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)
Joseph Stalin disbands the Comintern. Date: May 22, 1943 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 22 📅 Events on this day in 1943 📅 On This Day (Today)
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)
Winston Churchill's second wartime address to the U.S. Congress Date: May 19, 1943 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 19 📅 Events on this day in 1943 📅 On This Day (Today)
World War II: Dambuster Raids commence by No. 617 Squadron RAF. Date: May 17, 1943 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 17 📅 Events on this day in 1943 📅 On This Day (Today)
Operation Chastise is undertaken by RAF Bomber Command with specially equipped Avro Lancasters to destroy the Mohne, Sorpe, and Eder dams in the Ruhr valley. Date: May 16, 1943 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 16 📅 Events on this day in 1943 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Holocaust: The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising ends. Date: May 16, 1943 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 16 📅 Events on this day in 1943 📅 On This Day (Today)
Joseph Stalin dissolves the Comintern (or Third International). Date: May 15, 1943 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 15 📅 Events on this day in 1943 📅 On This Day (Today)
World War II: A Japanese submarine sinks AHS Centaur off the coast of Queensland. Date: May 14, 1943 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 14 📅 Events on this day in 1943 📅 On This Day (Today)
World War II: Operations Vulcan and Strike force the surrender of the last Axis troops in Tunisia. Date: May 13, 1943 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 13 📅 Events on this day in 1943 📅 On This Day (Today)