What happened in 1943?
376 recorded events in 1943, including 181 in people, 120 in wars & conflicts and 24 in science & technology.
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Wars & Conflicts 120
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Battle of Kursk
World War II battle that took place in 1943
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Third Battle of Kharkov
1943 series of battles on the Eastern Front of World War II
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Battle of the Dnieper
1943 battle on the Eastern Front of World War II
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Battle of Tarawa
Battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II, at the Tarawa Atoll in the Gilbert Islands
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Battle of Kasserine Passe
1943 battle in Tunisia
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Allied invasion of Italy
1943 battle
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Battle of Smolensk
Recapture of the city by the Soviet 39th, 43rd and 10th Guards armies
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Battle of Prokhorovka
1943 battle during World War II
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Operation Spark
1943 military operation
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Battle of the Bismarck Sea
1943 Allied attack on a Japanese convoy
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Battle of the Caucasus
1942 World War II military campaign
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Battle of Kiev
1943 battle, part of the Eastern Front of World War II
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Battle of Neretva
Final phase of the Axis operation Weiss and the Partisan counter-offensive.
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Battle of the Sutjeska
1943 battle during World War II, major part of Operation Schwarz.
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Bougainville Campaign
Allied reconquest of the island of Bougainville in the South Pacific from the Japanese forces who occupied it in 1942
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Battle of Attu
1943 battle in the Pacific theatre of World War II
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Battle of Changde
1943 battle
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Operation Cartwheel
1943 major military strategy for the Allies in the Pacific theater of World War II
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Battle of Makin
Engagement of the Pacific Campaign of World War II from 20 to 23 November 1943
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Battle of Vella Gulf
1943 battle
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Battle of the Mareth Line
1943 battle in Tunisia
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Battle of Sidi Bou Zid
1943 battle in Tunisia
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Kerch–Eltigen Operation
1943 military operation in World War II
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New Georgia Campaign
1943 series of land and naval battles of the Pacific campaign of World War II
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Battle of Ortona
World War II battle in Ortona, Italy in December 1943
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Battle of Lenino
World War II battle (October 1943)
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Battle of Cape Gloucester
1943 WWII battle in the Pacific Theater
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Operation Fustian
1943 an airborne forces operation undertaken during the Allied invasion of Sicily
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Battle of Empress Augusta Bay
1943 naval battle of World War II
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Battle of Arawe
1943 battle of New Britain Campaign
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Battle of El Guettar
1943 battle in Tunisia
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Battle of West Hubei
1943 battle of the Second Sino-Japanese War
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Voronezh–Kastornoye Offensive
1943 Soviet counter-offensive on the Eastern Front of World War II
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Battle of Krasny Bor
Battle for Krasny Bor, Leningrad Oblast, during Operation Polar Star in February 1943
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Battle of the Treasury Islands
1943 WWII battle
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Battle of Kos
Battle between British, Italian and German forces
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Donbass Strategic Offensive
1943 battle on the Eastern Front of WW2
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Huon Peninsula campaign
1943 Part of the New Guinea Campaign of the Pacific Theater (World War II)
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Battle of Wau
1943 battle on the Pacific Theater of World War II
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Battle of Wadi Akarit
1943 battle in Tunisia
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Battle of Gela
Battle on 10-12 july 1943
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Battle of Troina
1943 battle
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Battle of Sokolovo
1943 battle
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Land Battle of Vella Lavella
1943 battle
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Battle of Nevel
1943 military action on the Eastern Front in World War II
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Battle of Leros
1943 battle of the Dodecanese Campaign during WWII
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Operation Chestnut
1943 battle
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Battle of Nikolayevka
Breakout of Italian forces at the Battle of Stalingrad in 1943
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Battle of the Ruhr
British strategic bombing campaign during World War II
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Battle of Northern Burma and Western Yunnan
1943 battle of the Second Sino-Japanese War
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Battle of San Pietro Infine
WWII major engagement from 8–17 December 1943, in the Italian Campaign
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Battle of Belgorod
1943 battle
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Battle of Hill 609
1943 battle in Tunisia
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Battle of Sio
1943 Breakout phase of the New Guinea Campaign
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Landing at Nadzab
WWII airborne landing of 1943
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Battle of Muranów Square
1943 battle part of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
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Battle of Centuripe
