Date: January 31, 1943
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) More events from…
The National Football League makes helmets mandatory. Date: April 7, 1943 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 7 📅 Events on this day in 1943 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1943WWII Mortsel Bombing Kills 900 Civilians, April 5, 1943Cavan Orphanage Fire Kills 35 Girls and Cook, February 23,…
The Smith Mine #3 in Bearcreek, Montana, explodes, killing 74 men. Date: February 27, 1943 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 27 📅 Events on this day in 1943 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1943Warsaw Ghetto Uprising Begins in German-Occupied Poland, April 19, 1943Battle of Fardykambos: Greek Resistance…
Ioannis Rallis becomes collaborationist Prime Minister of Greece during the Axis Occupation. Date: April 7, 1943 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 7 📅 Events on this day in 1943 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1943Kraków Ghetto Liquidated by German Forces March 13, 1943Frank Nitti Suicide at Chicago…
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) More events from 1943Bethnal Green Tube Station Crush Kills 173 in London March 3, 1943Roosevelt and Churchill…
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…