Page 14: Historical Events In 1943

Jul 05   Battle of Gulf of Kula on this day in history.   

Jul 06   2nd day of battle at Kursk: 25,000 German killed in the year 1943.   

Jul 06   Night Battle of Kula Gulf results in loss of 2 Japanese destroyers and USS Helena in the year 1943.   

Jul 07   In the year 1943 -10] Japanese premier Hideki Tojo visits Java   

Jul 08   4th day of battle at Kursk: Gen Model uses last tank reserve in the year 1943.   

Jul 08   On this day in history harry Oakes, Canadian ruler of Bahamas, murdered   

Jul 09   On this day in history 5th day of battle at Kursk: Germans occupy Verchopenje   

Jul 10   On this day in history 6th day of battle at Kursk   

Jul 10   On this day in history arthur Finlay Nevin, composer, dies at 72   

Jul 10   In the year 1943 naval gunfire help Allied troops land on Sicily. It was first extensive use of LST's and smaller landing craft to deliver heavy equipment over the beach.   

Jul 10   On this day in history uS & Britain invade Sicily in WW II   

Jul 11   On this day in history 7th day of battle at Kursk   

Jul 11   In the year 1943 gunfire from U.S. cruisers and destroyers stop German and Italian tank attack against Army beachhead at Gela, Sicily.   

Jul 12   On this day in history battle of Kolombangara (2nd battle of Gulf of Kula)   

Jul 12   On this day in history bruce Taylor, cricketer (big-hitting NZ all-rounder 1965-73)   

Jul 13   On this day in history 11th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 5-3 at Shibe Park, Philadelphia   

Jul 13   On this day in history during Battle of Kolombangara in Solomon Islands, U.S. lost USS Gwin. (DD-433) while Japanese lost light cruiser Jintsu.   

Jul 13   On this day in history kurt Huber, German philosopher/resistance fighter, dies at 50   

Jul 13   The birth of The Battle of Kursk, largest tank battle in history, ends on this day in history.   

Jul 14   Johannes F "Frits" Bakker Sr, actor, dies at 74% in the year 1943.   

Jul 17   RAF bombs Germany rocket base Peenemunde in the year 1943.   

Jul 18   British assault on Catania Sicily on this day in history.   

Jul 18   On this day in history german submarine shoots down K-47, the first and only U.S. airship lost during WW II.   

Jul 19   On this day in history 500 allied air forces raid Rome during WW II   

Jul 19   In the year 1943 allied air forces raid Rome during WW II   

Jul 20   Joint Chiefs of Staff question adm Nimitz (landing Gilbert Island) on this day in history.   

Jul 21   In the year 1943 charles William Paddock, 100m runner (Olympic-gold-1920), dies at 42   

Jul 22   In the year 1943 allied forces captured Palermo, Sicily   

Jul 22   General George S. Patton leads American troops to capture Palermo, Sicily, during WWII on this day in history.   

Jul 22   US forces led by Gen George Patton liberate Palermo Sicily in the year 1943.   

Jul 23   In the year 1943 battle of Koersk, USSR ends in Nazi defeat (6,000 tanks)   

Jul 23   On this day in history emanuel Querido, publisher (Sobibor), dies   

Jul 24   RAF bombs Hamburg (20,000 dead) in the year 1943.   

Jul 24   On this day in history revolt in Italy; Mussolini is deposed by Badoglio.   

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Jan 02   Barış Manço, Turkish singer and television producer (d. 1999) was born on this day in history.   

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

Jan 04   In the year 1943 birth of doris Kearns Goodwin, American writer   

Jan 05   Eusebio de Silva Ferreira, Mozamb/Port soccer star (Europa Cup 1 1962) was born in the year 1943.   

Jan 05   Ferreira da Silva Eusebio, Brazilan intl soccer player was born in the year 1943.   

Jan 06   Osvaldo Soriano, writer was born on this day in history.   

Jan 06   In the year 1943 birth of paul James Nunn, mountaineer   

Jan 06   Terry Venables, British soccer player/manager was born in the year 1943.   

Jan 01   In the year 1943 death of colonel Andrew Summers Rowan, U.S. military officer who gave "a message to Garcia" (b. 1857)   

Jan 03   In the year 1943 death of sir Walter James, Premier of Western Australia (b. 1863)   

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 on this day in history.   

Jan 09   In the year 1943 robin G Collingwood, English philosopher (Roman Britain), dies at 53   

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

Jan 11   Carlo Tresca, NY's Italian newspaper editor/anti-fascist, murdered died in the year 1943.