Historical figures in 1943

The atlas holds 82 people and 146 moments here, in 1943. The most recorded lives are Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Benito Mussolini and John F. Kennedy. Among them Political Leaders, Writers and Performers.

Notable people

  1. Gamal Abdel Nasser

    in 1943

    1 moment here

    Egyptian army officer, leader of the 1952 Egyptian Revolution, and president of Egypt from 1954 until his death.…

  2. George H. W. Bush

    in 1943

    1 moment here

    George Herbert Walker Bush was an American naval aviator, oil executive, congressman, diplomat, director of central intelligence, vice president, and…

  3. Gerald Ford

    in 1943

    2 moments here

    Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. (born Leslie Lynch King Jr.) was the 38th president of the United States, serving from 1974 to 1977 after having served as…

  4. Getúlio Vargas

    in 1943

    1 moment here

    Brazilian lawyer, military officer, and politician who led Brazil from 1930 to 1945 and again from 1951 until his death in 1954.…

  5. Hebe Camargo

    in 1943

    1 moment here

    Brazilian television host, singer, actress, and radio performer widely known as the “Queen of Brazilian Television.” Born in Taubaté, she moved to…

  6. Henri Matisse

    in 1943

    1 moment here

    French painter, sculptor, draughtsman, printmaker, and major figure of modern art. Born in Le Cateau-Cambresis, Matisse trained and worked…

  7. Hideki Tojo

    in 1943

    4 moments here

    Japanese Imperial Army officer and politician who served as Japan's prime minister from 1941 to 1944.…

  8. Hirohito

    in 1943

    1 moment here

    Hirohito (posthumously Emperor Shōwa) was Emperor of Japan from 25 December 1926 until his death in 1989.…

  9. Howard Florey

    in 1943

    1 moment here

    Australian pharmacologist and pathologist who led the Oxford team that developed penicillin into a practical therapeutic drug.…

  10. Huang Xianfan

    in 1943

    1 moment here

    Huang Xianfan was a Zhuang Chinese historian, ethnologist, educator, and pioneer of field research on minority peoples in Guangxi and neighboring…

  11. Italo Calvino

    in 1943

    1 moment here

    Italian novelist, short-story writer, editor, journalist, and member of Oulipo. Born in Cuba, raised chiefly in Sanremo, and active across Italy,…

  12. Javier Pérez de Cuéllar

    in 1943

    1 moment here

    Peruvian diplomat and politician who became the fifth Secretary-General of the United Nations (1982–1991).…

  13. Jim Morrison

    in 1943

    1 moment here

    James Douglas “Jim” Morrison was an American singer, songwriter, poet, and lead vocalist of the Doors.…

  14. John F. Kennedy

    in 1943

    9 moments here

    John Fitzgerald Kennedy was an American naval officer, journalist, congressman, senator, and the 35th president of the United States.…

  15. John Maynard Keynes

    in 1943

    1 moment here

    English economist, civil servant, Cambridge fellow, and British international negotiator whose work shaped modern macroeconomics.…

  16. John Steinbeck

    in 1943

    1 moment here

    American novelist, journalist, and war correspondent whose life and work ranged from California’s Salinas Valley and Monterey Peninsula to wartime…

  17. Joseph Stalin

    in 1943

    1 moment here

    Soviet revolutionary and political leader, born Ioseb Besarionis dze Jughashvili in Gori, Georgia.…

  18. Julius Nyerere

    in 1943

    1 moment here

    Tanzanian anti-colonial leader, political theorist, and founding president of Tanzania. Nyerere led the Tanganyika African National Union (TANU),…

  19. Kenneth Kaunda

    in 1943

    1 moment here

    Zambian teacher, nationalist leader, and first president of independent Zambia, serving from 1964 to 1991.…

  20. Kim Dae-jung

    in 1943

    1 moment here

    South Korean politician, democracy activist, and eighth president of South Korea (1998–2003).…

  21. Konstantin Chernenko

    in 1943

    1 moment here

    Soviet Communist Party official and General Secretary of the CPSU from 13 February 1984 until his death.…

