* 1943 – World War II: Operation Mincemeat: The submarine surfaces in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Spain to deposit a dead man planted with false invasion plans and dressed as a British military intelligence officer.

* 1943 – Frederick Chiluba, Zambian politician, 2nd President of Zambia ( d. 2011 )

* 1943 – Bobby Vee, American singer

* 1943 – Japanese forces evacuate New Georgia Island in the Pacific Theater of Operations during World War II.

* 1868 – Hong Beom-do, Korean activist ( d. 1943 )

* 1943 – Chuck Girard, American singer-songwriter and pianist ( Love Song and The Castells )

* 1943 – Bob Kerrey, American politician, 35th Governor of Nebraska

* 1943 – Tuesday Weld, American actress

* 1943 – Jon Postel, American computer scientist ( d. 1998 )

* 1943 – Ken Norton, American boxer

* 1943 – Michael Willetts, English soldier, George Cross recipient ( d. 1971 )

* 1943 – Rebellion in the Nazi death camp of Treblinka.

* 1943 – World War II: the Motor Torpedo Boat PT-109 is rammed by the Japanese destroyer Amagiri and sinks.

* 1943 – Tom Burgmeier, American baseball player

* 1943 – Max Wright, American actor

* 1943 – Béla Bollobás, Hungarian-English mathematician

* 1943 – Lana Cantrell, Australian-American singer and lawyer

* 1943 – Alain Corneau, French director

* 1943 – Denis Payton, English saxophonist ( The Dave Clark Five )

* 1943 – Ruth Madoc, Welsh actress

* 1943 – Dave Peverett, English musician ( Foghat and Savoy Brown ) ( d. 2000 )

* Adrian Păunescu ( 1943 – 2010 ), Romanian poet, journalist, and politician

* 1902 – Jan Campert, Dutch journalist and critic ( d. 1943 )

* 1943 – María Rojo, Mexican actress and politician

* 1888 – Armand J. Piron, American violinist, bandleader, and composer ( d. 1943 )

* 1943 – Don Stroud, American actor

* January 19 – Don Simpson, American film producer ( b. 1943 )

Waller contracted pneumonia and died on a cross country train trip near Kansas City, Missouri on December 15, 1943, after making a final recording session with an interracial group in Detroit that included white trumpeter Don Hirleman.

Lorre made nine movies altogether with Sydney Greenstreet counting The Maltese Falcon and Casablanca, most of them variations on the latter film, including Background to Danger ( 1943, with George Raft ); Passage to Marseille ( 1944, reteaming them with Casablanca stars Humphrey Bogart and Claude Rains ); The Mask of Dimitrios ( 1944, with character actor Greenstreet receiving top billing ); The Conspirators ( 1944, with Hedy Lamarr and Paul Henreid ); Hollywood Canteen ( 1944 ); Three Strangers ( 1946 ), a suspense film about three people who are joint partners on a winning lottery ticket starring top-billed Greenstreet, Geraldine Fitzgerald, and third-billed Lorre cast against type by director Jean Negulesco as the romantic lead ; and Greenstreet and Lorre's final film together, suspense thriller The Verdict ( 1946 ), director Don Siegel's first movie, with Greenstreet and Lorre finally billed first and second, respectively.

Don Novello ( born January 1, 1943 ) is an American writer, film director, producer, actor, singer, and comedian.

Their initial target was Manstein, now commanding Army Group Don, but he turned Tresckow down at a meeting in March 1943.

On 8 January 1943, General Konstantin Rokossovsky, commander of the Red Army on the Don front, called a cease fire and offered Paulus ' men generous surrender terms — normal rations, medical treatment for the ill and wounded, permission to retain their badges, decorations, uniforms and personal effects, and repatriation to any country they wished after the war.

At the start of 1943, the German Wehrmacht faced a major crisis as Soviet forces encircled and reduced the German Sixth Army at Stalingrad and expanded their Winter Campaign towards the Don River.

Associations were founded: L ' Assembliée d ' Jèrriais was founded in 1951 ; Le Don Balleine is a trust set up in accordance with the will of Arthur E. Balleine ( 1864 – 1943 ) who bequeathed funds for the promotion of the language.

Among his roles were Signor Matiste, Susan Alexander Kane's opera coach in Citizen Kane ( 1941 ); General Sebastiano in Five Graves to Cairo ( 1943 ); Don Miguel in The Black Swan ( 1942 ); Fernando in For Whom the Bell Tolls ( 1943 ); Sam Garlopis in Double Indemnity ( 1944 ); and a singing Christopher Columbus in Where Do We Go From Here ?.

Roman Lazaro served as municipal president for three terms ( 1919 – 1922, 1931 – 1934, 1938 – 1941 ), Felipe Belarmino served for three consecutive terms ( 1923 – 1925, 1926 – 1928, 1929 – 1931 ) and again in 1943, Don Eduardo A. Barretto from 1935-1937.

In February 1943, Army Group Don and the existing Army Group B were combined and re-designated Army Group South.

He remained serving on von Manstein's staff from 1942 until 1943 as Chief of Operations of Army Group Don and then from 1943 until 1944 he was Chief of Staff of Army Group South, both Army Groups on the Eastern Front.

* Don Bosco, 1943, 1 album ( redrawn version 1950 )

* Don Cameron ( racehorse trainer ), won 1943 U. S. Triple Crown

While on the Professional Tour from 1935 until 1943, Dick played and defeated these top world-class players: Bill Tilden, Don Budge, Ellsworth Vines, Fred Perry, Bobby Riggs, Karel Kozeluh, Vinnie Richards, Frank Kovacs, Welby Van Horn, Bruce Barnes, Wayne Sabin, and Les Stoeffen.

* Don Winslow of the Navy ( 69 issues, 1943 – 1951 ) — numbering continued in Charlton Comics series of the same name

* Flash Gordon ( with writer Don Moore, 1934 – 1943 )

While there were several smaller Cossack detachments in the Wehrmacht since 1941, the 1st Cossack Division made up of Don, Terek and Kuban Cossacks was formed in 1943.

* Don T. Griswold ( 1917 – 1943 ), U. S. Navy ensign

*" Don Juan en de Laatste Nymf " (" Don Juan and the Last Nymph ", 1943 )