What Happened in Jan 1943

Herzogenbusch Concentration Camp Begins Operation

Herzogenbusch concentration camp (Dutch: Kamp Vught, German: Konzentrationslager Herzogenbusch) was a Nazi concentration camp located in Vught near... Read more

Joseph Stalin Is Named Time Magazine's 'Person Of The Year' For A Second Time

The year 1942 was a year of blood and strength. The man whose name means steel in Russian, whose few words of English include the American... Read more

Nikola Tesla Dies

Tesla died of heart failure alone in room 3327 of the New Yorker Hotel, on 7 January 1943. Despite having sold his AC electricity patents, Tesla... Read more

Operation Iskra

Operation Iskra (Russian: Операция Искра, Operatsia Iskra; English translation - Operation Spark) was a Soviet military operation conducted by the... Read more

"Shadow Of A Doubt" Is Released

Shadow of a Doubt is a 1943 thriller directed by Alfred Hitchcock and written by Thornton Wilder, Sally Benson and Alma Reville. It stars Teresa... Read more

Philippine Clipper Crashes into Mountainous Terrain, Killing 19

This is the story of the last flight of the “Philippine Clipper” which crashed on the California coast near Booneville after arriving from... Read more