1943

From Wikipedia

Centuries: Year in Review 20th Century (19th century - 20th century - 21st century)

Decades: 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s - 1940s - 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s

Years: 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 - 1943 - 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948

Births

February 11 - Iain Cameron British brigadier
January 19 - Janis Joplin, blues singer
August 17 - Robert De Niro, US actor
George Harrison, Beatle

Deaths

Events

February 11 - General Eisenhower is selected to command the allied armies in Europe.
September 3: Italy is invaded by the Allied forces during World War II
Development of the Colossus computer by British to break German encryption (see History of computing).

Nobel Prizes

Physics - Otto Stern
Chemistry - George de Hevesy
Medicine - Henrik Carl Peter Dam, Edward Adelbert Doisy 1939 - Gerhard Domagk
Literature - not awarded
Peace - not awarded

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