Today in History for August 1943

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Historical Events

Events 1 - 60 of 60

1st - Japan declares Burma Independence under U Ba Maw
1st - Race riot in Harlem NYC
1st - Sunderland seaplanes sink U-454 & U-383
2nd - Armed revolt breaks out in Treblinka
2nd - Lt John F Kennedy's PT-boat 109 sinks at Solomon islands
2nd - RAF bombs Hamburg
2nd - Sunderland seaplanes sinks U-706 & U-106
2nd - Uprising at Treblinka Concentration Camp (crematorium destroyed)
3rd - Gen Patton slaps a US GI in the hospital accusing him of cowardice
3rd - Nazi occupiers attack city Orel, leave it in fire
4th - British premier Churchill travels on the Queen Mary to Canada
4th - Russian units reach suburbs of Orel
4th - USAF bombs Germans in Troina
5th - Sicily: 3 US A-36's bomb British headquarter
5th - Soviet forces reconquer Orel & Bjelgorod
5th - World War II: at around 11 A.M during the Battle of Troina, Mount Etna erupts sending ash and lava miles into the sky.
6th - US 1st Infantry division occupies node Troina Sicily
7th - Red Army recaptures Bogodukov
8th - Common Chiefs of staff meet in Quebec
US General George S Patton 8th - US amphibians land at St Agata on North coast of Sicily
8th - Vegetables & fruit rationed in Holland
9th - Bertolt Brecht's "Leben des Galilei," premieres in Zurich
10th - Dutch submarine attacks Island Hertenbeest in NW Bali
10th - Gen Patton calls injured soldier "cowardly"
10th - Hitler watches lynching of allied pilots
11th - Red Army recaptures Tchukujev, at Kharkov
11th - Richard Strauss' 2nd Horn Concert, premieres
11th - US amphibians land at Brolo on north coast of Sicily
12th - Alleged date of the first Philadelphia Experiment test on United States Navy ship USS Eldridge.
13th - Red army recaptures Spas-Demensk
14th - -Aug 24th: Quadrant conference over strike in Pacific Ocean
14th - 1st allied air raid on Borneo
14th - US 45th Division occupies Falcone 40 km outside of Messina
15th - Allies land on Kiska Aleutians
16th - 1st Long Tom bombs on Italian mainland (from Sicily)
16th - Bulgarian czar Boris III visits Adolf Hitler
17th - 498 British bombers attack Peenemunde
17th - Gen Patton enters Messina, completing conquest of Sicily by Allies
17th - US 8th Air Force loses 60 B-17O at attack on Regensburg/Schweinfurt
18th - Carl Hubbell wins his 253rd & final game, all with Giants
18th - Final convoy of Jews from Salonika Greece arrive at Auschwitz
18th - Otto Skorzeny's Heinkel-111 shot down at Sardinia
19th - Belgian church excommunicates nazi Leon Degrelle
19th - US air raid on German bases at Gilze-Rijen/Vlissingen
21st - Gromyko named USSR-ambassador in Washington
21st - Japan leaves Aleutian Islands
22nd - Soviet troops free Karkov
23rd - Red army recaptures Charkow
23rd - World War II: Kharkov liberated.
24th - Phila A's drop AL record tying 20th game in a row, win the 2nd game
25th - 10th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: All-Stars 27, Washington 7 (48,471)
25th - German occupiers impose 72-hour work week
25th - Lord Mountbatten appointed Supreme Allied Commander in SE Asia
25th - Red Army under Gen Vatutin recaptures Achtyrka
25th - US forces overrun New Georgia in Solomon Islands during WW II
28th - Denmark, declares a universal strike against Nazi occupiers
Italian Dictator Benito Mussolini 28th - Benito Mussolini transfered from La Maddalena Sardinia to Gran Sasso
29th - Denmark scuttles their warships so as not to be taken by Germany
31st - 1st battle of Essex/new Yorktown: US assault on Marcus Island
31st - Japanse occupiers intern Jewish Congregation of Sorabajo

