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Centuries: 19th century - 20th century - 21st century Decades: 1910s  1920s  1930s  - 1940s -  1950s  1960s  1970s Years: 1940 1941 1942 - 1943 - 1944 1945 1946 1943 by topic: Subject:      Archaeology - Architecture - Art Aviation - Film - Literature Meteorology - Music (Country) Rail transport - Radio - Science Sports - Television Countries:      Australia - Canada - India - Ireland Malaysia - New Zealand - Singapore - South Africa - Soviet Union - UK - Wales - Zimbabwe Leaders:    Sovereign states - State leaders Religious leaders - Law Categories:   Births - Deaths - Awards - Works Establishments - Disestablishments v • d • e Year 1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. These pages contain the trends of millennia and centuries. ... Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ... (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999... The 21st century is the present century of the Anno Domini (common) era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. ... This is a list of decades which have articles with more information about them. ... // The 1910s represent the culmination of European militarism which had its beginnings during the second half of the 19th Century. ... The 1920s is a decade that is sometimes referred to as the Jazz Age or the Roaring Twenties, usually applied to America. ... Face The 1930s (years from 1930–1939) were described as an abrupt shift to more radical and conservative lifestyles, as countries were struggling to find a solution to the Great Depression, also known in Europe as the World Depression. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... This does not cite any references or sources. ... The 1960s decade refers to the years from January 1, 1960 to December 31, 1969, inclusive. ... The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979. ... This page indexes the individual years pages. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... For the movie, see 1941 (film). ... 1942 (MCMXLII) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1942 calendar). ... 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... Year 1945and died 2007 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar). ... Year 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1943 in archaeology // Explorations Excavations Excavations at Olmec site of La Venta by Matthew Sterling end Start of excavations at El Tajín by José Garcia Payon Publications Finds Awards Miscellaneous Births Deaths AleÅ¡ Hrdlička 26 October: Marc Aurel Stein See also List of years in archaeology 1942 in... See also: 1942 in architecture, other events of 1943, 1944 in architecture and the architecture timeline. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... This is a list of aviation-related events from 1943: Events January January 27 - the USAAF makes its first daylight raid on Germany January 30 - Royal Air Force de Havilland Mosquitos make the first daylight air-raid on Berlin January 30-31 – the H2S radar is used by RAF... See also: 1942 in film 1943 1944 in film 1940s in film years in film film // Events Top grossing films North America For Whom the Bell Tolls The Song of Bernadette This is the Army Stage Door Canteen Random Harvest Star Spangled Rhythm Casablanca Journey Into Fear Academy Awards Best... See also: 1942 in literature, other events of 1943, 1944 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1942 in music, other events of 1943, 1944 in music and the list of years in music. // Events January 1, 1943 - Frank Sinatra appears at The Paramount causing a mob scene of hysterical bobby-soxers to flood Times Square and blocking midtown New York City traffic for hours... See also: 1942 in country music, 1943 in music, other events of 1943, 1944 in country music, 1940s in music and the List of years in Country Music // Events Top hits of the year Home in San Antone - Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys No Letter Today - Ted Daffans... This article will list events related to rail transport that occurred in 1943. ... See also: Other events of 1943 List of years in science . ... See also 1942 in Wales, other events of 1943, 1944 in Wales and the list of years in Wales. ... 1942 sovereign states - Events of 1943 - 1944 sovereign states - Sovereign states by year // Afghanistan Albania Andorra Argentina Australia Belgium Bolivia Brazil Bulgaria Burma (from August) Canada Chile China Colombia Costa Rica Croatia Cuba Denmark Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt Éire El Salvador Ethiopia Finland France Germany Greece Guatemala Haiti Honduras Hungary... 