1943

Year 1943 () was a (the link will display full 1943 calendar) of the.

Events of 1943

 * (Below, many events of have the "" prefix.)

January

 * - End of term for, 29th . He is succeeded by.
 * The and  give up territorial rights in.
 * General Juanto dies in -  succeeds him
 * -, journalist and writer, dies in Neuengamme concentration camp
 * - makes the first  from an aircraft
 * - becomes the first  to travel by  while in office ( to  to meet with  to discuss ).
 * ese are driven off.
 * The world's largest office building,, is dedicated in.
 * officials announce they have broken the 's.
 * Beginning of the.
 * forces capture from the.
 * plays at 's for the first time.
 * Critic and commentator suffers an eventually fatal heart attack during a regular broadcast of the  Radio  program "People's Platform".
 * - : 50 bombers mount the first all American against  ( was the target).
 * - German police arrest alleged
 * plays at 's for the first time.
 * Critic and commentator suffers an eventually fatal heart attack during a regular broadcast of the  Radio  program "People's Platform".
 * - : 50 bombers mount the first all American against  ( was the target).
 * - German police arrest alleged

February

 * - : In, the comes to an end with the surrender of the German 6th Army.
 * The death of the when their ship was struck by a
 * The US writes that Middle-East oil is "the greatest single prize in all history."
 * - : In the, it is announced that rationing will go into effect in two days.
 * - : -  forces defeat Japanese troops.
 * - -  keeps a hunger strike to protest his imprisonment
 * - General is selected to command the allied armies in.
 * , is liberated.
 * - General  and his  launch an offensive against Allied defenses in ; it is the ' first major battle defeat of the war.
 * - : reconquers, but is later driven out in the
 * In a German Propagandaminister (Propaganda Minister) Joseph Goebbels declare a "" against the allies
 * The arrest the members of the  movement.
 * American executives agree to allow the  to  movies.
 * The Mexican volcano is born in a farmer's cornfield.
 * - Members of are executed in  Germany.
 * - The in, ,  explodes, killing 74 men.
 * -, 6 Norwegians led by Joachim Ronneberg successfully attack the heavy water plant.
 * The Mexican volcano is born in a farmer's cornfield.
 * - Members of are executed in  Germany.
 * - The in, ,  explodes, killing 74 men.
 * -, 6 Norwegians led by Joachim Ronneberg successfully attack the heavy water plant.

March

 * - becomes the Inspector-General of the Armoured Troops for the  Army.
 * - : -  and n forces sink ese convoy ships.
 * - 173 people are killed in a crush while trying to enter an at  in.
 * - : American forces are attacked by ese troops on Hill 700 in in a battle that will last five days.
 * On, ese troops end their assault on forces at Hill 700.
 * forces liquidate the Jewish ghetto in.
 * - suicides
 * - : The entire population of in  is burnt alive by the German occupation forces.
 * - : - In the  the battle begins when  forces intercept ese attempting to reinforce a garrison at.
 * - and 's  opens on, heralds a new era in "integrated" stage musicals, becomes an instantaneous stage classic, and goes on to be Broadway's longest-running musical up to that time (1948).
 * - and 's  opens on, heralds a new era in "integrated" stage musicals, becomes an instantaneous stage classic, and goes on to be Broadway's longest-running musical up to that time (1948).

April

 * - Shipwrecked steward is rescued by ian fishermen after he has been adrift for 130 days
 * - : Radio Berlin announces the discovery by of mass graves of Poles killed by Soviets in the.
 * - writes his first report about the hallucinogenic properties of, which he first synthesized in 1938.
 * - occurs on the latest possible date. Last time  next time.
 * - The U.S. is shuttered.

May

 * - - ese troops carries out the in Changjiao,,.
 * - : troops invade  in the  in an attempt to expel occupying ese forces.
 * - begins in  with  and  taking part.
 * - :  and  troops in  surrender to  forces.
 * - Sinking of the off the coast of, by a Japanese submarine.
 * - is dissolved.
 * - : The by  on German dams.
 * - : The ends.
 * Surviving RAF return.
 * The contracts with the 's Moore School to develop the.
 * The Becomes the first aorplane in the  to complete a 25-mission tour of duty.
 * - addresses a joint session of the.
 * - : becomes Chief Medical Officer in.
 * - between military personel and Mexican American youths erupts in East Los Angeles and is dubbed the "".
 * - between military personel and Mexican American youths erupts in East Los Angeles and is dubbed the "".

