* 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 )

* Ken Weber ( nature writer ) ( 1943 – 2007 ), American journalist and nature writer

A noteworthy episode in Beery's life is chronicled in the 5th episode of Ken Burns ' documentary The National Parks: America's Best Idea: In 1943, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed an executive order creating Jackson Hole National Monument to protect the land adjoining the Grand Tetons in Wyoming.

He then appeared as Ken McLaughlin in the 1943 film My Friend Flicka.

Together with fellow Canadian, Frank Pickersgill, Ken Macalister was parachuted into occupied France on June 20, 1943 to work as wireless operator for the " Archdeacon " network in the Ardennes area.

# Ken Carson ( 1943 – 1947 ) tenor vocals, guitar

* Ken Charlton – player ( RB / FW ), 1992 ( Saskatchewan Roughriders 1941, 1948 – 54 ; Winnipeg RCAF Bombers 1942 ; Regina All-Services Roughriders 1943 ; Ottawa Rough Riders 1945 – 47 ).

* Ken Preston – builder, 1990 ( Queen's University as player 1936 – 39 ; Winnipeg Blue Bombers as player 1941 – 42 ; Ottawa Rough Riders as player 1945 ; Saskatchewan Roughriders as player 1940, 1943, player / coach 1946 – 48, and general manager 1958 – 78 ).

Kenneth Charles " Ken " Osmond ( born June 7, 1943 ) is an American actor.

* 1943 – Ken Sailors, Wyoming

* Ken Suarez ( born 1943 ), American baseball player

* 1943 – Davey Johnson, American baseball player and manager

* 1943 – Jimmy Johnson, American football coach

* 1943 – General Johnson, American singer-songwriter and producer ( Chairmen of the Board and The Showmen ) ( d. 2010 )

* Johnson House at Cambridge, " The Ash Street House ", Cambridge, Massachusetts ( 1942 – 1943 )

Ben Rich and " Kelly " Johnson set the origin as June 1943 in Burbank, California ; they relate essentially the same chronology in their autobiographies.

Two days later the go-ahead was given to Lockheed to start development and the Skunk Works was born, with Kelly Johnson at the helm .< p > The formal contract for the XP-80 did not arrive at Lockheed until October 16, 1943 ; some four months after work had already begun.

Willing to record artists that most other labels would consider to be uncommercial, in December 1943 the label initiated more sessions with artists such as pianist Art Hodes, trumpeter Sidney DeParis, clarinetist Edmond Hall, and Harlem stride pianist James P. Johnson, who was returning to a high degree of musical activity after having largely recovered from a stroke suffered in 1940.

Johnson played in Benny Carter's orchestra between 1942 and 1945, and made his first recordings in 1942 under Carter's leadership, recording his first solo ( on Love for Sale ) in October, 1943.

It was not until 1943 that Lillian de la Torre, an American mystery writer, did something similar with Dr Johnson and Boswell, casting the two famous literary figures into roles similar to Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson.

' Dutch ' Hugo, C. W. A. Scott ( winner of the MacRobertson Air Race ) who served there with No. 32 Squadron RAF from 1923 to 1926, and the British ace JE " Johnnie " Johnson, later Air Vice-Marshal, who took over the Canadian wing at Kenley in 1943.

Paul B. Johnson, Sr. in December 1943, Murphree finished out the three weeks left in Johnson's term, serving until the swearing in of Thomas L. Bailey in January 1944.

Paul Burney Johnson, Sr. ( March 23, 1880December 26, 1943 ) was a judge, United States Representative and Governor of Mississippi.

* Richard B. Johnson ( born 1943 ), Abominable Firebug author

William Henry Joseph Bonaparte Bertholoff Smith ( 23 November 1893 – 18 April 1973 ), a. k. a. " The Lion ", was an American jazz pianist and one of the masters of the stride style, usually grouped with James P. Johnson and Thomas " Fats " Waller as the three greatest practitioners of the genre from its Golden Age, c. 1920 – 1943.

Gildersleeve's Bad Day ( 1943 ) followed the mishaps around Gildy's call to jury duty ; and, Gildersleeve's Ghost ( 1944 ) brings Gildy's relatives Randolph and Johnson up from the dead to help his campaign for police commissioner.

* Robert Milton Johnson ( 1879 – 1943 ), Progressive party member of the Canadian House of Commons

James A. Johnson ( born December 24, 1943 ) is a United States Democratic Party political figure, and the former CEO of Fannie Mae.

* Bob Johnson ( pitcher ) ( born 1943 ), former professional baseball player

" Stalin Wasn't Stallin ' ( A Modern Spiritual )" was an American patriotic song written in 1943 by Willie Johnson and originally recorded by the a cappella gospel group Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet ( of which Johnson was a member ) in 1943.

David Allen " Davey " Johnson ( born January 30, 1943 ) is the manager of the Washington Nationals.

* James Bulmer Johnson ( 1889 – 1943 ), recipient of the Victoria Cross during World War I