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 โ ๐ Other events on April 13 ๐ Events on this day in 1943 ๐ On This Day (Today)
World War II: The discovery of mass graves of Polish prisoners of war killed by Soviet forces in the Katyล 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 โ ๐ Other events on April…
The National Football League makes helmets mandatory. Date: April 7, 1943 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on April 7 ๐ Events on this day in 1943 ๐ On This Day (Today)
Ioannis Rallis becomes collaborationist Prime Minister of Greece during the Axis Occupation. Date: April 7, 1943 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on April 7 ๐ Events on this day in 1943 ๐ On This Day (Today)
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 โ ๐ Other events on April 7 ๐ Events on this day in 1943 ๐ On…
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 (0.62ย mi) from the residential area hit. Date: April 5, 1943 Read more on Wikipedia…
World War II: Battle of the Komandorski Islands: In the Aleutian Islands the battle begins when United States Navy forces intercept Japanese attempting to reinforce a garrison at Kiska. Date: March 27, 1943 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on March 27 ๐ Events on this day in 1943 ๐ On This Day…
World War II: The entire village of Khatyn (in present-day Republic of Belarus) is burnt alive by Schutzmannschaft Battalion 118. Date: March 22, 1943 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on March 22 ๐ Events on this day in 1943 ๐ On This Day (Today)
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 โ ๐ Other events on March 21 ๐ Events on this day in 1943…
Frank Nitti, the Chicago Outfit Boss after Al Capone, commits suicide at the Chicago Central Railyard. Date: March 19, 1943 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on March 19 ๐ Events on this day in 1943 ๐ On This Day (Today)