June

 * - is shot down over the  by German s, killing actor  and leading to speculation that downing was an attempt to kill
 * - Military in  ousts.
 * - land in North Africa prior to training at Arzew, French Morocco while serving in.

July

 * - The largest tank battle in history begins.
 * An Allied invasion fleet sails to.
 * - : s and ese fight the off.
 * - : The marks the beginning  invasion of -controlled  with landings on the island of, off mainland  by the.
 * - forces assault the village of Piano Lupo, just outside of Gela, Sicily.
 * - : the and the  fight the.
 * - : is bombed by the  for the first time in the war.
 * - : begins:  and  aeroplanes bomb  by night, those of the  by day. By the end of the operation in November, 9,000 tons of explosives will have killed more than 30,000 people and destroyed 280,000 buildings.
 * - In the Gran Consiglio del Fascismo retires its consent to ; Mussolini is arrested and the power is given to Maresciallo d'Italia Gen..
 * - : - The  bomb  causing a  that kills 42,000  civilians.
 * - : - The  bomb  causing a  that kills 42,000  civilians.

August

 * - : 177 bombers from the  bomb oil refineries at,.
 * - : 's is rammed by a destroyer, the  will be more successful.
 * - : is launched
 * - : and crew are found by  scouts   with their.
 * - : s defeat a ese convoy at the off  as the  drives the Japanese out of Munda airfield on New Georgia.
 * - :  is declared an.
 * - begins in .  Canadian   meets with  and.
 * - : The under General  arrive in  followed several hours later by the  under Field Marshal, thus completing the  conquest of.
 * - The ends with a heavy defeat for the German forces.
 * - : -  is named Reichminister of the Interior.
 * - : Lord  is named Supreme Allied Commander for Southeast Asia.
 * - :  - King  dies under peculiar circumstances. His six-year-old son,, ascends to the throne.
 * - : Germany dissolves the government after it refuses to deal with a wave of strikes and disturbances to the satisfaction of the German authorities. (See: )

September

 * - : Mainland is invaded by  forces under, for the first time in the war.
 * - : The under  General  lands and occupies, just east of the port city of  in northeastern.
 * - A fire at the Gulf Hotel in Houston, Texas, kills 55 people.
 * General publicly announces the surrender of  to the  and the USAAF bombed the German General Headquarter for the Mediterranean zone.
 * is executed by.
 * - First classes commence at.
 * - : German paratroopers rescue Mussolini from imprisonment, in.
 * - : The takes place.
 * - : is founded.
 * - : The takes place.
 * - : is founded.

October

 * - :  forces enter.
 * - : s and ese fight the naval.
 * - The instituted in the.
 * - : The new government of sides with the  and declares war on.
 * - took the oath of office as president of.
 * - and others in her  cell liberate  from  imprisonment
 * - : delivers a highly destructive airstrike on the German industrial and population center of
 * - : delivers a highly destructive airstrike on the German industrial and population center of

November

 * - : In, land on  in the.
 * In the early morning hours, and ese ships fight the inconclusive  off.
 * British troops, in Italy, reach the.
 * -, substituting at the last minute for ailing principal conductor , directs the in its regular Sunday afternoon broadcast concert over  Radio.  The event receives front page coverage in the  the following day.
 * - :  leader  orders that  and "part-Gypsies" were to be put "on the same level as s and placed in s."
 * After flying from, 160 bombers strike a  facility and  factory in -controlled ,.
 * Japanese sinks surfaced USA submarine  near
 * - : 440 planes bomb  causing only light damage and killing 131. The RAF lost nine aircraft and 53 aviators.
 * - : begins -  land on  and  atolls in the  and take heavy fire from ese shore guns.
 * - US President, British Prime Minister , and ROC leader meet in , , to discuss ways to defeat.
 * gains independence from.
 * - The on Bismarckstraße in the  neighborhood of  was destroyed. It was rebuilt in  and called the.
 * - : s and ese fight the naval between  and.
 * - : - US President, British Prime Minister  and Soviet Leader  meet in  to discuss war strategy (on  they established an agreement concerning a planned June  invasion of  codenamed ).
 * - Second session of, the Anti-fascist council of national liberation of , is held in , , determining the post-war ordering of the country.
 * - : s and ese fight the naval between  and.
 * - : - US President, British Prime Minister  and Soviet Leader  meet in  to discuss war strategy (on  they established an agreement concerning a planned June  invasion of  codenamed ).
 * - Second session of, the Anti-fascist council of national liberation of , is held in , , determining the post-war ordering of the country.

