Allied Forces Capture Palermo in Sicily – July 22, 1943

The Jefferson Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C., on the 200th anniversary of President Thomas Jefferson's birth. Date: April 13, 1943 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 13 📅 Events on this day in 1943 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1943World War II: Tunisia Surrenders After Operations Vulcan…

Wehrmacht officer Rudolf von Gersdorff plots to assassinate Adolf Hitler by using a suicide bomb, but the plan falls through; von Gersdorff is able to defuse the bomb in time and avoid suspicion. Date: March 21, 1943 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 21 📅 Events on this day in 1943…

World War II: United States Army Air Forces bomber aircraft accidentally cause more than 900 civilian deaths, including 209 children, and 1,300 wounded among the civilian population of the Belgian town of Mortsel. Their target was the Erla factory 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) from the residential area hit. Date: April 5, 1943 Read more on Wikipedia…

The Holocaust in Ukraine: In Terebovlia, Germans order 1,100 Jews to undress and march through the city to the nearby village of Plebanivka, where they are shot and buried in ditches. Date: April 7, 1943 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 7 📅 Events on this day in 1943 📅 On…

The Luttra Woman, a bog body from the Early Neolithic period (radiocarbon-dated c. 3928–3651 BC), was discovered near Luttra, Sweden. Date: May 20, 1943 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 20 📅 Events on this day in 1943 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1943Carlo Tresca Assassinated in New York…

World War II: An Allied invasion fleet sails for Sicily (Operation Husky, July 10, 1943). Date: July 5, 1943 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 5 📅 Events on this day in 1943 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1943RAF Launches Operation Bellicose Shuttle Bombing Raid, June 20, 1943Katyń…