1943 battle during World War II
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Battle of the Cigno Convoy
1943 battle
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Battle of Longstop Hill
1943 battle in Tunisia
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Battle of Monte la Difensa
1943 battle during the Italian Campaign in World War II
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Battle of Finschhafen
1943 battle in the Huon Peninsula campaign of WWII
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Battle of Kaiapit
1943 engagement in New Guinea
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Operation Dexterity
1943 battle
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Battle of the Pips
1943 incident in World War II
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Battle of Fardykambos
1943 World War II battle in Italian-occupied Greece
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Przebraże Defence
Series of World War II battles in Poland
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German occupation of Rome
German attack on Rome during World War II (1943)
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Battle of Sept-Îles
1943 naval battle during the Second World War
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Landings at Cape Torokina
1943 landing on the Solomon Islands
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Battle of Zvornik
1943 battle
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Battle of Zahoriv Monastery
1943 battle
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Battle of Sedjenane
1943 battle in Tunisia
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Attack on Volodymyrets
1943 battle
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Defense of Huta Stepańska and Wyrka
1943 armed clashes
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Battle of Koromokina Lagoon
1943 battle between the United States Marine Corps and Imperial Japanese Army forces on Bougainville Island
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Battle of Rhodes
1943 German invasion during World War II.
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Melitopol Offensive
1943 Soviet offensive on the Eastern Front of WW2
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Battle of Wareo
1943 battle fought by Australian and Japanese forces in New Guinea during the Huon Peninsula campaign of World War II
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Battle of Wickham Anchorage
1943 Pacific War battle in the Solomon Islands
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Battle of Munda Point
1943 battle of the New Georgia campaign during World War II
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Battle of Sattelberg
Battle Involving forces from Australia, the United States and Japan,
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Battle of Turjak Castle
1943 siege
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Battle of Radovychi
1943 battle
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Defence of Kupiczów
1943 battle
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Battle of Piva Forks
1943 battle
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Battle of Gjorm
1943 battle
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Izyum-Barvenkovo Offensive
1943 battle on the Eastern Front of WW2
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Landing at Nassau Bay
Landing at Nassau Bay (Wars & Conflicts).
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Battle of the Gulf of Gabes
Battle of the Gulf of Gabes (Wars & Conflicts).
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Battle for Piva Trail
1943 battle
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Battle of Bairoko
Battle of the World War ||
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Battle of Drashovica
1943 WWII Albanian Resistance conflict
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Battle of Dumpu
1943 conflict in New Guinea
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Battle of Enogai
1943 battle of the New Georgia campaign during World War II
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Battle of Hellzapoppin Ridge and Hill 600A
1943 battle
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Battle of Kočevje
World War II battle in Kočevje, Slovenia
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Battle of Bobdubi
1943 battle
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Battle of Lababia Ridge
1943 battle of World War II
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Battle of Roosevelt Ridge
1943 World War II battle in New Guinea
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Battle of John's Knoll–Trevor's Ridge
1943 battle
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Battle of Moczulanka
1943 battle
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Battle of the Coconut Grove
WW2 battle during Bougainville campaign, Pacific theatre
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Battle of Trahili
1943 battle of World War II
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Battle of Enfidaville
1943 battle in Tunisia
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Battle of Scarlet Beach
1943 landing in New Guinea
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Battle of The Pimple
1943 battle
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Battle of Viru Harbor
Battle of the New Georgia campaign during World War II
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Pacification of Rabaul
1942 Allied recapture of Rabaul, New Guinea, from Japan
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Battle of Mount Tambu
1943 WWII battle in Salamaua
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Battle of Mubo
1943 battle
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Operation Garlic
Air raids on the Glane culverts in the Dortmund-Ems Canal in September 1943
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Battle of Grčarice
1943 battle
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Battle of Porta
1943 part of Greek Resistance during World War II
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Defence of Wicyń
1943–1944 battle
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Battle of Lyudvipol
1943 battle
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Battle of Arundel Island
Battle of the New Georgia campaign during World War II
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Battle of Sarantaporos
1943 ELAS guerrilla operation in Greece
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Drive on Munda Point
Battle of the New Georgia campaign during World War II
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New Georgia counterattack
Battle of the New Georgia campaign during World War II
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Battle of Magdalene
Battle of Magdalene (Wars & Conflicts).
