USA-related events during the year of 1943
Events from the year 1943 in the United States .
Governors and lieutenant governors
Governor of Alabama : Frank M. Dixon (Democratic ) (until January 19), Chauncey Sparks (Democratic ) (starting January 19)
Governor of Arizona : Sidney Preston Osborn (Democratic )
Governor of Arkansas : Homer Martin Adkins (Democratic )
Governor of California : Culbert Olson (Democratic ) (until January 4), Earl Warren (Republican ) (starting January 4)
Governor of Colorado : Ralph Lawrence Carr (Republican ) (until January 12), John Charles Vivian (Republican ) (starting January 12)
Governor of Connecticut : Robert A. Hurley (Democratic ) (until January 6), Raymond E. Baldwin (Republican ) (starting January 6)
Governor of Delaware : Walter W. Bacon (Republican )
Governor of Florida : Spessard Holland (Democratic )
Governor of Georgia : Eugene Talmadge (Democratic ) (until January 12), Ellis Arnall (Democratic ) (starting January 12)
Governor of Idaho : Chase A. Clark (Democratic ) (until January 4), C. A. Bottolfsen (Republican ) (starting January 4)
Governor of Illinois : Dwight H. Green (Republican )
Governor of Indiana : Henry F. Schricker (Democratic )
Governor of Iowa : George A. Wilson (Republican ) (until January 14), Bourke B. Hickenlooper (Republican ) (starting January 14)
Governor of Kansas : Payne Ratner (Republican ) (until January 11), Andrew F. Schoeppel (Republican ) (starting January 11)
Governor of Kentucky : Keen Johnson (Democratic ) (until December 7), Simeon S. Willis (Republican ) (starting December 7)
Governor of Louisiana : Sam H. Jones (Democratic )
Governor of Maine : Sumner Sewall (Republican )
Governor of Maryland : Herbert R. O'Conor (Democratic )
Governor of Massachusetts : Leverett Saltonstall (Republican )
Governor of Michigan : Murray Van Wagoner (Democratic ) (until January 1), Harry Kelly (Republican ) (starting January 1)
Governor of Minnesota : Harold Stassen (Republican ) (until April 27), Edward John Thye (Republican ) (starting April 27)
Governor of Mississippi : Paul B. Johnson, Sr. (Democratic ) (until December 26), Dennis Murphree (Democratic ) (starting December 26)
Governor of Missouri : Forrest C. Donnell (Republican )
Governor of Montana : Sam C. Ford (Republican )
Governor of Nebraska : Dwight Griswold (Republican )
Governor of Nevada : Edward P. Carville (Democratic )
Governor of New Hampshire : Robert O. Blood (Republican )
Governor of New Jersey : Charles Edison (Democratic )
Governor of New Mexico : John E. Miles (Democratic ) (until January 1), John J. Dempsey (Democratic ) (starting January 1)
Governor of New York : Thomas Dewey (Republican ) (starting January 1)
Governor of North Carolina : J. Melville Broughton (Democratic )
Governor of North Dakota : John Moses (Democratic )
Governor of Ohio : John W. Bricker (Republican )
Governor of Oklahoma : Leon C. Phillips (Democratic ) (until January 11), Robert S. Kerr (Democratic ) (starting January 11)
Governor of Oregon : Charles A. Sprague (Republican ) (until January 11), Earl Snell (Republican ) (starting January 11)
Governor of Pennsylvania : Arthur James (Republican ) (until January 19), Edward Martin (Republican ) (starting January 19)
Governor of Rhode Island : J. Howard McGrath (Democratic )
Governor of South Carolina : Richard Manning Jefferies (Democratic ) (until January 19), Olin D. Johnston (Democratic ) (starting January 19)
Governor of South Dakota : Harlan J. Bushfield (Republican ) (until January 5), Merrill Q. Sharpe (Republican ) (starting January 5)
Governor of Tennessee : Prentice Cooper (Democratic )
Governor of Texas : Coke R. Stevenson (Democratic )
Governor of Utah : Herbert B. Maw (Democratic )
Governor of Vermont : William H. Wills (Republican )
Governor of Virginia : Colgate Darden (Democratic )
Governor of Washington : Arthur B. Langlie (Republican )
Governor of West Virginia : Matthew M. Neely (Democratic )
Governor of Wisconsin : Julius P. Heil (Republican ) (until January 4), Walter S. Goodland (Republican ) (starting January 4)
Governor of Wyoming : Nels H. Smith (Republican ) (until January 4), Lester C. Hunt (Democratic ) (starting January 4)