December

 * - A bombing raid on the harbour of, , sinks an American ship with a  stockpile.  (though the exact death toll is unresolved as the bombing raid itself caused hundreds of deaths too).
 * - delivers his classic "Orchestrated Hell" broadcast over  Radio describing a  nighttime bombing raid on.
 * In, resistance leader proclaims a provisional democratic Yugoslav government in-exile.
 * officially ends in the : With unemployment figures falling fast due to -related employment, US President closes the.
 * - in
 * - : US General becomes the Supreme Allied Commander in Europe.
 * - sets up a pro-Japanese Indian government at,.
 * - sets up a pro-Japanese Indian government at,.

Undated

 * Development of the by British to break German encryption (see ).
 * begins in in Spain
 * founded.
 * co-invents, with, the first commercially successful open circuit type of , the ..
 * Publication of 's groundbreaking Uberlieferungsgeschischtliche Studien: Die sammelnden und bearbeitenden Geschichtswerke im Alten Testament [Schriften der Konigsberger Gelehrten Gesellschaft: Geisteswissenschaftliche Klasse; 18,2 (trans: "Writings of the Konigsberger Scholarly Society:Spiritual Scientific Class No. 18.2")]: ( ["Halle an der Saale"]: M. Niemeyer, )

January-February

 * -, American actor
 * -, Turkish singer and television personality (d. )
 * -, American writer
 * -, English football manager
 * -, English comedian and singer
 * -, American singer (d. )
 * -, American radio host and author
 * -, American actor
 * -, British composer
 * -, American politician
 * , American singer (d. )
 * -, English singer and author
 * -, American actress and murder victim (d. )
 * -, American film director
 * -, Venezuelan player (d. )
 * -, British radio disc jockey
 * -, American musician
 * -, Turkish artist
 * -, American actress
 * -, Portuguese politician
 * , American video game pioneer
 * , American film director, writer, and producer
 * , American football player
 * -, American singer
 * -, English actor
 * , American actor
 * , American economist, laureate
 * -, American musician
 * -, Scottish writer, comedian, and actor
 * , British biochemist, recipient of the
 * , American author and retired engineer
 * -, British film director
 * -, American record executive and film producer
 * -, American football player and coach
 * -, Bulgarian mountaineer
 * -, British musician (d. )
 * -, American actor and director
 * , American composer
 * , British musician, artist and engineer
 * -, Bulgarian mountaineer
 * -, British musician (d. )
 * -, American actor and director
 * , American composer
 * , British musician, artist and engineer
 * , British musician, artist and engineer

March-April

 * March -, British actor
 * , American physicist
 * , American entrepreneur
 * , American author
 * , Polish footballer
 * -, Norwegian billionaire
 * , Italian singer and songwriter
 * , Hungarian composer
 * -, English actress
 * , American chess player
 * , American television journalist
 * -, Canadian film director
 * -, American violinist
 * -, American actor
 * , Mexican chemist, laureate
 * , Italian member of the European Commission
 * , American poet and photographer
 * , Estonian graphic artist
 * , American witch and author, (d. )
 * , English comedian, writer, artist, broadcaster, and musician (d. )
 * , Hungarian sports official (d. )
 * , Swiss actor
 * , British musician (d. )
 * - OBE, British choreographer
 * -, American journalist
 * , English actor, writer, and composer
 * , Greek musician and composer
 * -, American actor
 * -, British-born international business futurist and author
 * -, American actor
 * -, American football player
 * -, Polish athlete
 * -, English conductor
 * -, American poet and 12th
 * , French-born actor (d. )
 * , Czech Roman Catholic bishop and theologian
 * , Dutch painter
 * -, astronaut
 * -, British-born international business futurist and author
 * -, American actor
 * -, American football player
 * -, Polish athlete
 * -, English conductor
 * -, American poet and 12th
 * , French-born actor (d. )
 * , Czech Roman Catholic bishop and theologian
 * , Dutch painter
 * -, astronaut
 * -, astronaut