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Politics & Government 2
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Armistice of Cassibile
Armistice between the Kingdom of Italy and the Allies of World War II
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Moscow Declaration
Allied Powers' agreement in the wane of WWII
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People 181
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Gyula Peidl died
Hungarian politician (1873-1943)
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Nikola Tesla died
Serbian-American engineer and inventor (1856–1943)
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David Hilbert died
German mathematician (1862–1943)
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Pieter Zeeman died
Dutch physicist (1865–1943)
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Karl Landsteiner died
Jewish-Austrian biologist, physician and Nobel Prize laureate
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George Washington Carver died
African American botanist and inventor (1864-1943)
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Nikolai Vavilov died
Russian (Soviet) agronomist, botanist and geneticist (1887-1943)
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Aurel Stein died
Hungarian-British archaeologist (1862-1943)
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Alexandre Yersin died
Swiss-French physician and bacteriologist
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Helene Stöcker died
German feminist, pacifist and gender activist (1869–1943)
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Muhamed Mehmedbašić died
Muslim revolutionary and conspirator
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Richard T. Ely died
United States economist and author (1854–1943)
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Vasil Zacharka died
Belarusian exiled politician (1877–1943)
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Henri Antoine Jules-Bois died
French occult writer (1868–1943)
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Hanna Resvoll-Holmsen died
Norwegian biologist (1873-1943)
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Vittorio Sella died
Italian photographer (1859–1943)
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Nguyen An Ninh died
Vietnamese writer, activist and revolutionary (1900–1943)
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Victor Alter died
Jewish socialist activist and publicist (1890–1943)
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Gusta Dawidson Draenger died
Polish Jewish activist under the Nazi occupation
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Leslie Howard died
British actor (1893–1943)
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Max Reinhardt died
Theatre director and actor (1873-1943)
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Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko died
Russian theatre director (1858-1943)
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Conrad Veidt died
German actor (1893–1943)
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André Antoine died
French actor and director (1858–1943)
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Jean Emile Laboureur died
French painter and lithographer (1877-1943)
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Auguste Audollent died
French archaeologist, historian and epigraphist (1864-1943)
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Joseph Brenier died
French politician (1876-1943)
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Aimo Cajander died
Finnish forest scientist and politician (1879-1943)
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Guido Fubini died
Italian mathematician (1879-1943)
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Frank Worsley died
New Zealand sailor and explorer (1872–1943)
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Albert Armitage died
Scottish mariner (1864–1943)
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Fredrik Ramm died
Norwegian journalist
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William Frederick Travers O'Connor died
British military interpreter in Lhasa, and a writer (1870-1943)
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Kristian Kristiansen died
Norwegian explorer (1865-1943)
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Mordechaj Tenenbaum died
Polish resistance fighter
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Marie Politzer died
French midwife, resistant and activist (1905–1943)
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Annie Shepley Omori died
American artist and translator
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Addie Waites Hunton died
American suffragist, activist, writer, political organizer, educator (1867-1943)
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Martha Geiringer died
Austrian zoologist, biologist and activist
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Florida Ruffin Ridley died
American civil rights activist, teacher, editor and writer
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Fredericka Douglass Sprague Perry died
American social welfare activist
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Bohdan de Nisau died
Polish communist activist (1896–1943)
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Leontina de Cabral Hogan died
Portuguese medium
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Morris Feinstone died
Jewish labor activist
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Agnes Regan died
American Roman Catholic social reformer (1869-1943)
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Cô Bắc died
Vietnamese revolutionary fighter
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Sophie Taeuber-Arp died
Swiss artist (1889–1943)
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Mihailo Petrović died
Serbian mathematician and philosopher (*1868 – †1943)
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Frank Schlesinger died
United States astronomer (1871-1943)
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René de Saussure died
Swiss mathematician and Esperantist (1868-1943)
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Kiyotsugu Hirayama died
