Yankee Clipper Crashes in Lisbon, Killing 24, February 22, 1943
Date: February 22, 1943
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Date: February 22, 1943
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The National Football League makes helmets mandatory. Date: April 7, 1943 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on April 7 π Events on this day in 1943 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1943Tokyo City and Prefecture Replaced by Tokyo Metropolis, July 1, 1943Saturday Evening Post Publishes Norman Rockwell’s Four Freedoms,…
World War II: The Battle of Fardykambos, one of the first major battles between the Greek Resistance and the occupying Royal Italian Army, begins. It ends on 6 March with the surrender of an entire Italian battalion and the liberation of the town of Grevena. Date: March 4, 1943 Read more on Wikipedia β π …
Frank Nitti, the Chicago Outfit Boss after Al Capone, commits suicide at the Chicago Central Railyard. Date: March 19, 1943 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on March 19 π Events on this day in 1943 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1943Republic of China Signs Sino-British and Sino-American Treaties January…
World War II: The Soviet counter-offensive at Voronezh begins. Date: January 15, 1943 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on January 15 π Events on this day in 1943 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1943World War II: 317 Greek Civilians Murdered in Kommeno, Greece, August 16, 1943Saturday Evening Post Publishes…
World War II: At the battle of Makin the USSΒ Liscome Bay is torpedoed near Tarawa and sinks, killing 650 men. Date: November 24, 1943 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on November 24 π Events on this day in 1943 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1943Battle of Krasny Bor: Soviet…
World War II: In Gibraltar, a Royal Air Force B-24 Liberator bomber crashes into the sea in an apparent accident moments after takeoff, killing sixteen passengers on board, including general WΕadysΕaw Sikorski, the commander-in-chief of the Polish Army and the Prime Minister of the Polish government-in-exile; only the pilot survives. Date: July 4, 1943 Read…