May-June

 * -, British comedian
 * , British musician
 * , American singer
 * -, American federal government official and businessman
 * , British musician and songwriter
 * -, Irish politician, recipient of the
 * -, American singer and composer
 * -, Dutch swimmer, politician and president of the Dutch Olympic Committee
 * -, American actor
 * -, American civil rights worker (d. )
 * , American football player
 * , American actress
 * , CMS, USAF/Retired
 * , Indian composer
 * -, Australian game show actor
 * -, Christian author and speaker
 * -, American chemist, laureate
 * -, American poet
 * -, British actor
 * -, American politician
 * , French singer and actor
 * -, American actress
 * , American politician
 * , American musician
 * -, American conductor
 * , American actor
 * , German physicist, laureate
 * -, baseball player
 * , British actress
 * , Japanese actor
 * , American politician
 * , American musician
 * -, American conductor
 * , American actor
 * , German physicist, laureate
 * -, baseball player
 * , British actress
 * , Japanese actor
 * , British actress
 * , Japanese actor
 * , Japanese actor

July-August

 * -, American actor
 * , German trombonist
 * , American reporter and talk show host
 * -, baseball player (d. )
 * -, American film critic (d. )
 * -, American tennis player (d. )
 * -, British musician
 * -, Irish astrophysicist
 * -, Cuban writer (d. )
 * -, British actress
 * -, American actor
 * , American nuclear freeze advocate (d. )
 * , American game show host and announcer
 * -, British musician
 * -, English singer
 * -, English keyboardist
 * -, American actor
 * , American actor and dancer
 * , American singer
 * -, Norwegian ski jumper
 * -, baseball player (d. )
 * -, former , and  pitcher (d. )
 * -, American musician (d. )
 * , American heiress and murder victim (d. )
 * , Pakistani general and leader
 * -, American football coach and television analyst
 * -, American actor
 * -, Italian footballer
 * -, British actor
 * -, American musician (d. )
 * -, baseball player and manager
 * -, French skier
 * -, British actor
 * -, American musician (d. )
 * -, baseball player and manager
 * -, French skier

September-October

 * -, American actor
 * , English biochemist and molecular biologist, recipient of the
 * , English musician
 * -, American actor
 * -, American actor
 * , Italian-born artist
 * , Canadian terrorist
 * -, American musician and video artist
 * -, American actor (d. )
 * -, , recipient of the
 * -, German biochemist, laureate
 * -, English actor
 * October -, American actress
 * -, American poet
 * -, American actor
 * -, American comedian and actor
 * -, American model, actress, and artist (d. )
 * -, Canadian terrorist
 * -, English physicist
 * -, Canadian terrorist
 * -, English physicist

November-December

 * -, English actor
 * - American News Anchor on NBC
 * -, American playwright and actor
 * , English actor
 * , Canadian musician
 * , American economist, laureate
 * , American literary critic
 * -, Australian swimming coach
 * -, American actor
 * -, American software engineer and businessman
 * -, Cuban player (d. )
 * -, Japanese actress
 * -, American rodeo cowboy
 * -, American writer
 * - U.S Senator from  -
 * -, Norwegian-born French magistrate
 * -, American musician (d. )
 * -, American politician
 * -, American saxophonist (d. )
 * -, baseball player
 * -, sculptor
 * -, British musician and songwriter
 * -, English guitarist and songwriter
 * -, American political scientist (d. )
 * -, American actor and writer
 * -, British lyricist and producer
 * -, English television presenter (d. )
 * , American musician (d. )
 * , British actor
 * , American musician (d. )
 * , British actor
 * , British actor

Unknown dates

 * (none)

January-June

 * -, American botanist (b. )
 * -, Croatian-born American scientist (b. )
 * -,  pilot, author of  (b. )
 * February -, wife of
 * -, the first (b. )
 * -, Russian composer (b. )
 * -, Japanese admiral (b. )
 * -, British actor (b. )
 * -, American explorer and author (b. )

July-December

 * -, Polish politician (b. )
 * -, American athlete (b. )
 * -, English cricketer (b. )
 * -, baseball player (b. )
 * -, Danish writer, laureate (b. )
 * - King (b. )
 * -, British 1915–1916 (born )
 * -, Cameroonian chief
 * -, American physicist and inventor (b. )
 * -, American musician (b. )
 * -, Dutch physicist, laureate (b. )
 * -, French sculptor (b. )
 * -, Thai prince and historian (b. )
 * -, American doctor (b. )
 * -, American jazz pianist (b. )
 * -, British children's author and illustrator (b. )

Nobel prizes

 * - not awarded
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 * - not awarded