1942 state leaders - Events of 1943 - 1944 state leaders - State leaders by year See also: List of religious leaders in 1943 List of international organization leaders in 1943 // Africa Liberia - Edwin Barclay, President of Liberia (1930-1944) South Africa - Monarch - George VI, King of South Africa (1936-1952) Governor-General... // Catholic Roman Catholic Church - Pope Pius XII (1939-1958) Catholic not in communion with Rome Polish National Catholic Church - First Prime Bishop Franciszek Hodur: Founder presided as Prime Bishop from (1924-1946) Protestant and offshoots Church of England - Archbishop of Canterbury William Temple(1942-1944) The Salvation Army - General George... Roman numerals are a numeral system originating in ancient Rome, adapted from Etruscan numerals. ... This is the calendar for a common year starting on Friday (dominical letter C), e. ... The Gregorian calendar is the most widely used calendar in the world. ... Contents  (full) 1 Events of 1943 -  Jan. . Feb. . March . April -  May . June . July  .  Aug. -  Sept. . Oct. . Nov. .  Dec. -  Undated . Ongoing . Fictional 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Nobel prizes -  Ship events 5 See also -  Notes -  External links [edit] Events of 1943 (Below, many events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix.) Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... [edit] January January 4 - End of term for Culbert Olson, 29th Governor of California. He is succeeded by Earl Warren. January 11 - The United States and United Kingdom give up territorial rights in China. January 11 - General Juanto dies in Argentina - Ramón Castillo succeeds him January 12 - Jan Campert, Dutch journalist and writer, dies in Neuengamme concentration camp January 13 - Herr Schenke makes the first emergency ejection from an aircraft January 14 - Franklin D. Roosevelt becomes the first President of the United States to travel by airplane while in office (Miami, Florida to Morocco to meet with Winston Churchill to discuss World War II). January 15 - WWII: Japanese are driven off Guadalcanal. January 15 - The world's largest office building, The Pentagon, is dedicated in Arlington, Virginia. January 18 - WWII: Soviet officials announce they have broken the Wehrmacht's siege of Leningrad. January 18 - The Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto rise up for the first time, starting the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. January 23 - WWII: British forces capture Tripoli from the Nazis. January 23 - Duke Ellington plays at New York City's Carnegie Hall for the first time. January 23 - Critic and commentator Alexander Woollcott suffers an eventually fatal heart attack during a regular broadcast of the CBS Radio roundtable program "People's Platform". January 27 - WWII: 50 bombers mount the first all American air raid against Germany (Wilhelmshaven was the target). January 29 - German police arrest alleged necrophiliac Bruno Ludke January 4 is the 4th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Culbert Levy Olson (November 7, 1876 – April 13, 1962) was an American politician and governor of California. ... Seal of the Governor of California (without the Roman numerals designating the governors sequence). ... Earl Warren (March 19, 1891 – July 9, 1974) was a California district attorney of Alameda County, the 20th Attorney General of California, the 30th Governor of California, and the 14th Chief Justice of the United States (from 1953 to 1969). ... January 11 is the 11th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... January 11 is the 11th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Ramón S. Castillo Barrionuevo (November 20, 1873 - 1944) was President of Argentina from June 27, 1942 to June 4, 1943. ... January 12 is the 12th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Jan Remco Theodoor Campert (Spijkenisse, The Netherlands, August 15, 1902 — January 12, 1943 [1]) was a journalist, theater critic and writer who lived in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. ... January 13 is the 13th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... US Air Force F/A-22 Raptor ejection seat test using a mannequin. ... is the 14th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Franklin Delano Roosevelt (January 30, 1882–April 12, 1945), 32nd President of the United States, the longest-serving holder of the office and the only man to be elected President more than twice, was one of the central figures of 20th century history. ... The presidential seal is a well-known symbol of the presidency. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... Nickname: Location in Miami-Dade County and the state of Florida. ... Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, KG, OM, CH, TD, FRS, PC (Can) (30 November 1874 – 24 January 1965) was a British politician, soldier in the British Army, orator, and strategist, and is studied as part of the modern British and world history. