The Ox-Bow Incident
Release year: 1943
Directed by: William A. Wellman
Starring: Henry Fonda, Dana Andrews, Mary Beth Hughes, Anthony Quinn
Country: United States of America
April 1943 calendar
Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened in April 1943.
The US president was Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democrat), the UK Prime Minister was Winston Churchill (Conservative), Pope Pius XII was leading the Catholic Church.
But much more happened on April 1943: find out below
Historical Events
Which were the important events of April 1943?
Events
- 03 Apr 1943 Jan Dieters (leader of illegal CPN) arrested
- 05 Apr 1943 Allies bomb Mortsel
- 06 Apr 1943 Lou Jansen, leader of illegal Dutch political party (CPN) arrested
- 07 Apr 1943 British / US troops make contact at Wadi Akarit, South-Tunisia
- 08 Apr 1943 Hakuun Yasutani Roshi, founder of Sanbo Kyodan, receives dharma
- 11 Apr 1943 Frank Piasecki, Vertol founder, flies his first (single-rotor) craft.
- 12 Apr 1943 Dutch Catholic University Nijmegen closed
- 13 Apr 1943 Catholic University Nijegen closes
- 14 Apr 1943 Generals Alexander, Dwight Eisenhower, Anderson, Bradley discuss assault on Tunis.
- 15 Apr 1943 Metropolitan Life Insurance issues a US$225 million check to Chase bank.
- 16 Apr 1943 40 New Zealand bombers attack Haarlem Netherlands (85 killed).
- 17 Apr 1943 Admiral Yamamoto flies from Truk to Rabaul
- 18 Apr 1943 World War II: Operation Vengeance, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto is killed when his aircraft is shot down by U.S. fighters over Bougainville Island.
- 19 Apr 1943 Jews attack Nazi occupation forces at Warsaw Ghetto
- 20 Apr 1943 Braves manager Casey Stengel is struck by a taxi, fractures a leg
- 21 Apr 1943 Worst Bombing of Aberdeen in WW2.
- 22 Apr 1943 German counter-attack in North Tunisia.
- 23 Apr 1943 British and US offensive directed at Tunis / Bizerta
- 25 Apr 1943 Easter occurs on the latest possible date (last time 1886 next time 2038) in the Western Christian Church.
- 27 Apr 1943 Soviet Union breaks contact with Polish government exiled in London, England.
- 28 Apr 1943 German-Italian counter offensive in North Africa.
- 29 Apr 1943 US 34th Division occupies Hill 609, North Tunisia.
- 30 Apr 1943 Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp for Jews forms.
Famous Birthday
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French singer, songwriter, guitarist, composer, and actor.
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American model with great eyes and great legs, a charismatic center of the underground vortex of the late '60s, the poster girl for a life...
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French-American actor (d. 1993).
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Famous Deaths
Dutch author and autobiographer.
German/US actor (Cabinet of Dr Calgary), dies at age 50.
Composer, dies at 63.
Admiral of Japanese fleet.
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Movies
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This Land Is Mine
Release year: 1943
Directed by: Jean Renoir
Starring: Charles Laughton, Maureen O'Hara, George Sanders, Walter Slezak
Country: United States of America
Clancy Street Boys
Release year: 1943
Directed by: William Beaudine
Starring: Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Bobby Jordan, Noah Beery
I Walked with a Zombie
Release year: 1943
Directed by: Jacques Tourneur
Starring: Frances Dee, Tom Conway, James Ellison, Edith Barrett
Country: United States of America
A Stranger in Town
Release year: 1943
Directed by: Roy Rowland
Starring: Frank Morgan, Richard Carlson, Jean Rogers, Porter Hall