Page 8: Historical Events In 1943

Mar 26   Battle of Komandorski Islands, Pacific Ocean.   

Mar 26   Second Lieutenant Moananui-a-Kiwi NGARIMU, 28th NZ (Maori) Battalion, won the Victoria Cross at Tebaga Gap, Tunisia.   

Mar 26   The inaugural woman to receive air medal (US army nurse Elsie S Ott).   

Mar 27   Assassination attempt on Van de Peat at Amsterdams census bureau.   

Mar 27   Blue Ribbon Town (with Groucho Marx) inaugural heard on CBS Radio.   

Mar 27   Grigori Yakovlevich Bakhchivangi, test pilot (BI-1), killed in crash.   

Mar 27   HMS DASHER lost 5 miles south of Cumbraes Island in Firth of Clyde, SW Scotland - by aviation gasoline explosion. Working up after repairs to storm-damage sustained during Russian convoy JW.53 the previous month.   

Mar 27   US begins assault on Fondouk-pass, Tunisia   

Mar 28   Sergei Vasilievitch Rachmaninov, Russian composer/pianist, dies at 69   

Mar 29   Meat, butter and cheese rationed in US during WW II   

Mar 29   Meat, butter and cheese rationed in US during WWII (784 gram/week, 2 kilogram for GI's).   

Mar 30   5th NCAA Men's Basketball Champion: U of Wyoming beat Georgetown 46-34.   

Mar 30   British inaugural army recaptures Sejenane.   

Mar 31   Christopher Walken, american actor is born.   

Mar 31   Rodgers and Hammerstein musical "Oklahoma!" opens on Broadway   

Mar 31   US errantly bombs Rotterdam, results in the deaths of 326   

Apr 03   Conrad Veidt, German/US actor (Cabinet of Dr Calgary), dies at 50.   

Apr 03   Jan Dieters (leader of illegal CPN) arrested.   

Apr 04   Oskar Schlemmer, German painter/sculptor, dies at 54.   

Apr 05   Allies bomb Mortsel   

Apr 05   Poon Lim are discovered after being adrift 133 days.   

Apr 05   The third and last "Macedonian transport" reaches the Treblinka "resettlement"; all are gassed   

Apr 06   British and US army link up in Africa during WW II.   

Apr 07   Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini met for an Axis conference in Salzburg.   

Apr 07   Jovan Ducic, Serbian poet (Blue Legends), dies at 72   

Apr 08   Hakuun Yasutani Roshi, founder of Sanbo Kyodan, receives dharma   

Apr 08   Paul Colin, Belgian journalist/collaborator, executed   

Apr 09   Jomo Kenyatta of Kenya convicted of involvement with Mau Mau   

Apr 09   Re-establishment of Commodore rank in the U.S. Navy   

Apr 10   12 Jewish patients of Herren Loo-Lozenoord escape nazis.   

Apr 11   Frank Piasecki, Vertol founder, flies his 1st (single-rotor) craft.   

Apr 11   Frank Piasecki, Vertol founder, flies his inaugural (single-rotor) craft.   

Apr 12   Allies conquer Soussa, North-Africa.   

Apr 13   Catholic University Nijegen closes   

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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