Japanese astronomer (1874-1943)
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Alexander Hall died
Scottish-Canadian soccer player (1880-1943)
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Géo André died
French high jumper, hurdler and rugby union player (1889–1943)
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Hisashi Kimura died
Japanese astronomer (1870–1943)
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Robert W. Paul died
British cinema pioneer (1869–1943)
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Oswald Teichmüller died
German mathematician (1913–1943)
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Juliusz Schauder died
Polish mathematician (1899–1943)
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Johan Petter Johansson died
Swedish inventor (1853-1943)
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Walter Thiel died
German rocket scientist (1910-1943)
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Raoul Heinrich Francé died
Austro-Hungarian scientist (1874-1943)
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Leonard Darwin died
English politician and eugenicist (1850–1943)
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William Fogg Osgood died
American mathematician (1864–1943)
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Stefan Bryła died
Polish civil engineer (1886-1943)
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Sam Ruben died
American biochemist (1913-1943)
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Tsezar Kunikov died
Soviet naval officer (1909–1943)
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Bertha Lamme died
American engineer
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Wilhelm Schlenk died
German chemist (1879-1943)
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Eduard Helly died
Austrian mathematician (1884–1943)
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Adolphe Kégresse died
French engineer (1879–1943)
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Camillo Olivetti died
Italian engineer (1868–1943)
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Maurice Couette died
French physicist known for his studies of fluidity (1858–1943)
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Carl Edvard Johansson died
Swedish inventor and scientist who invented high-precision gauge blocks
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Friedrich Hartogs died
German mathematician (1874–1943)
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Dilly Knox died
British cryptographer (1884-1943)
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Andreas Faehlmann died
Estonian sailor and aviation engineer (1898–1943)
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Pierre-Georges Latécoère died
Aviation pioneer and creator of Aeropostale (1883-1943)
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John Frank Stevens died
American canal engineer (1853–1943)
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Yuzuru Hiraga died
Japanese admiral (1878-1943)
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William S. Harley died
American businessman and co-founder of the Harley-Davidson Motor Company
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Joseph Sweetman Ames died
American university president (1864-1943)
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Léopold Leau died
French mathematician and linguist (1868–1943)
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Alice Archenhold died
German astronomist
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Heinrich Biltz died
German chemist (1865–1943)
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Henri Abraham died
French physicist
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Paul Boucherot died
French electrical engineer (1869–1943)
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John Stone Stone died
American electrical engineer (1869–1943)
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Wolfgang Ostwald died
German physical chemist and biologist (1883-1943)
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Harry Dickason died
British sailor and explorer (1884-1943)
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Harry Oakes died
British philanthropist (1874–1943)
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Leigh Vial died
Australian explorer
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George Frazier Miller died
American religious leader and activist (1864–1943)
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Ida Chamberlain died
English political organizer and activist (1870-1943)
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Mary Lawrenson died
English co-operative movement activist and educationist
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Charley Paddock died
American athlete and Olympic gold medalist (1900-1943)
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Elinor Glyn died
British novelist and scriptwriter (1864-1943)
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Anita Augspurg died
German jurist, actress, writer, editor, and activist (1857–1943)
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Hanns Heinz Ewers died
German actor and writer (1871–1943)
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Eugeniusz Bodo died
Polish actor, film director and producer (1899–1943)
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Alexander Woollcott died
American critic (1887-1943)
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Dwight Frye died
Actor (1899-1943)
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Rupert Julian died
Hollywood Director and Actor (1879-1943)
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Tully Marshall died
American actor (1864–1943)
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Dora Gerson died
German actress (1899-1943)
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Lech Wałęsa born
Born in Popowo. President of Poland from 1990 to 1995 (born 1943).
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Jim Morrison born
Born in Melbourne. American singer and poet; lead vocalist of The Doors (1943–1971).
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George Harrison born
Born in 12 Arnold Grove. English musician and member of the Beatles (1943–2001).
