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Significant Events and Figures of 1943

This quiz tests your knowledge of significant events and notable figures from the year 1943, covering various topics including history, science, and entertainment.

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1 ________ – Gareth Hunt, English actor (d.

2 ________ USS Eldridge was to be rendered invisible to human observers for a brief period.

3 James Douglas "Jim" Morrison, American rock musician (________) (d.

4 ________ – Chuck Scarborough, American news anchor

5 The ________ is invented by the British to break German encryption (see History of computing hardware).

6 ________ – Michael Palin, British comedian

7 ________ – WWII: Rome is bombed by the Allies for the first time in the war.

8 ________, Thailand's 24th Prime Minister

9 January 27 – WWII: 50 bombers mount the first all American air raid against ________ (Wilhelmshaven is the target).

10 Tim Hunt, British biochemist, recipient of the ________

💡 Interesting Facts

  • the Salerno Mutiny of 1943 saw the largest number of men charged with mutiny at any one time in all of British military history.
  • the Battle of Cape St. George, November 26, 1943, was the last time the Tokyo Express ran to the Solomon Islands.
  • the brief Dodecanese Campaign in 1943 resulted in one of the last major German victories in World War II.
  • the first foreigner decorated in World War Two with the highest Soviet medal, Hero of the Soviet Union, was a Czechoslovak soldier, Otakar Jaroš after the Battle of Sokolovo in 1943.
  • the official death date of the Soviet statesman Nikolai Bryukhanov (1878-1938) was changed to 1943 as part of Khruschev's policy to minimize the scope of the Great Purge by falsifying the dates of its victims' deaths.
  • the last Hungarian inhabitants of Niedzica Castle, Poland, (pictured) remained there until 1943 when the coming of the Soviet front in World War II inspired the last countess to abandon it with her children.
  • on March 21, 1943, Rudolf Christoph von Gersdorff tried to kill Adolf Hitler in a suicide attack in Berlin, but failed because Hitler left earlier than expected.
  • in Operation Saturn, the Red Army drove the Axis Powers out of the Caucasus and back across the Donets River in the winter of 1942–1943.
  • Orval Grove was one out away from a no-hitter in a baseball game on July 8, 1943 when Joe Gordon hit a double off his pitch.
  • Baba Kanshi Ram wore only black clothes from 1931 to 1943 in support of Indian independence, which earned him the sobriquet of Siahposh General or General in Black.
  • five USAAF airmen were awarded the Medal of Honor following Operation Tidal Wave, a low-level bombing of Romanian oil refineries on 1 August 1943.
  • in 1943 British Overseas Airways Corporation Flight 777 was shot down by German Junkers Ju 88s, killing actor Leslie Howard and leading to speculation that it was an attempt to assassinate Winston Churchill.
  • in 1943, avant-garde French filmmaker Marcel L'Herbier founded a film school that was attended by Louis Malle, Jean-Jacques Annaud and Volker Schlöndorff.
  • 1943 Triple Crown winner Count Fleet was both sire of and sired by Kentucky Derby winners.
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