Date: March 6, 1943
The Holocaust: Josef Mengele becomes chief medical officer of the Zigeunerfamilienlager (Romani family camp) at Auschwitz concentration camp. Date: May 30, 1943 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 30 📅 Events on this day in 1943 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1943Bethnal Green Tube Station Crush Kills 173…
The Saturday Evening Post publishes the first of Norman Rockwell's Four Freedoms in support of United States President Franklin Roosevelt's 1941 State of the Union address theme of Four Freedoms. Date: February 20, 1943 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 20 📅 Events on this day in 1943 📅 On This…
World War II: Battle of Kasserine Pass in Tunisia begins. Date: February 19, 1943 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 19 📅 Events on this day in 1943 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 19433rd Marine Division Secures Bougainville Beachhead, Empress Augusta Bay Battle, November 1, 1943Norman Rockwell’s Four…
World War II: Allied invasion of Sicily: German and Italian troops launch a counter-attack on Allied forces in Sicily. Date: July 11, 1943 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 11 📅 Events on this day in 1943 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1943Wake Island POWs Executed by Japanese…
World War II: The discovery of mass graves of Polish prisoners of war killed by Soviet forces in the Katyń Forest Massacre is announced, causing a diplomatic rift between the Polish government-in-exile in London and the Soviet Union, which denies responsibility. Date: April 13, 1943 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April…
The Holocaust: The liquidation of the Kraków Ghetto is completed. Date: March 14, 1943 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 14 📅 Events on this day in 1943 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1943German Tenth Army Fails to Contain Salerno Bridgehead, September 16, 1943Operation Chastise: RAF Bomber Command…