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Pervez Musharraf born
Born in Delhi. Pakistani soldier and politician (1943-2023).
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Bobby Fischer born
Born in Chicago. American chess player (1943–2008).
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Mohammad Khatami born
Born in Ardakan. President of Iran from 1997 to 2005.
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John Kerry born
Born in Aurora. American politician and diplomat (born 1943).
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John Major born
Born in London. Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1990 to 1997.
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Louise Glück born
Born in New York City. U.S. poet and Nobel laureate (1943–2023).
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Mick Jagger born
Born in Dartford. British singer and songwriter; vocalist of The Rolling Stones.
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Horst Köhler born
Born in Skierbieszów. German politician (CDU); president of Germany, 2004–2010.
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Tarja Halonen born
Born in Helsinki. President of Finland from 2000 to 2012 (born 1943).
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Keith Richards born
Born in Dartford. British musician, guitarist of the Rolling Stones.
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Mario Monti born
Born in Varese. Italian economist and politician (1943-).
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Joseph E. Stiglitz born
Born in Gary. American economist, professor, and recipient of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics.
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Roger Waters born
Born in Great Bookham. English musician, co-founder of Pink Floyd (born 1943).
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Denis Sassou-Nguesso born
Born in Edou. President of the Republic of the Congo (1979–1992; 1997–present).
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Billie Jean King born
Born in Long Beach. American tennis player (born 1943).
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Christopher Walken born
Born in Astoria. American actor (born 1943).
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Ratko Mladić born
Born in Božanovići. Convicted war-criminal and former general of the Bosnian Serb military (1991-1996).
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Joni Mitchell born
Born in Fort Macleod. Canadian musician.
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David Cronenberg born
Born in Toronto. Canadian filmmaker (born 1943).
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Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson born
Born in Ísafjörður. Icelandic politician, 5th President of Iceland.
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Penny Marshall born
Born in The Bronx. American actress, director and producer (1943–2018).
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John Denver born
Born in Roswell. American singer (1943–1997).
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Arthur Ashe born
Born in Richmond. American tennis player (1943–1993).
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Eric Idle born
Born in South Shields. British comedian, actor and writer (born 1943).
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Newt Gingrich born
Born in Harrisburg. American politician and former speaker of the United States House of Representatives.
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Sani Abacha born
Born in Kano. Nigerian military ruler (1943-1998).
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Sam Shepard born
Born in Fort Sheridan. American playwright and actor (1943–2017).
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Bob Woodward born
Born in Geneva. American investigative journalist (born 1943).
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Robert Gates born
Born in Wichita. CIA director, U.S. Secretary of Defense, and university president.
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Gianni Rivera born
Born in Alessandria. Italian footballer and politician.
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Tariq Ali born
Born in Lahore. British political activist, writer, and historian (born 1943).
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Antonio Tabucchi born
Born in Pisa. Italian writer and literary scholar (1943-2012).
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René Préval born
Born in Marmelade. Ex-President of Haiti (1943-2017).
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Michael Ondaatje born
Born in Colombo. Canadian novelist and poet (born 1943).
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Eduard Limonov born
Born in Dzerzhinsk. Russian writer (1943-2020).
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Armando Guebuza born
Born in Murrupula District. 3rd President of Mozambique.
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Khalifa Belqasim Haftar born
Born in Ajdabiya. Libyan war criminal.
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Alain de Benoist born
Born in Saint-Symphorien. French political theorist.
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Chantal Mouffe born
Born in Q81046. Belgian post-marxist political theorist (born 1943).
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Pat Barker born
Born in Thornaby-on-Tees. British writer.
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Surayud Chulanont born
Born in Prachin Buri. President of the Privy Council of Thailand.
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Princess Christina, Mrs. Magnuson born
Born in Haga Palace. Swedish princess; elder sister of King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden.
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Ian Kershaw born
Born in Oldham. English historian of Nazi Germany (born 1943).
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Winston Groom born
Born in Washington, D.C.. American writer (1943-2020).
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Richard Sennett born
Born in Chicago. American sociologist and academic.
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Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu born
Born in Cairo. Turkish historian of science, Islamicist, and politician (born 1943).