Lieutenant governors [ edit ]
Lieutenant Governor of Alabama : Albert A. Carmichael (Democratic ) (until January 19), Leven H. Ellis (Democratic ) (starting January 19)
Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas : Robert L. Bailey (Democratic ) (until January 12), James Lavesque Shaver (Democratic ) (starting January 12)
Lieutenant Governor of California : Ellis E. Patterson (Democratic ) (until January 4), Frederick F. Houser (Republican ) (starting January 4)
Lieutenant Governor of Colorado : John Charles Vivian (Republican ) (until January 12), William Eugene Higby (Republican ) (starting January 12)
Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut : Odell Shepard (Democratic ) (until January 8), William L. Hadden (Republican ) (starting January 8)
Lieutenant Governor of Delaware : Isaac J. MacCollum (Democratic )
Lieutenant Governor of Idaho : Charles C. Gossett (Democratic ) (until January 4), Edwin Nelson (Republican ) (starting January 4)
Lieutenant Governor of Illinois : Hugh W. Cross (Republican )
Lieutenant Governor of Indiana : Charles M. Dawson (Democratic )
Lieutenant Governor of Iowa : Bourke B. Hickenlooper (Republican ) (until January 14), Robert D. Blue (Republican ) (starting January 14)
Lieutenant Governor of Kansas : Carl E. Friend (Republican ) (until month and day unknown), Jess C. Denious, Sr. (Republican ) (starting month and day unknown)
Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky : Rodes K. Myers (Democratic ) (until December 7), Kenneth H. Tuggle (Republican ) (starting December 7)
Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana : Marc M. Mouton (Democratic )
Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts : Horace T. Cahill (Republican )
Lieutenant Governor of Michigan : Frank Murphy (Democratic ) (until January 1), Eugene C. Keyes (Republican ) (starting January 1)
Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota :
Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi : Dennis Murphree (Democratic ) (until December 26), vacant (starting December 26)
Lieutenant Governor of Missouri : Frank Gaines Harris (Democratic )
Lieutenant Governor of Montana : Ernest T. Eaton (Republican )
Lieutenant Governor of Nebraska : William E. Johnson (Republican ) (until month and day unknown), Roy W. Johnson (Republican ) (starting month and day unknown)
Lieutenant Governor of Nevada : Maurice J. Sullivan (Democratic ) (until January 3), Vail M. Pittman (Democratic ) (starting January 3)
Lieutenant Governor of New Mexico : Ceferino Quintana (Democratic ) (until January 1), James B. Jones (Democratic ) (starting January 1)
Lieutenant Governor of New York :
Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina : Reginald L. Harris (Democratic )
Lieutenant Governor of North Dakota : Oscar W. Hagen (Republican ) (until month and day unknown), Henry Holt (Democratic ) (starting month and day unknown)
Lieutenant Governor of Ohio : Paul M. Herbert (Republican )
Lieutenant Governor of Oklahoma : James E. Berry (Democratic )
Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania :
Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island : Louis W. Cappelli (Democratic )
Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina : vacant (until January 19), Ransome Judson Williams (Democratic ) (starting January 19)
Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota : A. C. Miller (Republican )
Lieutenant Governor of Tennessee : Blan R. Maxwell (Democratic ) (until month and day unknown), Joseph H. Ballew (Democratic ) (starting month and day unknown)
Lieutenant Governor of Texas : vacant (until January 19), John Lee Smith (Democratic ) (starting January 19)
Lieutenant Governor of Vermont : Mortimer R. Proctor (Republican )
Lieutenant Governor of Virginia : William M. Tuck (Democratic )
Lieutenant Governor of Washington : Victor A. Meyers (Democratic )
Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin : Walter S. Goodland (Republican ) (until January 4), Oscar Rennebohm (Republican ) (starting January 4)
February 19–25: Battle of Kasserine Pass
March 2 – WWII : Battle of the Bismarck Sea – United States and Australian forces sink Japanese convoy ships.
