Today in History for October 1943

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Historical Events

Events 1 - 45 of 45

1st - Allied forces captured Naples during WW II
1st - Averell Harriman named US ambassador to Moscow
1st - Germans attack Jews in Denmark
1st - King's Dragon Guards liberates suburbs of Naples
2nd - Japanse troops leave Kolombangara, Solomon Island
2nd - Yankees sweep 14th doubleheader of year, beating Browns, 5-1 & 7-6
3rd - British 8th army lands at Termoli, East Italy
3rd - Operations begin at PETA Java, defending (Japanese) fatherland
4th - Corsica freed by Free French
4th - German occupiers forbid flying of kites (6 month jail sentence)
5th - US air raid on Wake
6th - Battle at Vella Lavella, Solomon Island
6th - Himmler wants acceleration of "Final Solution"
7th - Weill/Perelman/Nash' musical "One Touch of Venus," premieres in NYC
8th - Great-Britain establishes bases on Azores
10th - Chiang Kai-shek takes oath of office as president of China
10th - US bombers accidentally strike Enschede Neth, causing 151 deaths
11th - NY Yankees beat Cards 4 games to 1, in 40th World Series, to become 1st team to win 10 World Series
12th - US bombs Rabaul, New Britain
13th - Italy declares war on former Axis partner Germany
14th - 400 Jews escape in uprising at Sobibor extermination Camp in Poland
14th - Japan declares Philippine Independence (premier/pres Jose Laurel)
14th - Outbreak attempt in Sobibor Concentration Camp
14th - US 8th Air Force loses 60 B-17 during assault on Schweinfurt
16th - Anti Jewish riot in Rome
16th - Chicago Mayor Ed Kelly opens city's new subway system
16th - Jewish quarter of Rome surrounded by Nazis, they are sent to Auschwitz
16th - US 1st Army establishes headquarter in Bristol
17th - Liberators sink U-540 & U-631
18th - US bombing of Bougainville, Solomon Island
19th - Conference of foreign ministers in Moscow
19th - Theater Guild presentation of "Othello" opens at Shubert
19th - Yankee 2nd baseman Joe Gordon announces retirement (hates NY)
19th - Streptomycin, the first antibiotic remedy for tuberculosis, is isolated by researchers at Rutgers University.
23rd - 1st Jewish transport out of Rome reaches camp Birkenau
23rd - Burma railway opens
24th - Anti-nazi Clandestine Radio Soldatsender Calais begins transmitting
25th - Burma railroad completed & opens
26th - World War II: First flight of the Dornier Do 335 "Pfeil".
28th - U-220 sinks
29th - 3 allied officers escape out camp Stalag Luft 3
30th - Molotov-Eden-Cordell Hull accord over operations at UN
30th - Soviet forces under Tolbuchin stick Sivash-bay about
31st - Wash Redskin Sammy Baugh passes for 6 touchdowns vs Bkln (48-10)
31st - World War II: F4U Corsair accomplishes the first successful radar-guided interception.

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 64 of 64

1st - Jerry Maitini, US saxophonist (Sly & Family Stone-Sex Machine)
1st - Jim Martini, rocker (Sly & Family Stone-Everyday People)
1st - Naushad Ali, cricketer (Pakistani wicket-keeper in six Tests 1964-65)
1st - Jean-Jacques Annaud, Draveil France, director (Bear, Black & White, Name of the Rose)
2nd - Anna Ford, British broadcaster/actress (Secret Policeman's Ball)
2nd - Henri SZEPS, Lausanne Switzerland, actor (Mother & Son)
2nd - Franklin Rosemont, American artist
3rd - Jeff Bingaman, (Sen-D-New Mexico, 1983- )
4th - Bonnie Bryant, LPGA golfer
4th - Buddy Roemer, (Gov/Rep-D-LA, 1981- )
4th - Owen Keir Davidson, Australia, 4 time Wimbledon mix double champ
5th - Benjamin L Cardin, (Rep-D-Maryland)
5th - Inna Churikova, Russia, actress (Theme)
5th - Steve Miller, Milwaukee, rocker (Abracadabra, Space Cowboy)
6th - Cees Veerman, pop guitarist/singer (Cats-Sure He's a Cat)
6th - Michael Durrell, Bkln NY, actor (Shannon, V, Alice, Chiefs)
6th - Udo Zimmermann, composer
6th - Alexander Maxovich Shilov, Russian painter
7th - Oliver L North, US colonel (Irangate)
7th - Joy Behar, American television personality
7th - José Cardenal, Cuban baseball player
8th - Chevy Chase, NYC, comedian/actor (SNL, Vacation, Fletch, Caddyshack)
8th - James Edward Sellars, composer
Children's Book Writer R L Stine (8th) 8th - R L Stine, Columbus, Ohio, children's book writer (Goosebumps)
9th - Mike Peters, American cartoonist
10th - Denis D'Ell, [Dennis Dalziel], rocker
10th - Earl of Stockton, English publisher/grandson of premier Macmillan
10th - Frederick Barthelme, American author
11th - Frank Muyser, Dutch guitarist/saxophonist (Les Baroques)
11th - Gene Watson, Palestine Tx, country singer (Heartaches, Love & Stuff)
11th - Keith Boyce, cricketer (big-hitting WI all-rounder of 70's)
11th - Ken Boyce, cricketer
11th - Per-Gunnar Alldahl, composer
13th - Mike Barnicle, American newspaper columnist
14th - Anthony Iannaccone, composer
14th - Lance Rentzel, NFL receiver (Minn, LA)/ex-husband of Joey Heatherton
14th - Noreen Corcoran, Quincy Mass, actress (Kelly-Bachelor Father)
16th - C Fred Turner, rock bassist/vocalist (Bachman-Turner Overdrive)
17th - Susan Davenny Wyner, New Haven Ct, soprano (Walter Naumberg Prize)
18th - Russ Giguere, Portsmouth NH, rock guitarist/vocalist (Association)
18th - Birthe Rønn Hornbech, Danish politician
19th - Michael Findlay, cricket wicket-keeper (WI early 70's)
19th - Robert Morris, composer
19th - Robin Greville Holloway, composer
19th - Takis Ikonomopoulos, Greek footballer
20th - Dunja Vejzovic, Croatian soprano
21st - Frans LAJ Wolters, economist/Dutch MP (PvdA)
21st - Paula Kelly, Jacksonville Fla, dancer/actress (Liz-Night Court)
21st - Ron Elliott, rocker
21st - Tariq Ali, Pakistani author and historian
22nd - Allen James Coage, NYC, HW judo (Olympic-bronze-1976)
22nd - Bobby Fuller, Texas, rock vocalist/guitarist (Bobby Fuller Four)
22nd - Catherine Deneuve, [Dorleac], Paris, actress (Repulsion, Hunger)
22nd - Paul Zukofsky, Brooklyn NY, violinist (Cappricio)
22nd - Robert Long, [Leverman], Dutch singer/actor (Vroeger Kon je Lachen)
22nd - Jan de Bont, Dutch film director
24th - Jose Serrano, (Rep-D-New York)
25th - Roy Lynes, England, rock organist (Status Quo)
25th - Selly Fernandes, Curacao poetess (Winking with Selly)
28th - Conny Froboess, German singer
28th - Charo López, Spanish actress
29th - Donald Simpson, film producer
30th - Joanna Shimkus, Halifax NS, actress (Marriage of a Young Stockbroker)
31st - Stephen Rea, actor (Crying Game, Michael Collins)

