In history, year 1943 has its own importance and known for many memorable events like famous birthdays, inventions, natural disaster, treaties, change of rulers, special days etc. Find below a list of important historical events which happened during the year 1943.
Top Historical Events of the Year 1943:
| Date/Month | Event / Incidence / Incident |
|---|---|
| 14 january | Winston Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Charles de Gaulle, and Henri Giraud ) met in Casablanca to plan the Allied European strategy for the next phase of World War II. |
| 15 january | The highest-capacity office building in the world, the headquarters of the United States Department of Defense known as the Pentagon, was dedicated. |
| 18 january | World War II: As part of Operation Iskra, the Soviet Red Army broke the Siege of Leningrad, opening a narrow land corridor to the city. |
| 29 january | World War II-The Battle of Rennell Island, the last major naval engagement between the United States Navy and the Imperial Japanese Navy during the Guadalcanal Campaign, began. |
| 02 february | World War II-The Soviet Red Army captured 91,000 tired and starving German soldiers, ending the Battle of Stalingrad, one of the bloodiest battles in human history. |
| 07 february | World War II-Japan successfully withdrew its troops from Guadalcanal. |
| 09 february | World War II-Allied forces declared Guadalcanal secure, ended the Guadalcanal Campaign as a significant strategic victory for Allied Forces fighting Japan in the Pacific War. |
| 14 february | World War II: General Hans-Jurgen von Arnim's Fifth Panzer Army launched a concerted attack against Allied positions in Tunisia. |
| 16 february | Second World War-Norwegian commandos trained by the British Special Operations Executive destroyed a factory to prevent the German nuclear energy project from acquiring heavy water. |
| 18 february | Joseph Goebbels, Hitler's propaganda minister, delivered theSportpalast speech to motivate the German people when the tide of WorldWar II was turning against Germany. |
| 20 february | A fissure opened in a cornfield in the Mexican state of Michoacán and turned into the cinder cone volcano Parícutin , growing 424 m (1,391 ft) in eight years. |
| 20 february | The Saturday Evening Post published the first of NormanRockwell's Four Freedoms, some of the most widely distributed painting sever produced, in support of U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt's 'Four Freedoms'. |
| 03 march | Second World War-During a German aerial attack on London, 173people were killed in a stampede while trying to enter Bethnal Greentube station, which was being used as an air raid shelter. |
| 05 march | The Gloster Meteor, the first operational jetfighter for the Allied Powers, had its first flight. |
| 13 march | The Holocaust: Nazi German troops began liquidating the Jewish Ghetto in Kraków, Poland, sending about 8, 000 Jews deemed able to work to the Plaszow labor camp, with the rest either killed or sent to Auschwitz. |
| 15 march | World War II-German forces recaptured Kharkov after four daysof house-to-house fighting against Soviet troops, ending the month-longThird Battle of Kharkov. |
| 19 march | Berlin was declared as Judenrein on May 19, 1943 following the Holocaust, a genocide in which millions of Jews were killed by Nazi regime and its collaboration during World War II. |
| 21 march | Second World War-Wehrmacht officer Rudolf Christoph von Gersdorff attempted to assassinate Adolf Hitler by suicide bombing, but had to abort the plan at the last minute. |
| 22 march | World War II-The entire population of the village of Khatyn Belarus was burnt alive by Nazi German forces, with participation from their Ukrainian and Belarusian collaborators. |
| 13 april | The neoclassical Jefferson Memorial in Washington, D.C., was formally dedicated on the 200th anniversary of Thomas Jefferson's birthday. |