March 4 – The 15th Academy Awards , hosted by Bob Hope , are presented at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles , with William Wyler 's Mrs. Miniver winning Outstanding Motion Picture . The film also receives 12 and 6 respective nominations and awards, with Wyler also winning Best Director .
March 8 – WWII : American forces are attacked by Japanese troops on Hill 700 in Bougainville , in a battle that lasts five days.
March 12 – Aaron Copland 's Fanfare for the Common Man is premiered by the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra .
March 13 – WWII : On Bougainville , Japanese troops end their assault on American forces at Hill 700.
March 26 – WWII – Battle of the Komandorski Islands: In the Aleutian Islands , the battle begins when United States Navy forces intercept Japanese troops attempting to reinforce a garrison at Kiska .
March 31 – Rodgers and Hammerstein 's Oklahoma! opens on Broadway , heralds a new era in "integrated" stage musicals, becomes an instantaneous stage classic, and goes on to be Broadway's longest-running musical up to that time (1948).
April 13: Jefferson Memorial dedicated
May 17: The Memphis Belle completes its 25th mission
July 6 – WWII : Americans and Japanese fight the Battle of Kula Gulf off Kolombangara .
July 10 – WWII – Allied invasion of Sicily : The Allied invasion of Axis -controlled Europe begins with landings on the island of Sicily off mainland Italy , by the U.S. Army 45th Infantry Division and a number of Allied paratroopers.
July 11 – United States Army forces assault the village of Piano Lupo, just outside Gela, Sicily.
July 21 – Release of the musical film Stormy Weather starring Lena Horne , "Bojangles" Bill Robinson , Cab Calloway , the Nicholas Brothers and other African American performers.
July 24
WWII : Operation Gomorrah begins: British and Canadian airplanes bomb Hamburg by night, those of the Americans by day. By the end of the operation in November, 9,000 tons of explosives will have killed more than 30,000 people and destroyed 280,000 buildings.
Aircraft carrier USS Cabot is commissioned.
August 16: The USS Intrepid is commissioned
November 22: Cairo Conference
November 28: Tehran Conference
Janis Joplin
Sharon Tate
January 1
January 3 – Adrian Garrett , American baseball player (died 2021 )
January 4 – Doris Kearns Goodwin , American writer[ 2]
January 8
January 9 – Scott Walker , singer and composer (d. 2019 in the United Kingdom)[ 3]
January 10
January 11 – Jim Hightower , American radio host, author
January 13 – Richard Moll , American actor (d. 2023 )[ 6]
January 14
January 16 – Peter T. Snowe , American politician, businessman (d. 1973 )
January 18 – Kay Granger , American politician
January 19 – Janis Joplin , American rock singer (d. 1970 )
January 23
January 24
January 25 – Tobe Hooper , American film director (d. 2017)
January 28 – John Beck , American actor
Blythe Danner
Joe Pesci
February 3
February 5
February 6 – C. Boyden Gray , American lawyer and diplomat (d. 2023 )
February 8 – Creed Bratton , actor
February 9
February 10
February 14
February 19 – Homer Hickam , American author, retired NASA engineer
February 20 – Moshe Cotel , American composer, pianist (d. 2008 )
February 21 – David Geffen , American record executive, film producer
February 23 – Fred Biletnikoff , American football player, coach
February 24
February 26
February 27 – Morten Lauridsen , American composer
February 28 – Donnie Iris , American rock singer, guitarist (The Jaggerz , Wild Cherry , Donnie Iris and the Cruisers )
