USA-related events during the year of 1943
Events from the year 1943 in the United States .
Incumbents
Federal government
Events
January
February February 19–25: Battle of Kasserine Pass
March March 2 – WWII: Battle of the Bismarck Sea – United States and Australian forces sink Japanese convoy ships. March 4 – The 15th Academy Awards , hosted by Bob Hope , are presented at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles , with William Wyler 's Mrs. Miniver winning Outstanding Motion Picture . The film also receives 12 and 6 respective nominations and awards, with Wyler also winning Best Director . March 8 – WWII: American forces are attacked by Japanese troops on Hill 700 in Bougainville , in a battle that lasts five days. March 12 – Aaron Copland 's Fanfare for the Common Man is premiered by the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra . March 13 – WWII: On Bougainville , Japanese troops end their assault on American forces at Hill 700. March 26 – WWII – Battle of the Komandorski Islands: In the Aleutian Islands , the battle begins when United States Navy forces intercept Japanese troops attempting to reinforce a garrison at Kiska . March 31 – Rodgers and Hammerstein 's Oklahoma! opens on Broadway , heralds a new era in "integrated" stage musicals, becomes an instantaneous stage classic, and goes on to be Broadway's longest-running musical up to that time (1948).
April April 13: Jefferson Memorial dedicated
May May 17: The Memphis Belle completes its 25th mission
June
July July 6 – WWII: Americans and Japanese fight the Battle of Kula Gulf off Kolombangara . July 10 – WWII – Allied invasion of Sicily : The Allied invasion of Axis-controlled Europe begins with landings on the island of Sicily off mainland Italy , by the U.S. Army 45th Infantry Division and a number of Allied paratroopers. July 11 – United States Army forces assault the village of Piano Lupo, just outside Gela, Sicily. July 21 – Release of the musical film Stormy Weather starring Lena Horne , "Bojangles" Bill Robinson , Cab Calloway , the Nicholas Brothers and other African American performers. July 24WWII: Operation Gomorrah begins: British and Canadian airplanes bomb Hamburg by night, those of the Americans by day. By the end of the operation in November, 9,000 tons of explosives will have killed more than 30,000 people and destroyed 280,000 buildings. Aircraft carrier USS Cabot is commissioned.
August August 16: The USS Intrepid is commissioned
September September 5 – WWII: The 503rd Parachute Regiment under American General Douglas MacArthur lands and occupies Nadzab, just east of the port city of Lae in northeastern Papua New Guinea . September 7 – A fire at the Gulf Hotel in Houston , Texas, kills 55 people. September 8 – United States General Dwight D. Eisenhower publicly announces the surrender of Italy to the Allies .
October
November November 22: Cairo Conference November 28: Tehran Conference
December
Ongoing
Births
January Janis Joplin Sharon Tate January 1 January 3 – Adrian Garrett , American baseball player (died 2021)January 4 – Doris Kearns Goodwin , American writer[2] January 8 January 9 – Scott Walker , singer and composer (d. 2019 in the United Kingdom)[3] January 10 – Jim Croce , American surburbia musician (d. 1973)[4] January 11 – Jim Hightower , American radio host, authorJanuary 13 – Richard Moll , American actor (d. 2023)[5] January 14 January 16 – Peter T. Snowe , American politician, businessman (d. 1973)January 18 – Kay Granger , American politicianJanuary 19 – Janis Joplin , American rock singer (d. 1970)January 23 January 24 January 25 – Tobe Hooper , American film director (d. 2017)January 28 – John Beck , American actor