| 13 april | World War II-German news announced the discovery of a mass grave of Polish prisoners of war killed by Soviet forces, causing a diplomatic rift between the Polish government-in-exile and the USSR. |
| 19 april | The Holocaust Nazi troops entered the Warsaw Ghetto to round up the remaining Jews, sparking the first mass uprising in Poland against the German occupation. |
| 30 april | Second World War: The Royal Navy submarine HMS Seraph began Operation Mincemeat to deceive Germany about the upcoming invasion of Sicily. |
| 14 may | Second World War: Australian Hospital Ship Centaur was attacked and sunk by a Japanese submarine off the coast of Queensland, killing 268 people aboard. |
| 16 may | Royal Air Force Dambusters embarked on a raid to deploy bouncing bombs on German dams in Operation Chastise during the Second World War. |
| 19 may | Berlin was declared as Judenrein on May 19, 1943 following the Holocaust, a genocide in which millions of Jews were killed by Nazi regime and its collaboration during World War II. |
| 01 june | Eight German Junkers Ju 88s shot down British Overseas Airways Corporation Flight 777 over the Bay of Biscay off the coast of Spain and France, killing actor Leslie Howard and several other notable passengers. |
| 03 june | Off-duty US sailors fought with Mexican American youths in LosAngeles, spawning the Zoot Suit Riots. |
| 20 june | Rioting between blacks and whites began on Belle Isle, Detroit,Michigan, and continued for three days. |
| 01 july | Tokyo City was dissolved, with its territory divided into thespecial wards of the newly created Tokyo Metropolis. |
Famous birthdays in the year 1943:
| Date/Month | Name / Profession / Country |
|---|---|
| 03 May | Mihail Chemiakin / Painter / Russia |
| 07 December | Bernard C. Parks / Politician / United States of America |
| 07 April | Dennis Amiss / Cricketer / United Kingdom |
| 08 April | James Herbert / Author / United Kingdom |
| 09 May | Vince Cable / Politician / United Kingdom |
| 12 December | Dickey Betts / Writer / United States of America |
| 14 June | Barry Burman / Painter / United Kingdom |
| 14 June | Jennifer Gretton / Politician / United Kingdom |
| 18 January | Kay Granger / Politician / United States of America |
| 19 April | Margo MacDonald / Politician / Scotland |
| 19 September | Indrek Toome / Politician / Estonia |
| 20 August | Sylvester McCoy / Actor / Scotland |
| 20 July | Chris Amon / Race Car Driver / New Zealand |
| 21 August | Hugh Wilson / Actor / United States of America |
| 23 August | Dale Campbell-Savours / Politician / United Kingdom |
| 23 December | Ron Allen / Baseball Player / United States of America |
| 25 August | Peque Gallaga / Actor / Philippines |
| 26 March | Bob Woodward / Author / United States of America |
| 29 April | Ruth Deech / Lawyer / United Kingdom |
| 30 August | Nigel Hall / Academic / United Kingdom |
Famous Indian Personalities Birthdays in the year 1943:
| Year | Name / Profession / Country |
|---|---|
| 01 January | Raghunath Anant Mashelkar / Scientist / India |
| 06 June | Asif Iqbal / Cricketer / India |
| 21 January | Pratibha Roy / Author / India |
| 30 June | Saeed Akhtar Mirza / Writer / India |
| 12 April | Sumitra Mahajan / Politician / India |
| 23 August | Rita Faria / Doctor / India |
| 23 September | Tanuja / Actress / India |
| 03 May | Prasanta Pattanaik / Academic / India |
| 17 July | Nirmal Jit Singh Sekhon / Soldier / India |
| 27 February | B. S. Yeddyurappa / Politician / India |
| 11 November | Anil Kakodkar / Scientist / India |
| 31 October | Umman Chandi / Politician / India |
| 08 April | Giridhar Gamang / Politician / India |
| 12 April | Sumitra Mahajan / Politician / India |
| 24 January | Subhash Ghai / Producer / India |
| 03 January | Nirmal Chander Vij / Soldier / India |
| 10 August | Shafqat Rana / Cricketer / India |
| 15 March | Sahib Singh Verma / Politician / India |
| 24 November | Montek Singh Ahluwalia / Economist / India |