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... January 15 is the 15th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... Guadalcanal, a 2,510 square mile (6,500 km²) island in the Pacific Ocean and a province of the Solomon Islands, is largely a jungle. ... January 15 is the 15th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the United States military building. ... Arlington County is a county located in the U.S. state of Virginia (which calls itself a commonwealth), directly across the Potomac River from Washington, DC. By an act of Congress July 9, 1846, the area south of the Potomac was returned to Virginia effective in 1847 As of 2000... is the 18th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... Soviet redirects here. ... Wehrmacht   (armed forces, literally defence force(s)) was the name of the armed forces of Nazi Germany from 1935 to 1945. ... Combatants Germany Spanish Blue Division Soviet Union Commanders Wilhelm von Leeb Georg von Küchler Agustín Muñoz Grandes Kliment Voroshilov Georgiy Zhukov Strength 725,000 930,000 Casualties Unknown Red Army: 332,059 KIA 24,324 non-combat dead 111,142 missing 16,470 civilians 1 million civilians... is the 18th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... The Ghetto Heroes Memorial The Warsaw Ghetto was the largest of the Jewish ghettos established by Nazi Germany in General Government during the Holocaust in World War II. In the three years of its existence, starvation, disease and deportations to concentration camps and extermination camps dropped the population of the... Combatants Nazi Germany {SS, SD, Gestapo, Ordnungspolizei, Wehrmacht} Collaborators {Blue Police, Jewish Ghetto Police} Jewish resistance (Å»OB, Å»ZW) Polish resistance (Armia Krajowa, Gwardia Ludowa) Commanders Ferdinand von Sammern-Frankenegg Jürgen Stroop Franz Bürkl Mordechai Anielewicz† Dawid Apfelbaum† PaweÅ‚ Frenkiel† Icchak Cukierman Marek Edelman Zivia Lubetkin Henryk IwaÅ„ski... is the 23rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... Tripoli (Arabic: طرابلس Tarābulus) is the capital city of Libya. ... National Socialism redirects here. ... is the 23rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Edward Kennedy “Duke” Ellington (April 29, 1899–May 24, 1974) was an American jazz composer, pianist, and band leader who has been one of the most influential figures in jazz, if not in all American music. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... Carnegie Hall Carnegie Hall is a concert venue in Midtown Manhattan in New York City located at 881 Seventh Avenue, occupying the east stretch of Seventh Avenue between West 56th Street and West 57th Street. ... is the 23rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Alexander Woollcott, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1939 Alexander Humphreys Woollcott (January 19, 1887 – January 23, 1943) was a critic and commentator for The New Yorker magazine, and a member of the Algonquin Round Table. ... CBS is one of the largest radio and television networks in the United States. ... Polish Round Table, 1989 For other uses of Round Table, see Round Table (disambiguation). ... January 27 is the 27th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... Strategic bombing is a military strategem used in a total war style campaign that attempts to destroy the economic ability of a nation-state to wage war. ... Wilhelmshaven is a town in Lower Saxony, Germany. ... January 29 is the 29th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Necrophilia, although commonly thought to be only done by humans, does in fact also occur in nature. ... Bruno Ludke (1909-1944) was a German serial killer. ... [edit] February Soviet T34 tanks during the Battle of Kursk. February 2 - WWII: In Russia, the Battle of Stalingrad comes to an end with the surrender of the German 6th Army. February 3 - WWII: The death of the Four Chaplains when their ship was struck by a torpedo. February 7 - WWII: In the United States, it is announced that shoe rationing will go into effect in two days. February 8 - WWII: Battle of Guadalcanal - United States forces defeat Japanese troops. February 10 - March 3 - Mohandas Gandhi keeps a hunger strike to protest his imprisonment February 11 - General Eisenhower is selected to command the allied armies in Europe. February 14 - WWII: Rostov-na-Donu, Russia is liberated. February 14 - WWII: Battle of the Kasserine Pass - German General Erwin Rommel and his Afrika Korps launch an offensive against Allied defenses in Tunisia; it is the United States' first major battle defeat of the war. February 16 - WWII: Soviet Union reconquers Kharkov, but is later driven out in the Third Battle of Kharkov February 18 - In a speech at the Berlin Sportpalast German Propagandaminister (Propaganda Minister) Joseph Goebbels declare a "Total War" against the allies February 18 - The Nazis arrest the members of the White Rose movement. February 20 - American movie studio executives agree to allow the Office of War Information to censor movies. February 20 - The Mexican volcano Parícutin is born in a farmer's cornfield. February 22 - Members of White Rose are executed in Nazi Germany. February 27 - The Smith Mine #3 in Bearcreek, Montana, United States explodes, killing 74 men. February 28 - Operation Gunnerside, 6 Norwegians led by Joachim Ronneberg successfully attack the heavy water plant Vemork. Image File history File linksMetadata Sovietic_T34_battle_of_kursk. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Sovietic_T34_battle_of_kursk. ... Combatants Germany Soviet Union Commanders Erich von Manstein Günther von Kluge Hermann Hoth Walther Model Georgiy Zhukov Konstantin Rokossovskiy Nikolay Vatutin Ivan Konyev Strength 2,700 tanks 800,000 infantry 2,000 aircraft 3,600 tanks 1,300,000 infantry and supporting troops 2,400 aircraft Casualties German Kursk... is the 33rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... Combatants Germany Italy Hungary Romania Slovakia Soviet Union Commanders Maximilian von Weichs Friedrich Paulus # Erich von Manstein Hermann Hoth Italo Garibaldi Gusztav Jany Petre Dumitrescu Constantin Constantinescu Vasiliy Chuikov Aleksandr Vasilyevskiy Georgiy Zhukov Semyon Timoshenko Konstantin Rokossovsky Rodion Malinovsky Strength German Sixth Army German Fourth Panzer Army Romanian Third Army... February 3 is the 34th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... Four Chaplains The Four Chaplains were four Army chaplains who gave their lives when the USAT Dorchester was hit by a torpedo and sank on February 3, 1943. ... The torpedo, historically called a locomotive torpedo, is a self-propelled explosive projectile weapon, launched above or below the water surface, propelled underwater toward a target, and designed to detonate on contact or in proximity to a target. ... is the 38th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... A shoe is an item of footwear worn on the foot or feet of a human, dog, cat, horse, or doll. ... February 8 is the 39th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... Operation Watchtower On August 7, 1942, the 1st Marine Division performed an amphibious landing east of the Tenaru River. ... February 10 is the 41st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... March 3 is the 62nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (63rd in leap years). ... Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (October 2, 1869 – January 30, 1948) (Devanagari: मोहनदास करमचन्द गांधी), called Mahatma Gandhi, was the charismatic leader who brought the cause of Indias independence from British colonial rule to... February 11 is the 42nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Dwight David Ike Eisenhower (October 14, 1890–March 28, 1969), American soldier and politician, was the 34th President of the United States (1953–1961) and supreme commander of the Allied forces in Europe during World War II, with the rank of General of the Army. ... World map showing the location of Europe. ... is the 45th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... The kremlin in Rostov Rostov (Russian: Росто́в) is one of the oldest towns in Russia and an important tourist centre of the so called Golden ring. ... is the 45th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... Combatants Germany Italy United States United Kingdom Free France Commanders Erwin Rommel Lloyd Fredendall Strength 22,000 30,000 Casualties 2,000 10,000 (including 6,700 Americans) The Battle of Kasserine Pass took place in World War II during the Tunisia Campaign. ... Erwin Johannes Eugen Rommel ( ) (15 November 1891 – 14 October 1944) was one of the most distinguished German field marshals of World War II. He was the commander of the Deutsches Afrika Korps and also became known by the nickname “The Desert Fox” (Wüstenfuchs,  ) for the skillful military campaigns he... The seal of Afrikakorps The German Afrika Korps (German: Deutsches Afrikakorps, DAK  ) was the corps-level headquarters controlling the German Panzer divisions in Libya and Egypt during the North African Campaign of World War II. Since there was little turnover in the units attached to the corps, the term is... February 16 is the 47th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... Kharkov (rus: Ха́рьков) or Kharkiv (ukr: Ха́рків) is the second largest city in Ukraine, a center of Kharkivska oblast. It is situated in the northeast of the country and has a population of two million. ... Combatants Soviet Union Axis powers Commanders Filipp Golikov Nikolay Vatutin Erich von Manstein †Theodor Eicke Strength 300,000 men 160,000 men Casualties Voronezh Front: army of Popov: 3,000 KIA, 11,000 WIA, Southwestern Front: 20,000 KIA, 90,000 WIA, 9,000 POWs, finally battles: 25,000 KIA... February 18 is the 49th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Joseph Goebbels The Sportpalast or total war speech (German: Sportpalastrede) was a speech delivered by Propagandaminister (Propaganda Minister) Joseph Goebbels at the Berlin Sportpalast to a large but carefully-selected audience on 18 February 1943, as the tide of World War II was turning against Nazi Germany. ... Total war is a military conflict in which nations mobilize all available resources in order to destroy another nations ability to engage in war. ... February 18 is the 49th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... National Socialism redirects here. ... Monument to the Weiße Rose in front of the Ludwig-Maximilian-University, Munich White Rose (German: die Weiße Rose) was a