February Blythe Danner Joe Pesci February 3 February 5 February 6 – C. Boyden Gray , American lawyer and diplomat (d. 2023)February 8 – Creed Bratton , actorFebruary 9 February 10 February 14 February 19 – Homer Hickam , American author, retired NASA engineerFebruary 20 – Moshe Cotel , American composer, pianist (d. 2008)February 21 – David Geffen , American record executive, film producerFebruary 23 – Fred Biletnikoff , American football player, coachFebruary 24 February 26 February 27 – Morten Lauridsen , American composerFebruary 28 – Donnie Iris , American rock singer, guitarist (The Jaggerz , Wild Cherry , Donnie Iris and the Cruisers )
March Bobby Fischer George Benson Christopher Walken March 1 March 2 – Peter Straub , American author (d. 2022)March 7 – Rick Redman , American football player (d. 2022)March 9 March 12 – Nosson Tzvi Finkel (Mir) , Chicago -born Israeli rabbi (d. 2011 in Israel )March 14 March 15 – Sly Stone , African-American singer (Sly and the Family Stone )March 16 – Helen Armstrong , American violinist (d. 2006)March 18 March 20 March 22 – George Benson , African-American guitarist, singer and songwriterMarch 23 March 25 – Paul Michael Glaser , American actorMarch 26 – Bob Woodward , American journalistMarch 27 – Bob Carr , American politician and lawyer (d. 2024)March 30 March 31 – Christopher Walken , American actor
April Harley Race Gary Wright April 4 – Judy Buenoano , American serial killer (d. 1998)April 5 – Max Gail , American actor (Barney Miller )April 6 − Susan Tolsky , American actress and voice actress (d. 2022)April 8 April 11 – Harley Race , American professional wrestler, promoter and trainer (d. 2019)April 12 – Robert Durst , real estate heir and convicted murderer (d. 2022)April 15 – Mighty Sam McClain , singer, songwriter (d. 2015)April 20 – Edie Sedgwick , model and actress (died 1971)April 21 – Jim Jamieson , golfer (d. 2018)April 22 – Louise Glück , poet, 12th US Poet Laureate and 2020 Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2023)April 24 – Richard Sterban , singer (The Oak Ridge Boys )April 25 April 26 – Gary Wright , singer, songwriter, musician and composer (d. 2023)April 28 – John Oliver Creighton , astronautApril 30 – Bobby Vee , pop singer (d. 2016)
May Dan Coats Gary Burghoff May 3 – Jim Risch , American politicianMay 5 May 6 – James Kallstrom , American FBI officer (d. 2021)[12] May 8 – Danny Whitten , American musician (d. 1972)May 10 – Richard Darman , American federal government official, businessman (d. 2008)May 11 May 12 – Linda Dano , American actress and authorMay 13 – Frederic Parke , American computer graphics researcher and academicMay 16 May 17 – Mark W. Olson , American economist, politician (d. 2018)May 23 – Jim Mueller , American sportscaster (d. 2022)[13] May 24 – Gary Burghoff , American actor (M*A*S*H )May 25 – Jessi Colter , American singer, composerMay 27 – Bruce Weitz , American actorMay 30 – James Chaney , African-American civil rights worker (d. 1964)May 31
June Newt Gingrich Florence Ballard June 1 – Richard Goode , American pianistJune 6 June 7 June 8 – William Calley , American army officer and war criminal (d. 2024)[14] June 11 – Henry Hill , American gangster (d. 2012)June 14 – Jim Sensenbrenner , American politicianJune 16 – Joan Van Ark , American actressJune 17 June 18 – Peter Courtney , American politician (d. 2024)June 23 June 25 – Carly Simon , American singer-songwriterJune 26 June 27 – Rico Petrocelli , American baseball playerJune 29 – Gene Littles , American basketball player and coach (d. 2021)[15] June 30 – Florence Ballard , African-American singer, founder of The Supremes (d. 1976)
July Kurtwood Smith Geraldo Rivera Arthur Ashe July 1 July 2 – Lauri Peters , American actress, dancer, singer, drama teacher, and authorJuly 3 – Kurtwood Smith , American actor (That '70s Show )July 4 July 5 – Curt Blefary , American baseball player (d. 2001)July 7 – Joel Siegel , American film critic (d. 2007)July 9 – Suzanne Rogers , American actressJuly 10 July 11 – Tom Holland , American screenwriter, actor, and filmmakerJuly 12 Walter Murch , American film editor, sound designerPaul Silas , African-American basketball player and coach (d. 2022)July 14 July 16 – Jimmy Johnson , American football coach, television analystJuly 18 – Jerry Chambers , American basketball playerJuly 20 – Christopher Murney , American actor, vocal artistJuly 21 July 22 – Kay Bailey Hutchison , American politicianJuly 23 July 27 – Mary Love , African-American soul, gospel singer (d. 2013)July 28