  22. Kwame Nkrumah

    in 1943

    1 moment here

    Ghanaian nationalist leader, Pan-Africanist, and political theorist who led the Gold Coast to independence as Ghana in 1957.…

  23. Lê Đức Thọ

    in 1943

    1 moment here

    Vietnamese revolutionary, Communist Party leader, and diplomat. Born Phan Đình Khải, he was imprisoned by French colonial authorities, worked in…

  24. Lee Kuan Yew

    in 1943

    1 moment here

    Singaporean barrister and statesman who co-founded the People’s Action Party and served as Singapore’s first prime minister from 1959 to 1990.…

Moments

  1. 1943 Arrival for Manhattan Project work Richard Feynman
  2. 1943 Safety work at Clinton Engineer Works Richard Feynman
  3. 1943 SCAT forward detachment at Bougainville Richard Nixon
  4. 1943 SCAT forward detachment at Vella Lavella Richard Nixon
  5. 1943 NAACP meetings in Montgomery Rosa Parks
  6. 1943 Birth in Kusunoki Sadako Sasaki
  7. 1943 Advertising work in Calcutta Satyajit Ray
  8. 1943 PETA coastal-defense posting Suharto
  9. 1943 Physics study at National Chekiang University Tsung-Dao Lee
  10. 1943 Automobile-technical student Vasily Shukshin
  11. 1943 Old Vic Spring Party in North Africa Vivien Leigh
  12. 1943 Wartime letter from Tunis Vivien Leigh
  13. 1943 Conference at Casablanca Winston Churchill
  14. 1943 Return to Takatsuki with Hideko Yasunari Kawabata
  15. 1943 Palmach platoon command Yitzhak Rabin
  16. 1943 Death David Hilbert
  17. 1943 Casino de Paris revue Édith Piaf
  18. 1943 Cultural event in New York Pablo Neruda
  19. 1943 Final concerto appearances in Chicago Sergei Rachmaninoff
  20. 1943 Final piano recital Sergei Rachmaninoff
  21. 1943 Naturalization ceremony Sergei Rachmaninoff
  22. 1943 Address to Congress Soong Mei-ling
  23. 1943 White House press conference Soong Mei-ling
  24. 1943 Visits Zaporizhzhia Army Group South headquarters Adolf Hitler
  25. 1943 Return to Bletchley Park Alan Turing
  26. 1943 Death in Beverly Hills Sergei Rachmaninoff
  27. 1943 Chicago Stadium speech Soong Mei-ling
  28. 1943 Civic Auditorium speech Soong Mei-ling
  29. 1943 Madison Square Garden address Soong Mei-ling
  30. 1943 Wellesley wartime speech Soong Mei-ling
  31. 1943 Departure for Algiers Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
  32. 1943 Meets Ávila Camacho in Monterrey Franklin Delano Roosevelt
  33. 1943 Arrived at Tulagi John F. Kennedy
  34. 1943 Took command of PT-109 John F. Kennedy
  35. 1943 Laboratory work in Newcastle Ludwig Wittgenstein
  36. 1943 Hollywood Bowl address Soong Mei-ling
  37. 1943 Moved Free French headquarters to Algiers Charles de Gaulle
  38. 1943 Instructor at Royal Military Academy Gamal Abdel Nasser
  39. 1943 USS Monterey pre-commissioning detachment Gerald Ford
  40. 1943 State visit arrival at Nichols Field Hideki Tojo
  41. 1943 Field trials in Algiers Howard Florey
  42. 1943 Deployed to the Russell Islands John F. Kennedy
  43. 1943 Marries Oona O'Neill in Carpinteria Charlie Chaplin
  44. 1943 Naval commission at Corpus Christi George H. W. Bush
  45. 1943 Inspection of battleship Musashi Hirohito
  46. 1943 Based PT-109 at Rendova John F. Kennedy
  47. 1943 Detention on Ponza Benito Mussolini
  48. 1943 Meeting with Hitler at Feltre Benito Mussolini
  49. 1943 Kuching airfield inspection Hideki Tojo
  50. 1943 Transferred to Hòa Bình Prison Lê Đức Thọ

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