1943 in the United Kingdom
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Events from the year 1943 in the United Kingdom.
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[edit] Incumbents
- Monarch - George VI of the United Kingdom
- Prime Minister - Winston Churchill, coalition
[edit] Events
- 23 January - World War II: British forces capture Tripoli from the Nazis.[1]
- 13 February - Nuffield Foundation established by William Morris, 1st Viscount Nuffield.[1]
- 17 May - Operation Chastise- The Dambuster Raid takes place- The Royal Air Forceuse bouncing bombs to breach German dams in the Rhur Valley.
- 19 May - Winston Churchill addresses a joint session of the U.S. Congress.
- 22 November - World War II: War in the Pacific - US President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and ROC leader Chiang Kai-Shek meet in Cairo, Egypt, to discuss ways to defeat Japan.
[edit] Undated
- Development of the Colossus computer by British to break German encryption (see History of computing hardware).
- The Regency Act 1943 is passed allowing Counsellors of State absent during the Sovereign's absence not to be listed among the appointments; and that the heir-apparent or presumptive to the Throne need only to be 18 to be a Counsellor
[edit] Births
[edit] January - February
- January 6 - Terry Venables, English football manager
- January 9 - Freddie Starr, English comedian and singer
- 15 January - Margaret Beckett, politician
- January 16 - Brian Ferneyhough, British composer
- January 20 - Mel Hague, English singer and author
- January 29 - Tony Blackburn, British radio disc jockey
- February 7 - Gareth Hunt, English actor
- 16 February - Anthony Dowell, ballet dancer and artistic director of the Royal Ballet
- February 18 - Graeme Garden, Scottish writer, comedian, and actor
- February 19 - Tim Hunt, British biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
- February 20 - Mike Leigh, British film director
- February 24 - George Harrison, English musician (The Beatles) (d. 2001)
- February 27 - Graham Bowers, British musician, artist and engineer
[edit] March - April
- March - John Leeson, British actor
- March 8 - Lynn Redgrave, English actress
- March 21 - Vivian Stanshall, English comedian, writer, artist, broadcaster, and musician (d. 1995)
- March 22 - Keith Relf, British musician (The Yardbirds) (d. 1976)
- March 29
- Eric Idle, English actor, writer, and composer
- John Major, British Conservative politician and former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
- April 2 - Frank Feather, British business futurist and author
- April 8- Tony Banks, Baron Stratford, former Labour Party MP and Minister for Sport (d. 2006)
- April 20 - John Eliot Gardiner, English conductor
[edit] May - June
- May 5 - Michael Palin, British comedian
- May 14 - Jack Bruce, British musician and songwriter
- May 22 - Betty Williams, Northern Irish political activist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
- June 8 - Colin Baker, British actor
- June 29 - Maureen O'Brien, British actress
[edit] July - August
- 10 July - Gavin Strang, politician
- July 12 - Christine McVie, British musician (Fleetwood Mac)
- July 15 - Jocelyn Bell Burnell, astronomer
- July 20 - Wendy Richard, British actress
- July 26 - Mick Jagger, English singer (Rolling Stones)
- July 28 - Rick Wright, English keyboardist (Pink Floyd)
- August 20 - Sylvester McCoy, British actor
- 22 August - Alun Michael, politician
[edit] September - October
- September 6
- Richard J. Roberts, English biochemist and molecular biologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
- Roger Waters, English musician
- September 30 - Ian Ogilvy, English actor
- October 31 - Paul Frampton, English physicist
[edit] November - December
- December 17 - Ron Geesin, British musician and songwriter (Pink Floyd)
- December 18 - Keith Richards, English guitarist and songwriter (The Rolling Stones)
- December 27 - Peter Sinfield, British lyricist and producer
- December 28 - Richard Whiteley, English television presenter (d. 2005)
- December 31 - Ben Kingsley, English actor
[edit] Deaths
- 26 March - Leonard Darwin, soldier, politician, economist, eugenicist (b. 1850)
- 26 April - Alastair Arthur Windsor, 2nd Duke of Connaught, son of Prince and Princess Arthur of Connaught
- 30 April - Beatrice Webb, socialist, economist and reformer (b. 1858)
- 1 June - Leslie Howard, actor (b. 1893)
- 12 August - Bobby Peel, English cricketer (b. 1857)
- 7 October - Radclyffe Hall, author and poet (born 1880)
- 26 November - Prince Hubertus of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, great grandson of Queen Victoria
- 22 December - Beatrix Potter, British children's author and illustrator (b. 1866)
[edit] References
- ^ a b (2006) Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. ISBN 0-141-02715-0.
