sinks in Atlantic Ocean.   

Nov 20   US forces land on Tarawa and Makin Atoll in the Gilbert Island.   

Nov 21   7 Belgian ministers in London sentence King Leopold III   

Nov 21   Jacques Laffite, French Grand Prix driver is born   

Nov 22   Billie Jean King (Moffitt) (tennis 20 Wimbledon titles).   

Nov 22   Billie Jean King (Moffitt) (tennis: 20 Wimbledon titles)   

Nov 22   FDR, Churchill and Chiang Kai-shek meet to discuss ways to defeat Japan.   

Nov 22   Lorenz Hart, lyricist, dies in NY.   

Nov 23   1st printing of illegal "Warheid".   

Nov 23   Ernest Jones, cricketer ("Jonah" Gave WG's beard a close shave), dies   

Nov 23   For the second straight day, British bombers attacked Berlin, recording 1315 civilian deaths. The two-day bombing resulted in a total of over 4000 Berliner deaths. British aircrew deaths from the attacks neared 300.   

Nov 23   On this day, 200 German soldiers surrounded the house where British agent Michael Trotobas was hiding. Trotobas shot and killed the Gestapo officer who had come to arrest him, then kept firing until he was gunned down himself   

Nov 23   US forces seized control of Tarawa and Makin from Japanese.   

Nov 24   Martin Raschke, German author/war correspondent, dies at 38.   

Nov 25   U-600 sinks in Atlantic Ocean.   

Nov 26   Edward H "Butch" O'hare, US pilot/lt-comdr, dies in battle.   

Nov 27   31st CFL Grey Cup: Hamilton Flying Wildcats defeat Winn Bombers, 23-14   

Nov 28   FDR, Churchill and Stalin met at Tehran to map out strategy.   

Nov 29   Partisan Tito forms temporary government in Jajce Bosnia.   

Dec 01   FDR, Churchill and Stalin agree to Operation Overlord (D-Day)   

Dec 02   1st RSHA transport out of Vienna reaches Birkenau camp.   

Dec 02   Nordahl Grieg, writer, dies.   

Dec 02   Sixteen Allied vessels are lost by Axis bombing at Bari, eastern Italy.   

Dec 03   9th Heisman Trophy Award: Angelo Bertelli, Notre Dame (QB).   

Dec 04   -Dec 6] 2nd conference of Cairo: FDR, Churchill and Turkish pres Inonu.   

Dec 04   Aircraft from USS Lexington (CV-16) and USS Independence (CVL-22) attack Kwajalein Atoll, sinking four Japanese ships and damaging five others, while only three U.S. ships suffered damage.   

Dec 04   Carlo Mierendorff, German politician/antifascist, dies at 46   

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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