Page 7: Historical Events In 1943

Mar 08   US Ladies Figure Skating Championship won by Gretchen Merrill on this day in history.   

Mar 08   US Men's Figure Skating Championship won by Arthur Vaughn on this day in history.   

Mar 09   Delft opposition group-Pahud de Mortanges overthrown on this day in history.   

Mar 09   On this day in history greek Jews of Salonika are transported to Nazi extermination camps   

Mar 09   Oskar Hêks, Czech marathon runner/antifascist, dies in Auschwitz in the year 1943.   

Mar 10   In the year 1943 in northern Bulgaria, farmers threaten to lie down on the tracks to prevent the deportation of Jews. Government rescinds the order to deport Northern Bulgarian Jews.   

Mar 10   Tully Marshall, actor (Let's Go, Red Dust), dies at 78 on this day in history.   

Mar 11   Nazi Militia forms in Netherlands on this day in history.   

Mar 12   Soviet troops liberate Wjasma on this day in history.   

Mar 13   Baseball approves official ball (with cork & balata) in the year 1943.   

Mar 13   Failed assassin attempt on Hitler during Smolensk-Rastenburg flight on this day in history.   

Mar 14   On this day in history world War II   

Mar 15   Allied reconnaissance flight over Java on this day in history.   

Mar 15   On this day in history red Army evacuates Kharkov   

Mar 16   Elin K (No) & Zaanland (Neth) torpedoed & sinks in the year 1943.   

Mar 16   Flight Lieutenant WE Newton awarded posthumously the Victoria Cross Newton was the only member of the RAAF to win the Victoria Cross in the Pacific war in the year 1943.   

Mar 16   In the year 1943 the ships Elin K (Norway) &Zaanland (Netherlands) torpedoed &sunk   

Mar 17   On this day in history aldemarin (Ned) & Fort Cedar Lake (US) torpedoed & sinks   

Mar 17   In the year 1943 the ships, Aldemarin (Ned) and Fort Cedar Lake (US) torpedoed and sink   

Mar 18   James Oglethorpe (US) & Terkolei (Neth), torpedoed & sinks on this day in history.   

Mar 18   Red Army evacuates Belgorod on this day in history.   

Mar 18   In the year 1943 s.S. James Oglethorpe (US) & S.S. Terkolei (Netherlands), torpedoed & sunk   

Mar 19   Airship Canadian Star torpedoed & sinks on this day in history.   

Mar 19   On this day in history airship Canadian Star torpedoed &sinks   

Mar 19   In the year 1943 vicente Ripolles, composer, dies at 75   

Mar 20   British offensive against Mareth-line on this day in history.   

Mar 20   German U-384 bombed &sunk in the year 1943.   

Mar 21   Assassination attempt on Hitler fails in the year 1943.   

Mar 21   In the year 1943 british 8th army opens assault on Mareth line, Tunisia   

Mar 22   On this day in history crematorium II at Birkenau is now ready for use.   

Mar 22   On this day in history dutch work week extended to 54 hour   

Mar 22   In the year 1943 obligatory work for woman ends in Belgium   

Mar 22   SS police chief Rauter threatens to kill half Jewish children in the year 1943.   

Mar 23   On this day in history andre Lichtenberger, French Sudan writer (Le Petit Roi), dies at 72   

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Jan 02   Barış Manço, Turkish singer and television producer (d. 1999) was born in the year 1943.   

Jan 04   Tom Wilkinson, CFL QB (Edmonton Eskimos) was born in the year 1943.   

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of doris Kearns Goodwin, American writer   

Jan 05   In the year 1943 birth of eusebio de Silva Ferreira, Mozamb/Port soccer star (Europa Cup 1 1962)   

Jan 05   On this day in history birth of ferreira da Silva Eusebio, Brazilan intl soccer player   

Jan 06   In the year 1943 birth of osvaldo Soriano, writer   

Jan 06   On this day in history birth of paul James Nunn, mountaineer   

Jan 06   On this day in history birth of terry Venables, British soccer player/manager   

Jan 01   On this day in history death of 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) died in the year 1943.   

Jan 05   George Washington Carver, famous black scientist, dies at 81 in the year 1943.   

Jan 07   Nikola Tesla, Yugoslavian physicist (tesla motor), dies at 86 in the year 1943.   

Jan 08   Richard Hillary, Australian Spitfire pilot and author (b. 1919) died in the year 1943.   

Jan 09   Robin G Collingwood, English philosopher (Roman Britain), dies at 53 in the year 1943.   

Jan 10   Agustin P Justo y Rolon, pres Argentina (1931-38), dies at 66 in the year 1943.   

Jan 11   On this day in history death of carlo Tresca, NY's Italian newspaper editor/anti-fascist, murdered