August Robert De Niro August 2 – Max Wright , American actor (d. 2019)August 5 – Nelson Briles , American baseball player (d. 2005)August 6 – Jim Hardin , American baseball pitcher (Baltimore Orioles , New York Yankees , Atlanta Braves ) (d. 1991)August 9 – Ken Norton , African-American boxer, actor (d. 2013)August 10 August 11 – Abigail Folger , American heiress, murder victim (d. 1969)August 14 – Jon McBride , American astronaut (d. 2024)August 17 – Robert De Niro , American actorAugust 18 – Martin Mull , American actor and comedian (d. 2024)August 19 – Edwin Hawkins , American urban contemporary gospel musician (d. 2018)August 21 – Clydie King , American musician (d. 2019)August 23 – Bobby Diamond , American actor (d. 2019)August 27 August 28 August 30
September Jerry Bruckheimer September 6 – Harris Hines , American judge (d. 2018)September 7 September 8 − Alvy Ray Smith , American computer scientist, co-founded Pixar September 9 – Art LaFleur , American actor (d. 2021)September 10 September 11 September 13 – Mildred D. Taylor , American writerSeptember 18 – Nina Wayne , American actressSeptember 19 – Joe Morgan , American Hall of Fame baseball player (d. 2020)September 21 – Jerry Bruckheimer , American film and television producerSeptember 22 – Toni Basil , American musician, video artist ("Mickey ")September 24 – Linda Deutsch , American journalist (d. 2024)September 25 – Robert Gates , 22nd United States Secretary of Defense September 28 – J. T. Walsh , American actor (d. 1998)
October Chevy Chase Penny Marshall October 2 – Franklin Rosemont , American poet (d. 2009)October 3 – Jeff Bingaman , American politicianOctober 4 Buddy Roemer , American politician, investor and banker (d. 2021)Jimy Williams , American baseball player and coach (d. 2024)[16] October 5 October 7 – Oliver North , American military officer, military historian, political commentator, author and television hostOctober 8 October 11 – Gene Watson , American country singerOctober 12 – Jeffrey R. MacDonald , American physician and United States Army OfficerOctober 14 October 15 – Penny Marshall , American actress, director and producer (d. 2018)October 19 October 24 October 27 October 29 John McCoy , American politician (d. 2023)[20] Don Simpson , American film producer, screenwriter, and actor (d. 1996)
November Wallace Shawn Randy Newman November 4 – Chuck Scarborough , American news anchorNovember 5 – Sam Shepard , American playwright, actor (d. 2017)November 7 November 10 – Saxby Chambliss , American politicianNovember 11 – Dave Cockrum , American comic book artist (d. 2006)November 12 – Wallace Shawn , American actorNovember 13 – Jay Sigel , American golferNovember 14 – Peter Norton , American software engineer, businessmanNovember 17 November 21 – Larry Mahan , American rodeo cowboy (d. 2023)November 22 November 23 – Jeff Jordan , American football player (d. 2022)November 24 – Dave Bing , American mayor, longtime NBA playerNovember 25 – Peter Adair , American filmmaker (d. 1996)November 26 – Marilynne Robinson , American writerNovember 28 – Randy Newman , American musicianNovember 30 – Terrence Malick , American film director
December Jim Morrison John Kerry John Denver December 1 – Kenny Moore , American athlete and journalist (d. 2022)December 2 December 8 December 11 – John Kerry , American politician, 68th U.S. Secretary of State December 12 December 13 December 16 – Steven Bochco , American television producer (d. 2018)December 17 – Rick Nolan , American politicianDecember 19 – Ross M. Lence , American political scientist (d. 2006)December 21 – Jack Nance , American actor (d. 1996)December 22 – Paul Wolfowitz , American political scientistDecember 23 December 24 December 27 Cokie Roberts , American broadcast political journalist (d. 2019)Diana Wall , American environmental scientist (d. 2024)December 28 – Craig MacIntosh , American illustratorDecember 31 – John Denver , American musician (d. 1997)