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Patricia Churchland born
Born in Oliver. Canadian philosopher.
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Nils-Aslak Valkeapää born
Born in Enontekiö. Northern Sámi writer, artist and musician (1943–2001).
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Negasso Gidada born
Born in Dembi Dollo. Ethiopian President (1943-2019).
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Boris Gromov born
Born in Saratov. Russian military officer and politician.
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John Zerzan born
Born in Salem. American anarchist and primitivist philosopher and author.
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Warren Farrell born
Born in Queens. Author, spokesperson, expert witness, political candidate.
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Oliver North born
Born in San Antonio. American political commentator.
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John Nettles born
Born in St Austell. British actor and writer.
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Robert J. Bentley born
Born in Columbiana. 53rd Governor of Alabama.
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Norman Thagard born
Born in Marianna. United States Marine Corps officer, aviator and astronaut.
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Jon McBride born
Born in Charleston. American astronaut (1943–2024).
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William Calley born
Born in Miami. US Army officer convicted for massacre at My Lai, Vietnam (1943–2024).
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Nasr Abu Zayd born
Born in Tanta. Egyptian Quranic thinker, author, and academic (1943-2010).
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Daniel Brandenstein born
Born in Watertown. Retired American astronaut and test pilot.
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John Casper born
Born in Greenville. American astronaut.
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Jean-Louis Bruguès born
Born in Bagnères-de-Bigorre. Catholic archbishop.
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Valerio Massimo Manfredi born
Born in Castelfranco Emilia. Italian writer and archaeologist (born 1943).
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Elaine Pagels born
Born in Palo Alto. American writer.
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John Oliver Creighton born
Born in Orange. American astronaut.
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James L. Jones born
Born in Kansas City. United States Marine Corps Commandant and National Security Advisor.
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Ibrahim al-Hamdi born
Born in Qa'atabah District. President of North Yemen from 1974 to 1977.
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Margaret MacMillan born
Born in Toronto. Canadian historian.
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Shlomo Ben-Ami born
Born in Tangier. Israeli diplomat.
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Wolfgang Thierse born
Born in Wrocław. German politician.
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Michael J. McCulley born
Born in San Diego. American astronaut.
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Friedrich Kittler born
Born in Rochlitz. Literary scholar and media theorist (1943–2011).
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Doris Kearns Goodwin born
Born in Brooklyn. American biographer and historian (born 1943).
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William Chittick born
Born in Connecticut. American philosopher, writer and translator.
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Oswald Teichmüller died
Died in Dnieper. German mathematician (1913–1943).
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Science & Technology 24
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National Research Centre Kurchatov Institute
Russian research institute dedicated to the development of nuclear energy
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Mahidol University
University in Thailand
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Skalnate Pleso observatory
Astronomical observatory in Slovakia
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Silpakorn University
University
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Kasetsart University
University in Bangkok, Thailand
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Project Y
Secret laboratory established by the Manhattan Project
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Ibero-American University
Mexican university
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University of Madrid
Former name of the Complutense University of Madrid (1943-1970)
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Utkal University
State public university in Khordha, Odisha, India
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Zhanibekov University
University in Shymkent, Kazakhstan
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Penza State University
Russian university
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Motol Hospital
Hospital in Prague
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Kamakura Women's University
Private college in Japan
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Ulyanovsk State Agricultural Academy
Agricultural university in Ulyanovsk, Russia
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Universidad Columbia del Paraguay
University in Asuncion, Paraguay
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University of Caldas
Colombian university
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Tokyo Fuji University
Private university in Japan
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Altai State Agrarian University
Public university in Barnaul, Altai Krai, Russia
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Rostov State University of Civil Engineering
Rostov State University of Civil Engineering (Science & Technology).
