She was the John Harvey, one of those Atlantic sea-horses that had sailed to Bari to bring beans, bombs, and bullets to the U.S. Fifteenth Air Force, to Field Marshal Montgomery's Eighth Army then racing up the calf of the boot of Italy in that early December of 1943.

It was the night of December 2, 1943, and it was growing dark in Bari.

On December 30, 1943, during the Japanese occupation, Subhas Chandra Bose, who was controversially allied with the Japanese, first raised the flag of Indian independence.

The Daily Telegraph and the Morning Post on 21 December 1943 wrote that he had been saved by penicillin.

Helen Beatrix Potter ( 28 July 186622 December 1943 ) was an English author, illustrator, natural scientist and conservationist best known for her imaginative children ’ s books featuring animals such as those in The Tale of Peter Rabbit which celebrated the British landscape and country life.

She died on 22 December 1943 at her home in Near Sawrey at age 77, leaving almost all her property to the National Trust.

Potter died of complications from pneumonia and heart disease on 22 December 1943 at Castle Cottage.

In December 1943, President Roosevelt decided that Eisenhower — not Marshall — would be Supreme Allied Commander in Europe.

* " Flying Plywood With A Sting ": Popular Science article, December 1943

On 24 December 1943, Tribune published, under the authorship of " John Freeman " – possibly in reference to the British politician – the short essay " Can Socialists Be Happy?

The camp was dismantled by December 1943.

The Mk I Colossus was built between March and December 1943 by Tommy Flowers and his colleagues at the Post Office Research Station at Dollis Hill in London and then shipped to Bletchley Park in January 1944.

In December 1943, a third resistance organization, an anticommunist, anti-German royalist group known as Legaliteti, took shape in Albania's northern mountains.

Harry Julius Shearer ( born December 23, 1943 ) is an American actor, humorist, writer, voice artist, musician, author, radio host and filmmaker.

Shearer was born December 23, 1943 in Los Angeles, California, the son of Dora Warren ( née Kohn ), a book-keeper, and Mack Shearer.

Jean Philippe Rushton ( born December 3, 1943 ) is a Canadian psychology professor at the University of Western Ontario who is most widely known for his work on racial group differences, such as research on race and intelligence, race and crime, and the application of r / K selection theory to humans in his book Race, Evolution and Behavior ( 1995 ).

James Logan Jones, Jr. ( born December 19, 1943 ) is the former United States National Security Advisor and a retired United States Marine Corps General.

50 stills from the filming in Krün near Mittenwald were later found and from these, surviving prisoners were able to identify 29 camp inmates who worked for Riefenstahl and were then deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau in the first weeks of March 1943 following Himmler ’ s December 1942 decree.

Through this door, 64 prisoners escaped on 25 December 1943.

Peter Guralnick ( born December 15, 1943, in Boston, Massachusetts ) is an American music critic, writer on music, and historian of US American popular music, who is also active as an author and screenwriter.

* Tehran Conference, 28 November to 1 December 1943

The Army Air Forces in World War II, Volume Two: Europe, Torch to Pointblank, August 1942 to December 1943.

During the early period of American involvement in World War II ( December 7, 1941 – September 22, 1943 ), the Purple Heart was awarded both for wounds received in action against the enemy and for meritorious performance of duty.

In December 1943, Parks became active in the Civil Rights Movement, joined the Montgomery chapter of the NAACP, and was elected secretary.

During the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany Frisch was imprisoned in Bredtveit concentration camp from 17 October 1943, then in Berg concentration camp from 22 November 1943, then in Grini concentration camp from 9 December 1943 to 8 October 1944.

Congressman Cliff Stearns said in December 2007 that Selig should resign because of use of performance enhancing drugs in baseball during his tenure.

* December 10 – William Pierce, American member of the Georgia House of Representatives and Continental Congressman for Georgia ( c. 1753 )

* December 16 – Benjamin Andrew, American Continental Congressman for Georgia and member of the Georgia House of Representatives ( b. 1713 )

Congressman Oakes Ames testified Garfield had purchased 10 shares of Crédit Mobiler stock for $ 1000, received accrued stock interest and $ 329 ( 33 per cent ) in dividends sometime between December 1867 and June 1868.

In December 1838, the Congress passed the Atherton Gag, composed by Democratic States-Rights Congressman Atherton of New Hampshire, on the first petition day of the session.

* On December 3, 2009, U. S. Congressman Peter DeFazio, who blamed " reckless speculation " for the 2008 financial crisis, proposed the introduction of a financial transaction tax, which would specifically target speculators by taxing financial market securities transactions.

Newton County is Arkansas's 46th county, formed on December 14, 1842, and named for Thomas W. Newton, an Arkansas Congressman.

* Charles Goldsborough ( July 15, 1765 – December 13, 1834 ), State Senator 1791 – 1795 and 1799 – 1801, U. S. Congressman 1789 – 1791, Governor of Maryland 1818 – 1819

* December 8: South Dakota Congressman Bill Janklow is convicted of manslaughter.

On December 21, 1920, Congressman Hamilton Fish introduced legislation which was to be among his most enduring and patriotic acts as a member of Congress.

John Vliet Lindsay ( November 24, 1921 – December 19, 2000 ) was an American politician, lawyer and broadcaster who was a U. S. Congressman, Mayor of New York City, candidate for U. S. President and regular guest host of Good Morning America.

" Henry Stuart Foote: Confederate Congressman and Exile ," Civil War History 11 ( December 1965 ): 384-95.

In mid December 2007, Congressman Wexler launched a website ( Wexlerwantshearings. com ) to promote his effort for impeachment hearings.

* Interview: Congressman Jesse L. Jackson, Jr., Buzzflash, December 30, 2002

Robert Gibbes Barnwell ( December 21, 1761 – October 24, 1814 ) was a South Carolina revolutionary and statesman who was a delegate to the Confederation Congress and a United States Congressman.

Julius Houseman ( December 8, 1832 – February 8, 1891 ) was a U. S. businessman and politician who served as mayor of Grand Rapids, Michigan, as representative in the Michigan House of Representatives and as Congressman in the U. S. House of Representatives.

James Claude Wright, Jr. ( born December 22, 1922 ), usually known as Jim Wright, is a former Democratic U. S. Congressman from Texas who served 34 years in the U. S. House of Representatives and was the Speaker of the House from 1987 to 1989.

* A Motion for Censure Congressman John Conyers, Jr., The Nation ( December 22, 2005 )

On May 23, 1996 he participated in the National Discussion on Race & Reconciliation, this event was organized and sponsored by the National Press Club in Washington, DC by Hope in the Cities and its participants included but were not limited to U. S. Senator Bill Bradley of New Jersey and U. S. Congressman Jesse L. Jackson Jr .. On December 1996, he led a delegation of American Muslims to Jerusalem, the West Bank and Gaza, to take part in talks with Palestinian leader, President Yassir Arafat.

In December 2007, Smith endorsed Congressman Duncan Hunter of California for the Republican presidential nomination.

* Midwood section of Congressman Anthony D. Weiner Consulted December 14, 2004

On December 30, 2000, Balanga was inaugurated as City by the Republic Act 8984 authored by Congressman Enrique " Tet " Garcia-Tet Garcia.

On December 15, 2005, Congressman Hunter's amendment to the Border Protection, Anti-terrorism, and Illegal Immigration Control Act of 2005 ( H. R.

Epaphroditus Champion ( April 6, 1756 – December 22, 1834 ) was a U. S. Congressman from Connecticut, serving from 1807 to 1818.