Famous Weddings

Weddings 1 - 2 of 2

20th - British Children's writer Enid Blyton marries 2nd husband surgeon Kenneth Fraser Darrell Waters at City of Westminster registry office, London
30th - Italian director Federico Fellini marries actress Giulietta Masina

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 45 of 45

1st - Antoine T Broekman, resistance fighter, executed at 32
1st - Anton JT Koreman, resistance fighter, executed at 27
1st - Antoon Pleyte, resistance fighter, executed at 26
1st - Dionysius Remiens, resistance fighter, executed at 24
1st - Earnest Klijzing, resistance fighter, executed
1st - Gideon Boissevain, resistance fighter, executed at 22
1st - Hans Katan, resistance fighter, executed at 24
1st - Henri H Geul, resistance fighter, executed at 27
1st - Johan Kalshoven, resistance fighter, executed at 20
1st - Johan Roemer, resistance fighter, executed at 22
1st - Johan van Mierlo, resistance fighter, executed at 35
1st - John Charles Boissevain, resistance fighter, executed at 23
1st - Leo Frijda, resistance fighter, executed at 20
1st - Louis Boissevain, resistance fighter, executed at 21
1st - Maarten van/of Gilse, resistance fighter, executed at 27
1st - Olaf T Thomsen, resistance fighter, executed at 23
1st - Peter "Pam" Pooters, resistance fighter, executed at 32
1st - Sape Kuiper, resistance fighter, executed at 19
1st - Victor van Swieten, resistance fighter, executed at 36
1st - Walter Brandligt, literature/resistance fighter, executed at 42
2nd - Robert Nathaniel Dett, composer, dies at 60
4th - Richard T Ely, US economist (Ground under our feet), dies
4th - Irena Iłłakowicz, Polish agent of Intelligence (b. 1906)
5th - Leon Roppolo, American musician (b. 1902)
6th - Robert Cooper, father of Card pitcher Mort & catcher Walker, dies
7th - Eugeniusz Bodo, Polish actor (b. 1899)
7th - Radclyffe Hall, British author (b. 1880)
9th - Gerard W Kerncamp, historian/editor-in-chief (Green Amsterdam), dies
9th - Jan Dieters, leader of illegal Dutch political party (CPN), executed
9th - Lou Jansen, leader of illegal Dutch political party (CPN), executed
9th - Pieter Zeeman, naturalist (Nobel 1902), dies
14th - Jackie Matthews, cricketer (8 Tests 1911-12, 16 wickets), dies
17th - Stefan Starzyński, Polish politician (b. 1893)
18th - Adrianus M de Young, writer (Merijntje Gijzen's Youth), dies at 55
18th - Benedictus H Dancer, botanist, dies at 52
19th - Adrianus M de Young, writer (Merijntje Gijzen's youth), murdered
21st - Alfred DPR Pound, British admiral/1st Sealord (Jutland, WW II), dies
22nd - Josef Venantius von Woss, composer, dies at 80
24th - Hector de Saint-Denys Garneau, French Canadian poet (b. 1912)
25th - H van Zanten, guerrilla leader on North Sumatra, executed
26th - Marc Aurel Stein, Hungarian-born archaeologist (b. 1862)
27th - Bela Reinitz, composer, dies at 64
29th - Adrianus M de Young, writer (Merijntje Gijzen's youth), murdered at 55
31st - Max Reinhardt, Austrian stage manager (Turandot), dies
31st - Max Reinhardt, German film director (b. 1873)