What Happened In June 1943 In History

Historical Events for June, 1943

• 1st » British Overseas Airways Corporation Flight 777 is shot down over the Bay of Biscay by German Junkers Ju 88s, killing the actor Leslie Howard (actor) Leslie Howard and leading to speculation that its shooting down was an attempt to kill the United Kingdom
• 3rd » In Los Angeles, California, white U.S. Navy sailors and United States Marine Corps e.g Marines clash with Latino youths in the Zoot Suit Riots.
• 20th » The Detroit Race Riot (1943) e.g Detroit Race Riot breaks out and continues for three more days.
• 23rd » World War II: The United Kingdom British destroyers HMS Eclipse H08 6 and HMS Laforey G99 6 sink the Italy Italian submarine 600-Serie Adua class submarine 'Ascianghi' in the Mediterranean after she torpedoes the cruiser HMS Newfoundland 59 6.
• 25th » The Holocaust: Jews in the Częstochowa Ghetto in Poland stage Częstochowa Ghetto Uprising e.g an uprising against the Nazis.

Famous Birthdays on June in 1943

• 1st » Lorrie Wilmot, South African cricketer (d. 2004)
• 2nd » Ilaiyaraaja, Indian singer-songwriter and producer
• 2nd » Charles Haid, American actor and director
• 2nd » Crescenzio Sepe, Italian cardinal
• 3rd » Billy Cunningham, American basketball player and coach
• 4th » Sandra Haynie, American golfer
• 4th » Tom Jaine, English author
• 4th » Joyce Meyer, American educator and author
• 6th » José de Jesús Gudiño Pelayo, Mexican jurist (d. 2010)
• 6th » Ken Hatfield, American football player and coach
• 6th » Asif Iqbal (cricketer) or Asif Iqbal, Pakistani cricketer
• 6th » Jean-Claude Lord, Canadian director and screenwriter
• 6th » Jonathan Mance, Baron Mance, English lawyer and judge
• 6th » Richard Smalley, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize in Chemistry named Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2005)
• 7th » Nikki Giovanni, American author, poet, and educator
• 7th » Ken Osmond, American actor
• 7th » Michael Pennington, English actor and director
• 8th » Colin Baker, English actor
• 8th » William Calley, American lieutenant
• 8th » Willie Davenport, American hurdler (d. 2002)
• 8th » Peter Eggert, German footballer and manager
• 9th » Kenny Barron, American pianist (Sphere (band) known as Sphere)
• 9th » John Fitzpatrick (racing driver) called John Fitzpatrick, English race car driver
• 9th » Joe Haldeman, American author
• 9th » Charles Saatchi, Iraqi-English businessman, co-founded Saatchi & Saatchi
• 10th » Simon Jenkins, English journalist and author
• 11th » Henry Hill, American mobster (d. 2012)
• 13th » Malcolm McDowell, English actor and producer
• 13th » Jim Guy Tucker, American lawyer and politician, 43rd Governor of Arkansas
• 14th » Barry Burman, English painter (d. 2001)
• 14th » Jennifer Gretton, Baroness Gretton, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Leicestershire
• 14th » John Miles (racing driver) or John Miles, English race car driver
• 14th » Spooner Oldham, American organist and songwriter
• 14th » Harold Wheeler (musician) known as Harold Wheeler, American composer, conductor, and producer
• 15th » Johnny Hallyday, French singer and actor
• 15th » Xaviera Hollander, Dutch madam and author
• 15th » Poul Nyrup Rasmussen, Danish politician, 38th Prime Minister of Denmark
• 15th » Lee Shallat-Chemel, American director and producer
• 15th » Larry Whitty, Baron Whitty, English politician
• 15th » Muff Winwood, English bass player, songwriter, and producer (Spencer Davis Group)
• 16th » Joan Van Ark, American actress
• 17th » Newt Gingrich, American politician, 58th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
• 17th » Barry Manilow, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 17th » Chantal Mouffe, Belgian political theorist
• 17th » Burt Rutan, American engineer
• 18th » Raffaella Carrà, Italian singer, dancer, and actress
• 21st » Salomé (singer) known as Salomé, Spanish singer
• 21st » Eumir Deodato, Brazilian pianist, composer, and producer
• 21st » Diane Marleau, Canadian accountant and politician (d. 2013)
• 21st » Brian Sternberg, American pole vaulter (d. 2013)
• 22nd » Judith Barker, English actress
• 22nd » Brit Hume, American journalist
• 23rd » Vint Cerf, American computer scientist
• 23rd » James Levine, American pianist and conductor
• 24th » Juliet Gardiner, English historian and author
• 24th » Birgit Grodal, Danish economist (d. 2004)
• 26th » John Beasley (actor) known as John Beasley, American actor
• 26th » Warren Farrell, American author and educator
• 27th » Kjersti Døvigen, Norwegian-English actress
• 27th » Rico Petrocelli, American baseball player, manager, and sportscaster
• 27th » Duncan Robinson, English curator and academic
• 28th » Jens Birkemose, Danish painter
• 28th » Donald Johanson, American paleontologist and academic
• 28th » Klaus von Klitzing, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize in Physics called Nobel Prize laureate
• 29th » Little Eva, American singer (d. 2003)
• 30th » Florence Ballard, American singer (The Supremes) (d. 1976)
• 30th » Saeed Akhtar Mirza, Indian director and screenwriter
• 30th » Eddie Rambeau, American singer-songwriter, and actor
• 30th » Ahmed Sofa, Bangladeshi author, poet, and critic (d. 2001)

Famous Deaths for June 1943

• 1st » Leslie Howard (actor) known as Leslie Howard, English actor, director, and producer (b. 1893)
• 1st » Wilfrid Israel, Anglo-German businessman and philanthropist (b. 1899)
• 6th » Pandelis Pouliopoulos, Greek politician (b. 1900)
• 13th » Kočo Racin, Macedonian author and activist (b. 1908)
• 18th » Elias Degiannis, Greek commander (b. 1912)
• 24th » Camille Roy (literary critic) known as Camille Roy, Canadian priest and critic (b. 1870)
• 26th » Karl Landsteiner, Austrian biologist and physician, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine known as Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1868)
• 30th » Carlo Wieth, Danish actor (b. 1885)

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