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 74 of 74

1st - Andy Roxburgh, Glasgow, Scotland, football player, coach and manager
1st - Dennis Paxton, rocker (Dave Clark Five-Glad All Over)
1st - Stephen Sykes, Bishop (Ely)
2nd - Jeltje van Nieuwenhoven, Dutch MP (PvdA)
2nd - Kathy Lennon, singer (Lennon Sisters)
2nd - Max Wright, Detroit, actor (Buffalo Bill, Alf, Misfits of Science)
2nd - Rose Tremain, British novelist/playwright (Restoration)
2nd - Tom Burgmeier, American baseball player
2nd - Max Wright, American actor
4th - David Carr, rock keyboardist (Fortunes Leyton, London
4th - Michael J McCulley, San Diego California, Cmdr USN/astronaut (STS-34)
4th - Rodney Stuart Pattison, British yachtsman (Olympics)
4th - Tina Cole, Hollywood, singer (King Cousins)/actress (Katie-My 3 Sons)
4th - Bjørn Wirkola, Norwegian ski jumper
5th - Sammi Smith, singer
6th - Michael Anderson Jr, London, actor (Clay-The Monroes)
6th - Ray Buktenica, Greenwich Village NYC, actor (Rhoda, House Calls)
6th - Jon Postel, American computer scientist (d. 1998)
7th - Alain Corneau, director (Choice of Arms)
7th - Lana Cantrell, Sydney, Australia, singer (Those Were the Days)
7th - Giorgio Alverà,Italy, bobsledder (WC 1975 gold), (d. 2013)
9th - Ken Norton, American boxer
10th - Ronnie Spector, [Veronica Bennett], NYC, singer (Be My Little Baby)
10th - Shafqat Rana, Pakistani cricket batsman (5 Tests 1964-69)
10th - Veronica Bennett, rocker
10th - Michael Mantler, American trumpeter and composer
11th - Denis Payton, London, English rocker (Dave Clarke Five - Glad All Over)
11th - James Kale, rocker (Guess Who)
11th - Kenny Gamble, US songwriter (Me & Mrs Jones)
11th - Krzysztof Meyer, composer
11th - Abigail Folger, American heiress and Manson murder victim (d. 1969)
12th - William Mac Lance "Tiny" McCloud, musician/songwriter
13th - Gary Ilman, US, 100m freestyle (Olympic-4th-1964)
13th - Susan Jameson, actress (Secret World of Polly Flint)
13th - Yuri Fedorovich Isaulov, Russia, cosmonaut
14th - Barrie Leadbeater, cricket umpire
14th - Jon Andrew McBride, Charleston WV, Capt USN/astronaut (STS 41G)
14th - Keith Hampson, MP
14th - Ronald Campbell, MP
15th - Barbara Bouchet, Reichenberg Czech, actress (Casino Royale)
15th - Eni F H Faleomavaega, (Rep-D-American Samoa)
15th - María Rojo, Mexican actress and politician
17th - Edward Cowie, composer
17th - Koos Postema, editor-in-chief (Vrije Volk)/Dutch TV host
Actor Robert De Niro (17th) 17th - Robert De Niro, NYC, actor (Bang the Drum Slowly, Taxi Driver)
17th - Yukio Kasaya, Japan, 70m ski jumper (Olympic-gold-1972)
17th - Dave "Snaker" Ray, American musician (d. 2002)
18th - Martin Mull, Chic Ill, actor/comedian (Bad Manners, Flick, Serial)
18th - Sarah Dash, Trenton NJ, rock vocalist (Patti LaBelle & Bluebirds)
18th - Gianni Rivera, Italian footballer and politician
19th - Billy J Kramer, Liverpool, rock vocalist (The Dakotas-Bad to Me)
20th - Sylvester McCoy, Scottish actor
21st - Hugh Wilson, American director, writer and actor
22nd - Alun Michael, MP (Labour)
22nd - Masatoshi Shima, Japanese computer scientist
23rd - Bobby Diamond, LA California, actor (Duncan Gillis-Dobie Gillis)
23rd - Dale Campbell-Savours, MP (Lab)
23rd - Peter Lilley, MP/sect of state for British social security
23rd - Nelson DeMille, American novelist
24th - John Cipollina, SF Cal, rock guitarist (Quicksilver Messenger Service)
24th - Pini Zahavi, Israeli football agent
26th - Ulf Sundelin, Sweden, yachtsmen (Olympic-gold-1968)
27th - Bob Kerrey, (Sen-D Nebraska)
27th - [Susan] Tuesday Weld, NYC, actress (Dobie Gillis, Wild in Country)
28th - Anne "Honey" Lantree, rocker
28th - David Soul, [Solberg] Chicago, actor (Starsky & Hutch)
28th - Lou Pinella, Yankee manager (1969 AL rookie of the year)
28th - Surayud Chulanont, Thai 24th Prime Minister (former)
29th - Mohamed Amin, cameraman
29th - Richard Halligan, Troy NY, rock vocalist (Blood Sweat & Tears)
30th - David Henry Maslanka, composer
30th - Jean Claude Killy, Paris France, alpine skier (Olympic-3 golds-1968)
30th - Robert Crumb, US, cartoonist (Father Time, Fritz Cat)
31st - Leonid Ivashov, Russian general

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 18 of 18

1st - Ismar Elbogen, German/US learned/rabbi (Jewish Lexicon), dies at 68
5th - Adam Kuckhoff, writer, dies at 55
6th - Tom Garrett, cricketer (last survivor of 1st Test in 1877), dies
7th - Gustav Schmidt, German lt-general, dies in battle
10th - C Bergsma, Dutch resistance fighter (Waalsdorpervlakte), dies
10th - J Janzen, Dutch resistance fighter (Waalsdorpervlakte), dies
10th - J Posthuma, Dutch resistance fighter (Waalsdorpervlakte), dies
12th - Georges Martin Witkowski, composer, dies at 76
14th - Joe Kelley, American baseball player (b. 1871)
18th - Hans Jeschonnek, German air force general/chief-staff, commits suicide
18th - Ali-Agha Shikhlinski, Russian-Azerbaijani general (b. 1865)
21st - Henrik Pontoppidan, writer (Peter Gelukkige, Nobel 1917), dies at 86
23rd - Johann P Zilcher, German composer, dies at 88
24th - Ernst Ottwalt, writer, dies
24th - Simone Weil, French philosopher and social activist (b. 1909)
27th - Otto Selz, German psychologist (In Auschwitz), dies
28th - Boris III, of Saksen-Coburg, King of Bulgaria (1918-43), dies
30th - A[braham] [P] Merritt, author (Moon Pool, Creep Shadow!), dies at 58