Historical Events in January 1943

Event of Interest

Jan 4 Thomas Mann completes his tetralogy, "Joseph & His Brothers"

Novelist Thomas Mann — Novelist
Thomas Mann

Jan 5 Teams agrees to start season later due to WW II
Jan 5 William H Hastie, civilian aide to secretary of war, resigns to protest segregation in armed forces
Jan 9 Japanese government in Java limits sale & use of motorcars
Jan 10 Soviet offensive against German 6th and 4th Armies near Stalingrad

Event of Interest

Jan 10 1st US President to visit a foreign country in wartime - FDR leaves for Casablanca, Morocco

32nd US President Franklin D. Roosevelt — 32nd US President
Franklin D. Roosevelt

Jan 11 US & Britain relinquish extraterritorial rights in China
Jan 12 Frankfurters replaced by Victory Sausages (mix of meat & soy meal)

Conference of Interest

Jan 13 British Prime Minister Winston Churchill arrives in Casablanca, French Morocco for a conference of Allied forces in World War II

Soldier, Author and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill — Soldier, Author and British Prime Minister
Winston Churchill

Event of Interest

Jan 13 Adolf Hitler declares "Total War" against the Allies

Dictator of Nazi Germany Adolf Hitler — Dictator of Nazi Germany
Adolf Hitler

Jan 13 Soviet offensive at Don under general Golikov
Jan 13 US infantry captures Galloping Horse Ridge, Guadalcanal

Event of Interest

Jan 14 Heinrich Himmler views Warsaw

Leading Nazi and Reichsführer of the SS Heinrich Himmler — Leading Nazi and Reichsführer of the SS
Heinrich Himmler

Jan 14 World War II: Japan begins Operation Ke, withdrawal of its troops from Guadalcanal
Jan 14 World War II: Franklin D. Roosevelt travels from Miami to Morocco to meet with Winston Churchill, becoming the first American president to travel overseas by airplane

Casablanca Conference

Jan 14 World War II: Casablanca Conference begins between Winston Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and other Allied representatives

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*Henri Giraud, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Charles de Gaulle and Winston Churchill at the Casablanca Conference*

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Jan 14 Montreal Canadiens' left wing Alex Smart becomes the first NHL rookie to score a hat trick in his first NHL game, a 5-1 win at home over the Chicago Black Hawks
Jan 15 1st transport of Jews from Amsterdam to concentration camp Vught
Jan 15 World's largest office building, the Pentagon is completed to house the US military
Jan 15 1,000 workers complete air conditioning system for Pentagon
Jan 15 World War II: The Soviets begin a counter-offensive at Voronezh
Jan 16 -60°F (-51°C), Island Park Dam, Idaho (state record)
Jan 16 1st US air raid on Ambon
Jan 16 German 2nd SS-Panzer division evacuates Charkow
Jan 16 Red Army recaptures Pitomnik airport at Stalingrad
Jan 17 Tin Can Drive Day in the US, salvage collected for the war effort

Siege of Leningrad

Jan 18 Soviets announce they have broken the long siege of Leningrad by Nazi Germany by opening a narrow land corridor, though the siege would not be fully lifted until a year later

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*Two young girls help assemble Soviet submachine guns during the Siege of Leningrad*

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Jan 18 US rations bread & metal - banning presliced bread reduce bakery demand for metal parts

Event of Interest

Jan 19 1st Warsaw Ghetto Uprising begins

Leader of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising Mordecai Anielewicz — Leader of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
Mordecai Anielewicz

Jan 19 Joint Chiefs of Staff decide on invasion in Sicily
Jan 20 Lead, South Dakota, temperature is 52°F, while 1.5 miles away Deadwood records -16°F

Event of Interest

Jan 20 Operation Weiss: German, Italian, Bulgarian & Croatian troops attempt to retake land liberated by Tito's partisans

President of Yugoslavia and Revolutionary Josip Broz Tito — President of Yugoslavia and Revolutionary
Josip Broz Tito

Jan 21 Soviet forces reconquer Worosjilowsk
Jan 21 Soviet forces reconquer Gumrak airport near Stalingrad
Jan 21 Admiral Sir Andrew Cunningham, Royal Navy, promoted to Admiral of the Fleet
Jan 22 Allied Joint Chiefs of Staff determine invasion of Sicily for July 10th
Jan 22 Temperature rises 49°F (9°C) in 2 minutes in Spearfish, South Dakota
Jan 22 66.34 cm (26.12") precipitation over 24 hour period in Hoegees Camp, California (state record)
Jan 23 British 8th army marches into Tripoli
Jan 23 Detroit Red Wings scores NHL record 8 goals in 1 period
Jan 23 Japanese Mount Austen on Guadalcanal captured

Event of Interest

Jan 23 Duke Ellington plays at Carnegie Hall in New York City for the first time.

Jazz Musician and Composer Duke Ellington — Jazz Musician and Composer
Duke Ellington

Jan 24 Adolf Hitler orders German troops at Stalingrad to fight to the death
Jan 24 Jewish patients, nurses and doctors incinerated at Auschwitz-Birkenau
Jan 27 1st US air attack on Germany (Wilhelmshafen)
Jan 28 Chic Blackhawks beats NY Rangers 10-1, Max Bentley scores 4 goals
Jan 29 New Zealand cruiser Kiwi collides with Japanese submarine I-1 at Guadalcanal
Jan 29 Sidney Kingsley's "Patriots" premieres in NYC
Jan 29 U.S. cruiser "Chicago" is heavily damaged by Japanese bombers on the first day of the Battle of Rennell Island
Jan 30 6 British Mosquitos bomb Berlin in daylight
Jan 30 German assault on French in Tunisia
Jan 30 German under officers shot down in Haarlem Neth