World War II non-violent resistance group in Germany famous for a leaflet campaign in which they called for active opposition to the Nazi regime. ... February 20 is the 51st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... A movie studio is a controlled environment for the making of a film. ... The United States Office of War Information (OWI) was a government agency created during World War II to consolidate government information services. ... Censorship is defined as the removal and withholding of information from the public by a controlling group or body. ... February 20 is the 51st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Parícutin (or Volcán de Parícutin, commonly also accented Paricutín or spelled unaccented as Paricutin) is a volcano in the Mexican state of Michoacán, close to a lava-covered village of the same name. ... February 22 is the 53rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Monument to the Weiße Rose in front of the Ludwig-Maximilian-University, Munich White Rose (German: die Weiße Rose) was a World War II non-violent resistance group in Germany famous for a leaflet campaign in which they called for active opposition to the Nazi regime. ... National Socialism redirects here. ... is the 58th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... The Smith Mine disaster was the worst coal mining disaster in the State of Montana, and the 43rd worst in the United States, according to the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). ... Bearcreek is a town located in Carbon County, Montana. ... Official language(s) English Capital Helena Largest city Billings Area  Ranked 4th  - Total 147,165 sq mi (381,156 km²)  - Width 255 miles (410 km)  - Length 630 miles (1,015 km)  - % water 1  - Latitude 44°26N to 49°N  - Longitude 104°2W to 116°2W Population  Ranked... February 28 is the 59th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... The Vemork hydroelectric plant, site of the heavy water production In World War II, Nazi Germany investigated the possibility of building an atomic bomb. ... The Vemork hydroelectric plant, site of the heavy water production Vemork, a small community in Norway, close to the city Rjukan and within the Tinn municipality, in the county of Telemark. ... [edit] March March 1 - Heinz Guderian becomes the Inspector-General of the Armoured Troops for the German Army. March 2 - WWII: Battle of the Bismarck Sea - United States and Australian forces sink Japanese convoy ships. March 3 - 173 people are killed in a crush while trying to enter an air-raid shelter at Bethnal Green tube station in London. March 8 - WWII: American forces are attacked by Japanese troops on Hill 700 in Bougainville in a battle that will last five days. March 13 - WWII: On Bougainville, Japanese troops end their assault on American forces at Hill 700. March 13 - Holocaust: German forces liquidate the Jewish ghetto in Kraków. March 19 - Frank Nitti suicides March 22 - WWII: The entire population of Khatyn in Belarus is burnt alive by the German occupation forces. March 26 - WWII: Battle of Komandorski Islands - In the Aleutian Islands the battle begins when United States Navy forces intercept Japanese attempting to reinforce a garrison at Kiska. March 31 - Rodgers and Hammerstein's Oklahoma! opens on Broadway, heralds a new era in "integrated" stage musicals, becomes an instantaneous stage classic, and goes on to be Broadway's longest-running musical up to that time (1948). is the 60th day of the year (61st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Heinz Wilhelm Guderian (17 June 1888 – 14 May 1954) was a military theorist and innovative General of the German Army during the Second World War. ... is the 61st day of the year (62nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... Combatants United States, Australia Empire of Japan Commanders George C. Kenney Masatomi Kimura Strength 39 heavy bombers; 41 medium bombers; 34 light bombers; 54 fighters 8 destroyers, 8 troop transports, 100 aircraft Casualties 2 bombers, 3 fighters destroyed 8 transports, 4 destroyers sunk 20 fighters destroyed, 5,000 troops killed... March 3 is the 62nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (63rd in leap years). ... Air raid shelters are structures for the protection of the civil population as well as military personnel against enemy attacks (Bombing) from the air. ... Bethnal Green tube station is a station on the Central Line of the London Underground in Bethnal Green, east London. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... is the 67th day of the year (68th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... Bougainville and neighbouring islands Bougainville is part of Papua New Guinea and is the largest island of the Solomon Islands group. ... is the 72nd day of the year (73rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... Bougainville and neighbouring islands Bougainville is part of Papua New Guinea and is the largest island of the Solomon Islands group. ... is the 72nd day of the year (73rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see Holocaust (disambiguation) and Shoah (disambiguation). ... Motto: Ex navicula navis (From a boat, a ship) Coordinates: , Country Poland Voivodeship Lesser Poland Powiat city county Gmina Kraków City Rights June 5th, 1257 Government  - Mayor Jacek Majchrowski Area  - City 326. ... March 19 is the 78th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (79th in leap years). ... Frank Nitti Francesco Raffaele Nitto, better known as Frank The Enforcer Nitti (January 27, 1888 – March 19, 1943) was an Italian/American gangster, one of the top henchmen of Al Capone and later a mob boss in his own right. ... March 22 is the 81st day of the year (82nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... Statue of the only surviving man from Khatyn, holding his dead child. ... March 26 is the 85th day of the year (86th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... Aleutians seen from space The Aleutian Islands (possibly from Chukchi aliat, island) are a chain of more than 300 small volcanic islands forming an island arc in the Northern Pacific Ocean, occupying an area of 6,821 sq mi (17,666 km²) and extending about 1,200 mi (1,900... The United States Navy (USN) is the branch of the United States armed forces responsible for conducting naval operations. ... Map of Kiska Kiska is an island in the Rat Islands group of the Aleutian Islands of Alaska located at 52. ... March 31 is the 90th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (91st in leap years), with 275 days remaining. ... Rogers is a surname, originally German and suggesting prowess with a spear, and is modified with the letter d as a Welsh addition. ... Hammerstein is a small town on the Rhine River in the central western Germany. ... Oklahoma! was the first musical play written by composer Richard Rodgers and lyricist/librettist Oscar Hammerstein II (see Rodgers and Hammerstein). ... Broadway theatre[1] is the most prestigious form of professional theatre in the U.S., as well as the most well known to the general public and most lucrative for the performers, technicians and others involved in putting on the shows. ... [edit] April April 3 - Shipwrecked steward Poon Lim is rescued by Brazilian fishermen after he has been adrift for 130 days April 13 - WWII: Radio Berlin announces the discovery by Wehrmacht of mass graves of Poles killed by Soviets in the Katyn massacre. April 22 - Albert Hofmann writes his first report about the hallucinogenic properties of LSD, which he first synthesized in 1938. April 25 - Easter occurs on the latest possible date. Last time 1886 next time 2038. April 27 - The U.S. Federal Writers' Project is shuttered. is the 93rd day of the year (94th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Poon Lim (born 1917, died 1991) is a Chinese sailor who survived 133 days alone in the South Atlantic. ... April 13 is the 103rd day of the year (104th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... Wehrmacht   (armed forces, literally defence force(s)) was the name of the armed forces of Nazi Germany from 1935 to 1945. ... This article is about the 1940 massacre of Polish officers. ... is the 112th day of the year (113th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Dr. Dr. Albert Hofmann (born January 11, 1906) is a prominent Swiss scientist best known as the father of LSD. He was born in Baden, Switzerland, and studied chemistry at the University of Zürich. ... Lysergic acid diethylamide, commonly called LSD, LSD-25, or acid. ... is the 115th day of the year (116th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Topics in Christianity Movements · Denominations Ecumenism · Preaching · Prayer Music · Liturgy · Calendar Symbols · Art · Criticism Important figures Apostle Paul · Church Fathers Constantine · Athanasius · Augustine Anselm · Aquinas · Palamas · Wycliffe Tyndale · Luther · Calvin · Wesley Arius · Marcion of Sinope Pope · Archbishop of Canterbury Patriarch of Constantinople Christianity Portal This box:      Easter, the Sunday of... Year 1886 (MDCCCLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... 2038 (MMXXXVIII) will be a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... April 27 is the 117th day of the year (118th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 248 days remaining. ... Poster advertising a Federal Writers Project publication. ... [edit] May May 9-12 - Japanese troops carries out the Changjiao massacre in Changjiao, Hunan, China. May 11 - WWII: American troops invade Attu in the Aleutian Islands in an attempt to expel occupying Japanese forces. May 12 - Trident Conference begins in Washington, D.C. with Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill taking part. May 13 - WWII: German Afrika Korps and Italian troops in North Africa surrender to Allied forces. May 14 - Sinking of the Australian Hospital Ship Centaur off the coast of Queensland, by a Japanese submarine. May 15 - Comintern is dissolved. May 16 - WWII: The Dambuster Raids by RAF 617 Sqdn on German dams. May 16 - Holocaust: The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising ends. May 17 - WWII: Surviving RAF Dam Busters return. May 17 - The United States Army contracts with the University of Pennsylvania's Moore School to develop the ENIAC. May 19 - Winston Churchill addresses a joint session of the U.S. Congress. May 24 - Holocaust: Josef Mengele becomes Chief Medical Officer in Auschwitz. is the 129th day of the year (130th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... May 12 is the 132nd day of the year (133rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... The Changjiao massacre (Chinese:厂窖惨案) was a massacre aiming the chinese civilians by Japanese China Expeditionary Army in Hunan,ChangJiao. ...   (Chinese: ; pinyin: ) is a province of China, located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River and south of Lake Dongting (hence the name Hunan, meaning south of the lake). Hunan is sometimes called 湘 (pinyin: Xiāng) for short, after the Xiang River which runs through the province. ... May 11 is the 131st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (132nd in leap years). ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... Attu Island Attu is the westernmost and largest island in the Near Islands group of the Aleutian Islands of Alaska, making it the westernmost point of land relative to Alaska and the United States. ... Aleutians seen from space The Aleutian Islands (possibly from Chukchi aliat, island) are a chain of more than 300 small volcanic islands forming an island arc in the Northern Pacific Ocean, occupying an area of 6,821 sq mi (17,666 km²) and extending about 1,200 mi (1,900... May 12 is the 132nd day of the year (133rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Nickname: Motto: Justitia Omnibus (Justice for All) Location of Washington, D.C., in relation to the states Maryland and Virginia Coordinates: , Country United States Federal District District of Columbia Government  - Mayor Adrian M. Fenty (D)  - City Council Chairperson: Vincent C. Gray (D) Ward 1: Jim Graham (D) Ward 2: Jack... FDR redirects here. ... Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, KG, OM, CH, TD, FRS, PC (Can) (30 November 1874 – 24 January 1965) was a British politician, soldier in the British Army, orator, and strategist, and is studied as part of the modern British and world history. ... May 13 is the 133rd day of the year (134th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... The seal of Afrikakorps The German Afrika Korps (German: Deutsches Afrikakorps, DAK  ) was the corps-level headquarters controlling the German Panzer divisions in Libya and Egypt during the North African Campaign of World War II. Since there was little turnover in the units attached to the corps, the term is... North Africa is the Mediterranean, northernmost region of the African continent, separated by the Sahara from Sub-Saharan Africa. ... Look up ally in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... May 14 is the 134th day of the year (135th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Australian Hospital Ship (AHS) Centaur was a hospital ship during World War II, which was attacked and sunk by a Japanese submarine in 1943. ... Capital Brisbane Government Constitutional monarchy Governor Quentin Bryce Premier Peter Beattie (ALP) Federal representation  - House seats 28  - Senate seats 12 Gross State Product (2004-05)  - Product ($m)  $158,506 (3rd)  - Product per capita  $40,170/person (6th) Population (End of November 2006)  - Population  4,164,590 (3rd)  - Density  2. ... is the 135th day of the year (136th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... The Comintern (Russian: Коммунистический Интернационал, Kommunisticheskiy Internatsional – Communist International, also known as the Third International) was an international Communist organization founded in March 1919, in the midst of the war communism period (1918-1921), by Vladimir Lenin and the Russian Communist Party (Bolshevik), which intended to fight by all available means, including... May 16 is the 136th day of the year (137th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... Operation Chastise was the official name for the attacks on German dams on May 17, 1943 in World War II using a specially developed bouncing bomb. The attack was carried out by Royal Air Force No. ... For the video game see The Dam Busters (video game) No. ... May 16 is the 136th day of the year (137th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see Holocaust (disambiguation) and Shoah (disambiguation). ... Combatants Nazi Germany {SS, SD, Gestapo, Ordnungspolizei, Wehrmacht} Collaborators {Blue Police, Jewish Ghetto Police} Jewish resistance (Å»OB, Å»ZW) Polish resistance (Armia Krajowa, Gwardia Ludowa) Commanders Ferdinand von Sammern-Frankenegg Jürgen Stroop Franz Bürkl Mordechai Anielewicz† Dawid Apfelbaum† PaweÅ‚ Frenkiel† Icchak Cukierman Marek Edelman Zivia Lubetkin Henryk IwaÅ„ski... is the 137th day of the year (138th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... Operation