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John Tracy Clinic
Nonprofit organization in Los Angeles, United States
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Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center
Hospital in Burbank, California, United States
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Abu Rayhan Biruni Institute of Oriental Studies
Research institute in Tashkent, Uzbekistan
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Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute
Health institute
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Carlos J. Finlay Military Hospital
Hospital in Cuba
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Exploration & Discovery 2
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Gjermundbu helmet
Viking Age helmet discovered in 1943 in Gjermundbu, Norway
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Toro
Archaeological site in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan
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Religion & Belief Systems 6
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Mopti Grand Mosque
Mosque in Mali
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St. Nicholas Cathedral
St. Nicholas Cathedral (Religion & Belief Systems).
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Cathedral of St. George
Ukrainian Catholic
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Basilica of the Sacred Heart
Church building in Sassari, Italy
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Synagogue in Terezín
Synagogue in Terezín (Religion & Belief Systems).
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Santuario di Nostra Signora di Fatima
Church building in San Pietro, Sant'Ambrogio di Torino, Italy
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Economy & Trade 14
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Tanjug
Company
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Bradesco
Brazilian banking institution
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Revell
Scale model kits manufacturer
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Mittelwerk
Underground rocket factory in Nazi Germany
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Universal Television
Television production arm of the NBCUniversal Television and Streaming
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UCO Bank
Indian government-owned commercial bank
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Xuzhou Construction Machinery Group (XCMG)
Heavy machinery manufacturing company based in Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China
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Oriental Bank of Commerce
Former bank in India
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EBSCO Information Services
Library resource company in the academic, medical, K–12, public library, law, corporate, and government markets
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Alltel
Former US American telecommunications company
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Ryobi
Japanese manufacturer
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GVB
Public transport company in Amsterdam
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Sanden Corporation
Japanese automotive and electrical equipment manufacturer
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McCulloch Motors Corporation
American subsidiary manufacturer of chainsaws
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Disasters & Pandemics 7
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1943 Tottori earthquake
Earthquake struck Tottori prefecture, Japan on September 10, 1943 (local time)
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Tosya–Ladik earthquake of 1943
7.5-magnitude earthquake that struck Kastamonu in north-central Turkey on November 27, 1943
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1943 Central Java earthquake
Earthquake in Indonesia
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1943 Alahan Panjang earthquakes
Earthquakes in Indonesia
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Adapazarı–Hendek earthquake of 1943
6.4-magnitude earthquake that struck Adapazarı in northwestern Turkey on June 20, 1943
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1943 Ovalle earthquake
Earthquake in Coquimbo, Chile
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1943 Filipstad explosion
Industrial disaster in Oslo, Norway
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Social Movements & Revolutions 7
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Four days of Naples
Uprising in Naples, Italy against German forces in September 1943
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Treblinka uprising
August 1943 event at Treblinka concentration camp
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Sobibór uprising
Planned escape by prisoners in October 1943 in Sobibor prison camp
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Woyane rebellion
1943 rebellion of Tigrayans against Haile Sellassie administration
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Battle of Manners Street
1943 riot in Wellington, New Zealand
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January Action in the Warsaw Ghetto
Second deportation action in the Warsaw Ghetto, conducted in January 1943.
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Easter Riots
April 1943 period of unrest in Uppsala, Sweden caused by a fascist gathering
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Architecture & Engineering 2
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Paljor Stadium
Stadium in India
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Stade Universitaire Saint-Léonard
Stade Universitaire Saint-Léonard (Architecture & Engineering).
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Lisner Auditorium
Building in the United States of America
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Harrison Opera House
Music venue in Norfolk, Virginia, US
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Arzamas Drama Theatre
Theatre building in Arzamas, Russia
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Empires & Countries 8
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Lebanon founded
Lebanon was founded, with its capital at Beirut.
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Italian Social Republic founded
Italian Social Republic was founded, with its capital at Rome.
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Fascist Italy dissolved
Fascist Italy ceased to exist, having been centered at Rome.
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Italian protectorate of Albania dissolved
Italian protectorate of Albania ceased to exist, having been centered at Tirana.
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Second Philippine Republic founded
Second Philippine Republic was founded, with its capital at Manila.
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State of Burma founded
State of Burma was founded, with its capital at Yangon.
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Lokot Autonomy dissolved
Lokot Autonomy ceased to exist, having been centered at Lokot.
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British Military Administration founded
British Military Administration was founded, with its capital at Tripoli.
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