1943 in the United Kingdom:

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World War II

UK during World War II

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Events

• January 23 - World War II: British forces capture Tripoli from the Nazis.
• May 17- Operation Chastise- The Dambuster Raid takes place- The Royal Air Forceuse bouncing bombs to breach German dams in the Rhur Valley.
• May 19 - Winston Churchill addresses a joint session of the U.S. Congress.
• November 22 - World War II: War in the Pacific - US President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and ROC leader Chiang Kai-Shek meet in Cairo, Egypt, to discuss ways to defeat Japan.

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Unknown dates

• Development of the Colossus computer by British to break German encryption (see History of computing hardware).
• The Regency Act 1943 is passed allowing Counsellors of State absent during the Sovereign's absence not to be listed among the appointments; and that the heir-apparent or presumptive to the Throne need only to be 18 to be a Counsellor

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Births

January - February

• January 6 - Terry Venables, English football manager
• January 9 - Freddie Starr, English comedian and singer
• January 16 - Brian Ferneyhough, British composer
• January 20 - Mel Hague, English singer and author
• January 29 - Tony Blackburn, British radio disc jockey
• February 7 - Gareth Hunt. English actor
• February 18 - Graeme Garden, Scottish writer, comedian, and actor
• February 19 - Tim Hunt, British biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
• February 20 - Mike Leigh, British film director
• February 24 - George Harrison, English musician (The Beatles) (d. 2001)
• February 27 - Graham Bowers, British musician, artist and engineer

January 6 is the 6th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Terence Frederick Venables (born January 6, 1943 in Dagenham, London) is an English football manager, who managed the England national football team. ... January 9 is the 9th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Freddie Starr (born in Huyton on January 9, 1944) is a zany British comedian who shot to fame after his appearance on the 1972 Royal Variety Performance. ... January 16 is the 16th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Brian John Peter Ferneyhough (born 16 January 1943 in Coventry) is a British composer. ... January 20 is the 20th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Mel Hague is a British country music singer and author. ... January 29 is the 29th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Tony Blackburn (born January 29, 1943 in Guildford, Surrey, England) is an award winning British disc jockey. ... February 7 is the 38th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Gareth Hunt, Joanna Lumley, and Patrick Macnee in The New Avengers. ... February 18 is the 49th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Graeme Garden, as a Beefeater in The Goodies (TV series) episode The Tower of London David Graeme Garden (born February 18, 1943) is a British comedy writer and performer. ... February 19 is the 50th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Dr. Richard Timothy (Tim) Hunt (b. ... List of Nobel Prize laureates in Physiology or Medicine from 1901 to the present day. ... February 20 is the 51st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Mike Leigh OBE (born February 20, 1943 in Broughton, Salford, Lancashire) is an award winning English film and theatre director. ... February 24 is the 55th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The Beatles were a highly influential English rock n roll band from Liverpool. ... This article is about the year 2001. ... February 27 is the 58th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Graham Bowers. ...

March - April

• March - John Leeson, British actor
• March 8 - Lynn Redgrave, English actress
• March 21 - Vivian Stanshall, English comedian, writer, artist, broadcaster, and musician (d. 1995)
• March 22 - Keith Relf, British musician (The Yardbirds) (d. 1976)
• March 29 - Eric Idle, English actor, writer, and composer
• March 29 - John Major, British Conservative politician and former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
• April 2 - Frank Feather, British business futurist and author
• April 8- Tony Banks, Baron Stratford, former Labour Party MP and Minister for Sport (d. 2006)
• April 20 - John Eliot Gardiner, English conductor

John Leeson (born March 1943 in Leicester, Leicestershire, England) is a British actor who although having had a varied stage and television career spanning forty years including both work in repertory and West End productions including Plaza Suite (1969); Flint (1970) and Dont Start Without Me (1971) and character... March 8 is the 67th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (68th in Leap years). ... Lynn Rachel Redgrave OBE (born 8 March 1943 in London) is an English actress born into the famous acting Redgrave family. ... March 21 is the 80th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (81st in leap years). ... Lifes like that sometimes, isnt it? — Stanshall prepares to sing The Sound of Music with the Bonzo Dog Band on Do Not Adjust Your Set. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... March 22 is the 81st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (82nd in leap years). ... Keith Relf (born Keith William Relf) is best known as the lead singer and harmonica player of The Yardbirds. ... The Yardbirds were an early English rock band, noted for starting the careers of three of rocks most famous guitarists, Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, and Jimmy Page. ... 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday. ... March 29 is the 88th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (89th in leap years). ... Eric Idle (born March 29, 1943) is an English comedian, actor, author and writer of comedic songs. ... March 29 is the 88th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (89th in leap years). ... Sir John Major KG, CH (born 29 March 1943) is a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1990 to 1997. ... The Prime Minister is in practice the most important political office in the United Kingdom. ... April 2 is the 92nd day of the year (93rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 273 days remaining. ... Frank Feather is a business futurist and author. ... April 8 is the 98th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (99th in leap years). ... The Right Honourable Anthony Louis Banks, Baron Stratford (8 April 1943 – 8 January 2006), usually known as Tony Banks, was a British politician and Labour Party member of the House of Lords. ... Events from the year 2006 in the United Kingdom. ... April 20 is the 110th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (111th in leap years). ... Gardiner conducting Sir John Eliot Gardiner (born April 20, 1943, Fontmell, Dorset, England) is a prominent British conductor most famous for his performances of Baroque music on period instruments. ...