Chastise was the official name for the attacks on German dams on May 17, 1943 in World War II using a specially developed bouncing bomb. The attack was carried out by Royal Air Force No. ... is the 137th day of the year (138th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... The United States Army is the largest branch of the armed forces of the United States. ... This article is about the private Ivy League university in Philadelphia. ... ENIAC ENIAC, short for Electronic Numerical Integrator And Computer,[1] was the first large-scale, electronic, digital computer capable of being reprogrammed to solve a full range of computing problems,[2] although earlier computers had been built with some of these properties. ... is the 139th day of the year (140th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, KG, OM, CH, TD, FRS, PC (Can) (30 November 1874 – 24 January 1965) was a British politician, soldier in the British Army, orator, and strategist, and is studied as part of the modern British and world history. ... The Congress of the United States is the legislative branch of the federal government of the United States of America. ... May 24 is the 144th day of the year (145th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see Holocaust (disambiguation) and Shoah (disambiguation). ... Josef Mengele Dr. Josef Mengele (March 16, 1911 – February 7, 1979), was a German SS officer and a physician in the Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz-Birkenau. ... Auschwitz, in English, commonly refers to the Auschwitz concentration camp complex built near the town of Oświęcim, by Nazi Germany during World War II. Rarely, it may refer to the Polish town of Oświęcim (called by the Germans Auschwitz) itself. ... [edit] June June 1 - British Overseas Airways Corporation Flight 777 is shot down over the Bay of Biscay by German Junkers Ju 88s, killing actor Leslie Howard and leading to speculation that downing was an attempt to kill British Prime Minister Winston Churchill June 4 - Military Coup d'état in Argentina ousts Ramón Castillo. June 22 - U.S. Army 45th Infantry Division land in North Africa prior to training at Arzew, French Morocco while serving in World War II. June 1 is the 152nd day of the year (153rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... BOAC Flight 777 was a scheduled civilian airline flight from Portela Airport in Lisbon, Portugal to an airport at Whitchurch near Bristol, United Kingdom. ... Map of the Bay of Biscay. ... The Junkers Ju 88 was a WW2 Luftwaffe twin-engine multi-role aircraft. ... Leslie Howard (April 3, 1893 - June 1, 1943) was an English stage and film actor. ... A prime minister is the most senior minister of a cabinet in the executive branch of government in a parliamentary system. ... Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, KG, OM, CH, TD, FRS, PC (Can) (30 November 1874 – 24 January 1965) was a British politician, soldier in the British Army, orator, and strategist, and is studied as part of the modern British and world history. ... June 4 is the 155th day of the year (156th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... // A coup dÉtat (pronounced ), or simply coup, is the sudden overthrow of a government, often through illegal means by a part of the state establishment — mostly replacing just the high-level figures. ... Ramón S. Castillo Barrionuevo (November 20, 1873 - 1944) was President of Argentina from June 27, 1942 to June 4, 1943. ... is the 173rd day of the year (174th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... The 45th Infantry Division was a unit of the United States Army in World War II. // Activated: In 1924 as a National Guard Division in Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Oklahoma. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... [edit] July July 5 - WWII: Battle of Kursk - The largest tank battle in history begins. July 5 - WWII: An Allied invasion fleet sails to Sicily. July 6 - WWII: Americans and Japanese fight the Battle of Kula Gulf off Kolombangara. July 10 - WWII: The Allied invasion of Sicily marks the beginning allied invasion of Axis-controlled Europe with landings on the island of Sicily, off mainland Italy by the U.S. Army 45th Infantry Division. July 11 - United States Army forces assault the village of Piano Lupo, just outside of Gela, Sicily. July 12 - WWII: the Wehrmacht and the Red Army fight the Battle of Prokhorovka. July 19 - WWII: Rome is bombed by the Allies for the first time in the war. July 24 - WWII: Operation Gomorrah begins: British and Canadian aeroplanes bomb Hamburg by night, those of the Americans by day. By the end of the operation in November, 9,000 tons of explosives will have killed more than 30,000 people and destroyed 280,000 buildings. July 25 - In Italy the Gran Consiglio del Fascismo retires its consent to Mussolini; Mussolini is arrested and the power is given to Maresciallo d'Italia Gen. Pietro Badoglio. July 28 - WWII: Operation Gomorrah - The British bomb Hamburg causing a