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What Happened In November 1943 In History

Historical Events for November, 1943

  • 1st » World War II: In the Battle of Empress Augusta Bay, United States Marine Corps e.g United States Marines, the 3rd Marine Division, land on Bougainville Island named Bougainville in the Solomon Islands.
  • 1st » World War II: In support of the landings on Bougainville Island e.g Bougainville, U.S. aircraft carrier forces Attack on Rabaul (1943) known as attack the huge Japanese base at Rabaul.
  • 3rd » World War II: 500 aircraft of the U.S. 8th Air Force devastate Wilhelmshafen harbor in Germany.
  • 5th » World War II: Bombing of the Vatican.
  • 15th » The Holocaust: German Schutzstaffel SS leader Heinrich Himmler orders that Romani people Gypsies are to be put "on the same level as Jews and placed in Internment Concentration camp concentration camps". (See Porajmos.)
  • 16th » World War II: American bombers strike a hydro-electric power facility and heavy water factory in German-controlled Vemork, Norway.
  • 18th » World War II: Battle of Berlin (air) e.g Battle of Berlin 440 Royal Air Force planes bomb Berlin causing only light damage and killing 131. The RAF loses nine aircraft and 53 air crew.
  • 19th » Holocaust: Nazis liquidate Janowska known as Janowska concentration camp in Lemberg (Lviv), western Ukraine, murdering at least 6,000 Jews after a failed uprising and mass escape attempt.
  • 20th » World War II: Battle of Tarawa (Operation Galvanic) begins United States Marines land on Tarawa Atoll in the Gilbert Islands and suffer heavy fire from Japanese shore guns and machine guns.
  • 22nd » World War II: Cairo Conference U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Chinese Premier Chiang Kai-shek meet in Cairo, Egypt, to discuss ways to defeat Japan.
  • 22nd » Lebanon gains independence from France.
  • 23rd » World War II: The Deutsche Opernhaus on Bismarckstraße in the Berlin neighborhood of Charlottenburg is destroyed. It will eventually be rebuilt in 1961 and be called the Deutsche Oper Berlin.
  • 23rd » World War II: Tarawa Atoll named Tarawa and Makin Atoll called Makin atolls fall to American forces.
  • 24th » World War II: The USS called Liscome Bay is torpedoed near Tarawa Atoll called Tarawa and sinks, killing 650 men.
  • 26th » World War II: HMT Rohna is sunk by the Luftwaffe in an air attack in the Mediterranean Sea or Mediterranean north of Béjaïa, Algeria.
  • 28th » World War II: Tehran Conference U.S. President of the United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet Premier of the Soviet Union Premier Joseph Stalin meet in Tehran,
  • 29th » World War II: The second session of the Anti-Fascist Council for the National Liberation of Yugoslavia (AVNOJ), held to determine the post-war ordering of the country, concludes in Jajce in what is now Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Famous Birthdays on November in 1943

  • 1st » Salvatore Adamo, Italian-Belgian singer-songwriter
  • 1st » Jacques Attali, French economist and civil servant
  • 1st » John McEnery, English actor
  • 3rd » Bert Jansch, Scottish-English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Pentangle (band) or Pentangle) (d. 2011)
  • 4th » Clark Graebner, American tennis player
  • 4th » Marlène Jobert, French actress, singer, and author
  • 4th » Bob Wollek, French race car driver (d. 2001)
  • 5th » Friedman Paul Erhardt, German-American chef and author (d. 2007)
  • 5th » Percy Hobson (athlete) or Percy Hobson, Australian high jumper
  • 5th » Sam Shepard, American actor and screenwriter
  • 7th » Michael Byrne (actor) e.g Michael Byrne, English actor
  • 7th » Silvia Cartwright, New Zealand lawyer, judge, and politician, 18th Governor-General of New Zealand
  • 7th » Stephen Greenblatt, American theorist, scholar, and critic
  • 7th » Boris Gromov, Russian general and politician, Governor of Moscow Oblast
  • 7th » Joni Mitchell, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 7th » Michael Spence, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize in Economics known as Nobel Prize laureate
  • 8th » Martin Peters, English footballer and manager
  • 10th » Saxby Chambliss, American lawyer and politician
  • 11th » Doug Frost (swimming coach) known as Doug Frost, Australian swimming coach
  • 11th » Jorien van den Herik, Dutch businessman
  • 12th » Julie Ege, Norwegian model and actress (d. 2008)
  • 12th » Brian Hyland, American singer and guitarist
  • 12th » Wallace Shawn, American actor and playwright
  • 12th » Björn Waldegård, Swedish race car driver (d. 2014)
  • 12th » John Walker (musician) known as John Walker, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Walker Brothers) (d. 2011)
  • 13th » Roberto Boninsegna, Italian footballer
  • 13th » André-Gilles Fortin, Canadian politician (d. 1977)
  • 13th » Jay Sigel, American golfer
  • 13th » Howard Wilkinson, English footballer and manager
  • 14th » Peter Norton, American programmer and author
  • 17th » Lauren Hutton, American actress and producer
  • 18th » Leonardo Sandri, Argentinian cardinal
  • 19th » Fred Lipsius, American saxophonist and educator (Blood, Sweat & Tears)
  • 19th » Aurelio Monteagudo, Cuban-American baseball player and manager (d. 1990)
  • 20th » Veronica Hamel, American actress and producer
  • 21st » Phil Bredesen, American businessman and politician, 48th Governor of Tennessee
  • 21st » Jacques Laffite, French race car driver
  • 21st » Larry Mahan, American rodeo performer
  • 22nd » Yvan Cournoyer, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
  • 22nd » Billie Jean King, American tennis player and sportscaster
  • 22nd » Roger L. Simon, American author and screenwriter
  • 23rd » Andrew Goodman, American activist (d. 1964)
  • 23rd » Sue Nicholls, English actress
  • 23rd » David Nolan (libertarian) called David Nolan, American activist and politician (d. 2010)
  • 24th » Dave Bing, American basketball player and politician, 70th Mayor of Detroit
  • 24th » Richard Tee, American singer-songwriter and keyboard player (Stuff (band) e.g Stuff) (d. 1993)
  • 24th » Robin Williamson, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Incredible String Band)
  • 25th » Jerry Portnoy, American singer-songwriter and harmonica player
  • 26th » Paul Burnett, English radio host
  • 26th » Bruce Paltrow, American director and producer (d. 2002)
  • 26th » Marilynne Robinson, American author and academic
  • 26th » Dale Sommers, American radio host (d. 2012)
  • 27th » Nicole Brossard, Canadian author and poet
  • 27th » Jil Sander, German fashion designer, founded Jil Sander (brand) e.g Jil Sander AG
  • 28th » Randy Newman, American singer-songwriter and pianist
  • 29th » Janet Holmes à Court, Australian businesswoman
  • 29th » Sue Miller, American author and academic
  • 30th » Terrence Malick, American director, producer, and screenwriter

Famous Deaths for November 1943

  • 7th » Dwight Frye, American actor (b. 1899)
  • 20th » Emil Kellenberger, Swiss target shooter (b. 1864)
  • 22nd » Lorenz Hart, American playwright and composer (b. 1895)
  • 24th » Doris Miller, American soldier and chef, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1919)
  • 27th » Ivo Lola Ribar, Croatian soldier and politician (b. 1916)
  • 28th » Aleksander Hellat, Estonian politician, 6th Minister of Foreign Affairs (Estonia) or Foreign Minister of Estonia (b. 1881)
  • 30th » Etty Hillesum, Dutch author (b. 1914)

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