May - June

• May 5 - Michael Palin, British comedian
• May 14 - Jack Bruce, British musician and songwriter
• May 22 - Betty Williams, Northern Irish politician, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
• June 8 - Colin Baker, British actor
• June 29 - Maureen O'Brien, British actress

May 5 is the 125th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (126th in leap years). ... Michael Edward Palin, CBE (born May 5, 1943) is an English comedian, actor and television presenter best known for being one of the members of the comedy group Monty Python and for his travel documentaries. ... May 14 is the 134th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (135th in leap years). ... John Symon Asher Jack Bruce (born May 14, 1943) is a Scottish musician; a multi-instumentalist, composer, singer. ... May 22 is the 142nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (143rd in leap years). ... Betty Williams (born 22 May 1943) was a co-recipient with Mairead Corrigan of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1976 for as a cofounder of Community of Peace People, an organization dedicated to promoting a peaceful resolution to The Troubles in Northern Ireland. ... Lester B. Pearson after accepting the Nobel Peace Prize The Nobel Peace Prize is the name of one of five Nobel Prizes bequested by the Swedish industrialist and inventor Alfred Nobel. ... June 8 is the 159th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (160th in leap years), with 206 days remaining. ... Colin Baker (born London, June 8, 1943) is an English actor who is best known for playing the sixth incarnation of the Doctor in the long-running science fiction television series Doctor Who, from 1984 to 1986. ... June 29 is the 180th day of the year (181st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 185 days remaining. ... Maureen OBrien (born 29 June 1943 in Liverpool) is a British actress best known for her role as Vicki in the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who, although she has appeared in many other television programmes as well. ...

July - August

• July 12 - Christine McVie, British musician (Fleetwood Mac)
• July 20 - Wendy Richard, British actress
• July 26 - Mick Jagger, English singer (Rolling Stones)
• July 28 - Rick Wright, English keyboardist (Pink Floyd)
• August 20 - Sylvester McCoy, British actor

July 12 is the 193rd day (194th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 172 days remaining. ... Christine McVie on the cover of her 2004 solo album In The Meantime. ... This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ... July 20 is the 201st day (202nd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 164 days remaining. ... Wendy Richard MBE (born Wendy Emerton on July 20, 1943 in Middlesbrough, England) is a British actress. ... July 26 is the 207th day (208th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 158 days remaining. ... Sir Michael Philip Mick Jagger, KBE (born 26 July 1943) is an English rock musician, actor, songwriter, record and film producer, and businessman. ... This article is about the rock band. ... July 28 is the 209th day (210th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 156 days remaining. ... Richard Wright, also known as Rick Wright (born July 28, 1945), is the keyboard player of Pink Floyd. ... Pink Floyd are an English rock band that earned recognition for their psychedelic rock music, and as they evolved, became widely known as pioneers of progressive rock music. ... August 20 is the 232nd day of the year (233rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Sylvester McCoy as the Seventh Doctor Sylvester McCoy (born August 20, 1943) is a Scottish actor. ...

September - October

• September 6 - Richard J. Roberts, English biochemist and molecular biologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
• September 6 - Roger Waters, English musician
• September 30 - Ian Ogilvy, English actor
• October 31 - Paul Frampton, English physicist

September 6 is the 249th day of the year (250th in leap years). ... Richard J. Roberts (b. ... List of Nobel Prize laureates in Physiology or Medicine from 1901 to the present day. ... September 6 is the 249th day of the year (250th in leap years). ... George Roger Waters (born September 6, 1943) is an English rock musician; singer, guitarist, bassist, songwriter, and composer. ... September 30 is the 273rd day of the year (274th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Ian Ogilvy as Simon Templar pictured on a reprint of an early Saint novel published to coincide with the TV series. ... October 31 is the 304th day of the year (305th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 61 days remaining. ... Paul H. Frampton, Rubin Professor Paul H. Frampton (born October 31, 1943 in England) is a leading theoretical physicist who was a student 1954-62 at the only school chartered by Charles I of England. ...

November - December

• December 17 - Ron Geesin, British musician and songwriter (Pink Floyd)
• December 18 - Keith Richards, English guitarist and songwriter (The Rolling Stones)
• December 27 - Peter Sinfield, British lyricist and producer
• December 28 - Richard Whiteley, English television presenter (d. 2005)
• December 31 - Ben Kingsley, English actor

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Deaths

• April 26- Alastair Arthur Windsor, 2nd Duke of Connaught, son of Prince and Princess Arthur of Connaught
• August 12 - Bobby Peel, English cricketer (b. 1857)
• November 26- Prince Hubertus of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, great grandson of Queen Victoria
• December 22 - Beatrix Potter, British children's author and illustrator (b. 1866)