WHAT HAPPENED IN 1943.
Look what happened the 1943.

World War II: The United States and United Kingdom give up territorial rights in China. (11. January 1943)

Italian-American anarchist Carlo Tresca is assassinated in New York. (11. January 1943)

World War II: Japan begins Operation Ke, the successful operation to evacuate its forces from Guadalcanal during the Guadalcanal Campaign. (14. January 1943)

World War II: Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill begin the Casablanca Conference to discuss strategy and study the next phase of the war. (14. January 1943)

World War II: Franklin D. Roosevelt becomes the first President of the United States to travel by airplane while in office when he travels from Miami to Morocco to meet with Winston Churchill. (14. January 1943)

World War II: The Soviet counter-offensive at Voronezh begins. (15. January 1943)

The world's largest office building, The Pentagon, is dedicated in Arlington, Virginia. (15. January 1943)

World War II: Greek submarine Papanikolis captures the 200-ton sailing vessel Agios Stefanos and mans her with part of her crew. (17. January 1943)

Warsaw Ghetto Uprising: The first uprising of Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto. (18. January 1943)

World War II: Troops of Montgomery's 8th Army capture Tripoli in Libya from the German-Italian Panzer Army. (23. January 1943)

World War II: Australian and American forces finally defeat the Japanese army in Papua. (23. January 1943)

Duke Ellington plays at Carnegie Hall in New York City for the first time. (23. January 1943)

World War II: The Battle of Mount Austen, the Galloping Horse, and the Sea Horse on Guadalcanal during the Guadalcanal campaign ends. (23. January 1943)

World War II: Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill conclude a conference in Casablanca. (24. January 1943)

World War II: The VIII Bomber Command dispatched ninety-one B-17s and B-24s to attack the U-Boat construction yards at Wilhelmshaven, Germany. This was the first American bombing attack on Germany of the war. (27. January 1943)

The first day of the Battle of Rennell Island, U.S. cruiser Chicago is torpedoed and heavily damaged by Japanese bombers. (29. January 1943)

World War II: Second day of the Battle of Rennell Island. The USS Chicago is sunk and a U.S. destroyer is heavily damaged by Japanese torpedoes. (30. January 1943)

World War II: German Field Marshal Friedrich Paulus surrenders to the Soviets at Stalingrad, followed 2 days later by the remainder of his Sixth Army, ending one of the war's fiercest battles. (31. January 1943)

World War II: The Battle of Stalingrad comes to conclusion as Soviet troops accept the surrender of 91,000 remnants of the Axis forces. (2. February 1943)

The USAT Dorchester is sunk by a German U-boat. Only 230 of 902 men aboard survived. The Chapel of the Four Chaplains, dedicated by President Harry Truman, is one of many memorials established to commemorate the Four Chaplains story. (3. February 1943)