Bobby Fischer
George Benson
Christopher Walken
March 1
March 2 – Peter Straub , American author (d. 2022 )
March 7 – Rick Redman , American football player (d. 2022 )
March 9
March 12 – Nosson Tzvi Finkel (Mir) , Chicago -born Israeli rabbi (d. 2011 in Israel )
March 14
March 15 – Sly Stone , African-American singer (Sly and the Family Stone )
March 16 – Helen Armstrong , American violinist (d. 2006 )
March 18
March 20
March 22 – George Benson , African-American guitarist, singer and songwriter
March 23
March 25 – Paul Michael Glaser , American actor
March 26 – Bob Woodward , American journalist
March 27 – Bob Carr , American politician and lawyer (d. 2024 )
March 30
March 31 – Christopher Walken , American actor
Harley Race
Gary Wright
April 4 – Judy Buenoano , American serial killer (d. 1998)
April 5 – Max Gail , American actor (Barney Miller )
April 6 − Susan Tolsky , American actress and voice actress (d. 2022)
April 8
April 11 – Harley Race , American professional wrestler, promoter and trainer (d. 2019 )
April 12 – Robert Durst , real estate heir and convicted murderer (d. 2022 )
April 15 – Mighty Sam McClain , singer, songwriter (d. 2015 )
April 20 – Edie Sedgwick , model and actress (died 1971 )
April 21 – Jim Jamieson , golfer (d. 2018 )
April 22 – Louise Glück , poet, 12th US Poet Laureate and 2020 Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2023 )
April 24 – Richard Sterban , singer (The Oak Ridge Boys )
April 25
April 26 – Gary Wright , singer, songwriter, musician and composer (d. 2023)
April 28 – John Oliver Creighton , astronaut
April 30 – Bobby Vee , pop singer (d. 2016)
Dan Coats
Gary Burghoff
May 3 – Jim Risch , American politician
May 5
May 6 – James Kallstrom , American FBI officer (d. 2021 )[ 13]
May 8 – Danny Whitten , American musician (d. 1972 )
May 10 – Richard Darman , American federal government official, businessman (d. 2008 )
May 11
May 12 – Linda Dano , American actress and author
May 13 – Frederic Parke , American computer graphics researcher and academic
May 16
May 17 – Mark W. Olson , American economist, politician (d. 2018 )
May 23 – Jim Mueller , American sportscaster (d. 2022)[ 14]
May 24 – Gary Burghoff , American actor (M*A*S*H )
May 25 – Jessi Colter , American singer, composer
May 27 – Bruce Weitz , American actor
May 30 – James Chaney , African-American civil rights worker (d. 1964 )
May 31
Newt Gingrich
Florence Ballard
June 1 – Richard Goode , American pianist
June 6
June 7
June 8 – William Calley , American army officer and war criminal (d. 2024 )[ 15]
June 11 – Henry Hill , American gangster (d. 2012 )
June 14 – Jim Sensenbrenner , American politician
June 16 – Joan Van Ark , American actress
June 17
June 18 – Peter Courtney , American politician (d. 2024 )
June 23
June 25 – Carly Simon , American singer-songwriter
June 26
June 27 – Rico Petrocelli , American baseball player
June 29 – Gene Littles , American basketball player and coach (d. 2021 )[ 16]
June 30 – Florence Ballard , African-American singer, founder of The Supremes (d. 1976 )
Kurtwood Smith
Geraldo Rivera
Arthur Ashe
July 1
July 2 – Lauri Peters , American actress, dancer, singer, drama teacher, and author
July 3 – Kurtwood Smith , American actor (That '70s Show )
July 4
July 5 – Curt Blefary , American baseball player (d. 2001 )
July 7 – Joel Siegel , American film critic (d. 2007 )
July 9 – Suzanne Rogers , American actress
July 10
July 11 – Tom Holland , American screenwriter, actor, and filmmaker
July 12
July 14
July 16 – Jimmy Johnson , American football coach, television analyst