Deaths January 5 – George Washington Carver , African American botanist (b. c.1864) January 6 – Alice May Douglas , author (b. 1865)[21] January 7 – Nikola Tesla , electrical engineer (b. 1856 in Serbia) January 21 – Robert Henry English , admiral (b. 1888) January 23 – Alexander Woollcott , critic (b. 1887) January 25 – Mayme Schweble , gold miner and politician (born 1874) February 1 – Foy Draper , Olympic track athlete, killed on active service (b. 1911) February 3 – Verina Morton Jones , African American physician, suffragist and clubwoman (b. 1865) February 11 – Bess Houdini , stage assistant and wife of Harry Houdini (b. 1876) February 17 – Armand J. Piron , jazz musician (b. 1888) April 3 – Conrad Veidt , actor (b. 1893 in Germany ) April 4 – David Roitman , cantor (b. 1884 in Russia ) May 16 – William Andrew Johnson , formerly enslaved by an American president (b. 1858)[22] May 20 – Joe Trees , college footballer and oil executive (b. 1870) May 22 – Helen Herron Taft , First Lady of the United States (b. 1861) May 26 – Edsel Ford , President of the Ford Motor Company (b. 1893) June 4 – Kermit Roosevelt , businessman, soldier and explorer, suicide (b. 1889) July 16 – Saul Raphael Landau , Polish Jewish lawyer, journalist, publicist and Zionist activist (b. 1870 in Kraków ) September 12 – David Bacon , actor (b. 1914) September 15 – John Flammang Schrank , attempted assassin of Theodore Roosevelt (b. 1876) November 22 – Lorenz Hart , lyricist (b. 1895) November 24 – Henry M. Mullinnix , admiral (killed in action) (b. 1892) December 14 December 15 – Fats Waller , African American jazz pianist (b. 1904)
See also
References ^ "UPI Almanac for Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2019". United Press International . January 1, 2019. Archived from the original on September 2, 2019. Retrieved September 2, 2019 . businessman Ron Perelman in 1943 (age 76) ^ Elizabeth A. Brennan; Elizabeth C. Clarage (1999). Who's who of Pulitzer Prize Winners. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 323. ISBN 978-1-57356-111-2 . ^ Sharon Davis (1997). The Sixties. Mainstream. p. 184. ISBN 978-1-85158-836-7 . ^ Steve Hochman (1999). Popular Musicians. Salem Press. p. 263. ISBN 978-0-89356-987-7 . ^ Mayorquin, Orlando (October 27, 2023). "Richard Moll, Towering Bailiff on 'Night Court,' Dies at 80". The New York Times . Retrieved October 27, 2023 . ^ "Former NM Chief Justice Charles Daniels dies". Albuquerque Journal . 1 September 2019. Retrieved 2 September 2019 . ^ William Grant Laskey ^ Colin Larkin , ed. (1992). The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music (First ed.). Guinness Publishing . p. 1561. ISBN 0-85112-939-0 .^ Yardley, William (December 2, 2014). "Kent Haruf, Acclaimed Novelist of Small-Town Life, Is Dead at 71". The New York Times . Retrieved 2017-04-09 . ^ Memorial service announced for former legislator Raymond Jordan ^ Billie Moore, trailblazing Hall-of-Fame U.S. Olympics and UCLA coach, dies at 79 ^ James Kallstrom, FBI agent who investigated TWA Flight 800 explosion, dies at 78 ^ Jim Mueller, former Cleveland sportscaster and radio voice of the Browns, dies at 79 ^ William L. Calley Jr., convicted in the My Lai massacre, dies at 80 ^ Former Charlotte Hornets coach Gene Littles dies at 78 ^ Former Red Sox, Blue Jays and Astros manager Jimy Williams dies at 80 ^ Judge John Lawrence Carroll ^ Obituary: Dr. Susan Shaw ^ Bev Scalze, former state lawmaker and Little Canada city council member, dies at 77 ^ Longtime WA state Sen. John McCoy, champion of Indigenous rights, dies ^ Alice May Douglas (1865–1943). ^ "Negro Once Servant of Andrew Johnson Dies". The Knoxville Journal . 1943-05-17. p. 1. Retrieved 2024-06-30 .
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