- 1943 in the United Kingdom
Events from the year
1943 in theUnited Kingdom .Incumbents
*Monarch -
George VI of the United Kingdom
*Prime Minister -Winston Churchill , coalitionEvents
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23 January -World War II : British forces captureTripoli from the Nazis.cite book|title=Penguin Pocket On This Day|publisher=Penguin Reference Library|isbn=0-141-02715-0|year=2006]
*13 February -Nuffield Foundation established byWilliam Morris, 1st Viscount Nuffield .
*3 March - Panic at the sound of new anti-aircraft rockets leads to a crush atBethnal Green tube station , killing 183 people.cite book |last=Palmer |first=Alan & Veronica |year=1992 |title= The Chronology of British History|publisher= Century Ltd|location=London|pages= 391-392|isbn= 0-7126-5616-2]
*7 May - Capture ofTunis ends the campaign in North Africa.
*17 May -Operation Chastise (the 'Dambuster Raid') takes place: theRoyal Air Force usebouncing bomb s to breach German dams in theRuhr Valley .
*19 May -Winston Churchill addresses a joint session of theU.S. Congress .
*9 July –17 August - World War II:Allied invasion of Sicily .
*3 September –16 September - World War II:Allied invasion of Italy .
*11 November - TheRegency Act 1943 is passed allowing Counsellors of State absent during the Sovereign's absence not to be listed among the appointments; and that theheir-apparent or presumptive to the Throne need only to be 18 to be a Counsellor. [UK-SLD|1087996|Regency Act 1943 (c. 42)]
*22 November - World War II: War in the Pacific - US President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime MinisterWinston Churchill , and ROC leaderChiang Kai-Shek meet inCairo ,Egypt , to discuss ways to defeatJapan .Undated
* Development of the
Colossus computer by British to break German encryption (seeHistory of computing hardware ).Publications
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T. S. Eliot 's poetry "Four Quartets ".
*C. S. Lewis ' novel "Perelandra ".Births
January - February
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6 January -Terry Venables , English football manager
*9 January -Freddie Starr , English comedian and singer
*15 January -Margaret Beckett , politician
*16 January -Brian Ferneyhough , British composer
*20 January -Mel Hague , English singer and author
*29 January -Tony Blackburn , British radio disc jockey
*7 February -Gareth Hunt , English actor
*16 February -Anthony Dowell , ballet dancer and artistic director of theRoyal Ballet
*18 February -Graeme Garden , Scottish writer, comedian, and actor
*19 February -Tim Hunt , British biochemist, recipient of theNobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
*20 February -Mike Leigh , British film director
*24 February -George Harrison , English musician (The Beatles ) (died 2001)
*27 February -Graham Bowers , British musician, artist and engineerMarch - April
* March -
John Leeson , British actor
*8 March -Lynn Redgrave , English actress
*21 March -Vivian Stanshall , English comedian, writer, artist, broadcaster, and musician (died 1995)
*22 March -Keith Relf , British musician (The Yardbirds ) (died 1976)
*29 March
**Eric Idle , English actor, writer, and composer
**John Major , British Conservative politician and formerPrime Minister of the United Kingdom
*2 April -Frank Feather , British business futurist and author
*8 April -Tony Banks, Baron Stratford , former Labour Party MP and Minister for Sport (died 2006)
*20 April -John Eliot Gardiner , English conductor
*25 April -Tony Christie , singerMay - June
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5 May -Michael Palin , British comedian
*8 May -Pat Barker , writer and historian
*14 May -Jack Bruce , British musician and songwriter
*22 May - Betty Williams, Northern Irish political activist, recipient of theNobel Peace Prize
*27 May -Cilla Black , singer-songwriter and television personality
*8 June -Colin Baker , British actor
*13 June -Malcolm McDowell , actor
*29 June -Maureen O'Brien , British actressJuly - August
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10 July -Gavin Strang , politician
*12 July -Christine McVie , British musician (Fleetwood Mac )
*15 July -Jocelyn Bell Burnell , astronomer
*20 July -Wendy Richard , British actress
*26 July -Mick Jagger , English singer (Rolling Stones )
*28 July -Rick Wright , English keyboardist (Pink Floyd )
*2 August -Rose Tremain , author
*20 August -Sylvester McCoy , British actor
*22 August -Alun Michael , politicianeptember - October
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6 September
**Richard J. Roberts , English biochemist and molecular biologist, recipient of theNobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
**Roger Waters , English musician
*30 September -Ian Ogilvy , English actor
*11 October -John Nettles , actor
*23 October -Anita Roddick , businesswoman (died 2007)
*31 October -Paul Frampton , English physicistNovember - December
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17 December -Ron Geesin , British musician and songwriter (Pink Floyd )
*18 December -Keith Richards , English guitarist and songwriter (The Rolling Stones )
*27 December -Peter Sinfield , British lyricist and producer
*28 December -Richard Whiteley , English television presenter (died 2005)
*31 December -Ben Kingsley , English actorDeaths
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26 March -Leonard Darwin , soldier, politician, economist, eugenicist (born 1850)
*26 April -Alastair Windsor, 2nd Duke of Connaught and Strathearn , son of Prince andPrincess Arthur of Connaught (born 1914)
*30 April -Beatrice Webb , socialist, economist and reformer (born 1858)
*1 June - Leslie Howard, actor (born 1893)
*12 August -Bobby Peel , English cricketer (born 1857)
*7 October -Radclyffe Hall , author and poet (born 1880)
*26 November -Prince Hubertus of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha , great grandson ofQueen Victoria (born1909 , Germany)
*22 December -Beatrix Potter , British children's author and illustrator (born 1866)References
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