July 18 – Jerry Chambers , American basketball player
July 20 – Christopher Murney , American actor, vocal artist
July 21
July 22 – Kay Bailey Hutchison , American politician
July 23
July 27 – Mary Love , African-American soul, gospel singer (d. 2013 )
July 28
Robert De Niro
August 2 – Max Wright , American actor (d. 2019 )
August 5 – Nelson Briles , American baseball player (d. 2005 )
August 6 – Jim Hardin , American baseball pitcher (Baltimore Orioles , New York Yankees , Atlanta Braves ) (d. 1991 )
August 9 – Ken Norton , African-American boxer, actor (d. 2013 )
August 10
August 11 – Abigail Folger , American heiress, murder victim (d. 1969 )
August 14 – Jon McBride , American astronaut (d. 2024 )
August 17 – Robert De Niro , American actor
August 18 – Martin Mull , American actor and comedian (d. 2024 )
August 19 – Edwin Hawkins , American urban contemporary gospel musician (d. 2018 )
August 21 – Clydie King , American musician (d. 2019 )
August 23 – Bobby Diamond , American actor (d. 2019 )
August 27
August 28
August 30
Jerry Bruckheimer
September 6 – Harris Hines , American judge (d. 2018 )
September 7
September 8 − Alvy Ray Smith , American computer scientist, co-founded Pixar
September 9 – Art LaFleur , American actor (d. 2021 )
September 10
September 11
September 13 – Mildred D. Taylor , American writer
September 18 – Nina Wayne , American actress
September 19 – Joe Morgan , American Hall of Fame baseball player (d. 2020 )
September 21 – Jerry Bruckheimer , American film and television producer
September 22 – Toni Basil , American musician, video artist ("Mickey ")
September 24 – Linda Deutsch , American journalist (d. 2024 )
September 25 – Robert Gates , 22nd United States Secretary of Defense
September 28 – J. T. Walsh , American actor (d. 1998 )
Chevy Chase
Penny Marshall
October 2 – Franklin Rosemont , American poet (d. 2009 )
October 3 – Jeff Bingaman , American politician
October 4
October 5
October 7 – Oliver North , American military officer, military historian, political commentator, author and television host
October 8
October 11 – Gene Watson , American country singer
October 12 – Jeffrey R. MacDonald , American physician and United States Army Officer
October 14
October 15 – Penny Marshall , American actress, director and producer (d. 2018 )
October 19
October 24
October 27
October 29
Wallace Shawn
Randy Newman
November 4 – Chuck Scarborough , American news anchor
November 5 – Sam Shepard , American playwright, actor (d. 2017 )
November 7
November 10 – Saxby Chambliss , American politician
November 11 – Dave Cockrum , American comic book artist (d. 2006 )
November 12 – Wallace Shawn , American actor
November 13 – Jay Sigel , American golfer
November 14 – Peter Norton , American software engineer, businessman
November 17
November 21 – Larry Mahan , American rodeo cowboy (d. 2023 )
November 22
November 23 – Jeff Jordan , American football player (d. 2022 )
November 24 – Dave Bing , American mayor, longtime NBA player
November 25 – Peter Adair , American filmmaker (d. 1996 )
November 26 – Marilynne Robinson , American writer
November 28 – Randy Newman , American musician
November 30 – Terrence Malick , American film director
Jim Morrison
John Kerry
John Denver
December 1 – Kenny Moore , American athlete and journalist (d. 2022 )
December 2
December 8
December 11 – John Kerry , American politician, 68th U.S. Secretary of State
December 12
December 13
December 16 – Steven Bochco , American television producer (d. 2018 )
December 17 – Rick Nolan , American politician
December 19 – Ross M. Lence , American political scientist (d. 2006 )
December 21 – Jack Nance , American actor (d. 1996 )
December 22 – Paul Wolfowitz , American political scientist
December 23
December 24
December 27
December 28 – Craig MacIntosh , American illustrator
December 31 – John Denver , American musician (d. 1997 )
January 5 – George Washington Carver , African American botanist (b. c.1864 )
January 6 – Alice May Douglas , author (b. 1865 )[ 22]
January 7 – Nikola Tesla , electrical engineer (b. 1856 in Serbia)
January 21 – Robert Henry English , admiral (b. 1888 )
January 23 – Alexander Woollcott , critic (b. 1887 )
January 25 – Mayme Schweble , gold miner and politician (born 1874 )
February 1 – Foy Draper , Olympic track athlete, killed on active service (b. 1911 )
February 3 – Verina Morton Jones , African American physician, suffragist and clubwoman (b. 1865 )
February 11 – Bess Houdini , stage assistant and wife of Harry Houdini (b. 1876 )
February 17 – Armand J. Piron , jazz musician (b. 1888 )
April 3 – Conrad Veidt , actor (b. 1893 in Germany )
April 4 – David Roitman , cantor (b. 1884 in Russia )
May 16 – William Andrew Johnson , formerly enslaved by an American president (b. 1858)[ 23]
May 20 – Joe Trees , college footballer and oil executive (b. 1870 )
May 22 – Helen Herron Taft , First Lady of the United States (b. 1861 )
May 26 – Edsel Ford , President of the Ford Motor Company (b. 1893 )
June 4 – Kermit Roosevelt , businessman, soldier and explorer, suicide (b. 1889 )
July 16 – Saul Raphael Landau , Polish Jewish lawyer, journalist, publicist and Zionist activist (b. 1870 in Kraków )
September 12 – David Bacon , actor (b. 1914 )
September 15 – John Flammang Schrank , attempted assassin of Theodore Roosevelt (b. 1876 )
November 22 – Lorenz Hart , lyricist (b. 1895 )
November 24 – Henry M. Mullinnix , admiral (killed in action) (b. 1892 )
December 14
December 15 – Fats Waller , African American jazz pianist (b. 1904 )
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^ Richard S. Hamilton 1943-2024
^ Mayorquin, Orlando (October 27, 2023). "Richard Moll, Towering Bailiff on 'Night Court,' Dies at 80" . The New York Times . Retrieved October 27, 2023 .
^ "Former NM Chief Justice Charles Daniels dies" . Albuquerque Journal . 1 September 2019. Retrieved 2 September 2019 .
^ William Grant Laskey
^ Colin Larkin , ed. (1992). The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music (First ed.). Guinness Publishing . p. 1561. ISBN 0-85112-939-0 .
^ Yardley, William (December 2, 2014). "Kent Haruf, Acclaimed Novelist of Small-Town Life, Is Dead at 71" . The New York Times . Retrieved 2017-04-09 .
^ Memorial service announced for former legislator Raymond Jordan
^ Billie Moore, trailblazing Hall-of-Fame U.S. Olympics and UCLA coach, dies at 79
^ James Kallstrom, FBI agent who investigated TWA Flight 800 explosion, dies at 78
^ Jim Mueller, former Cleveland sportscaster and radio voice of the Browns, dies at 79
^ William L. Calley Jr., convicted in the My Lai massacre, dies at 80
^ Former Charlotte Hornets coach Gene Littles dies at 78
^ Former Red Sox, Blue Jays and Astros manager Jimy Williams dies at 80
^ Judge John Lawrence Carroll
^ Obituary: Dr. Susan Shaw
^ Bev Scalze, former state lawmaker and Little Canada city council member, dies at 77
^ Longtime WA state Sen. John McCoy, champion of Indigenous rights, dies
^ Alice May Douglas (1865–1943) .
^ "Negro Once Servant of Andrew Johnson Dies" . The Knoxville Journal . 1943-05-17. p. 1. Retrieved 2024-06-30 .