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1943 in the United Kingdom:

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World War II

UK during World War II

Events from the year 1943 in the United Kingdom.

Incumbents

• Monarch - George VI of the United Kingdom
• Prime Minister - Winston Churchill, coalition

Events

• 23 January - World War II: British forces capture Tripoli from the Nazis.^[1]
• 13 February - Nuffield Foundation established by William Morris, 1st Viscount Nuffield.^[1]
• 3 March - Panic at the sound of new anti-aircraft rockets leads to a crush at Bethnal Green tube station, killing 183 people.^[2]
• 7 May - Capture of Tunis ends the campaign in North Africa.^[2]
• 17 May - Operation Chastise (the 'Dambuster Raid') takes place: the Royal Air Force use bouncing bombs to breach German dams in the Ruhr Valley.
• 19 May - Winston Churchill addresses a joint session of the U.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 - The Regency Act 1943 is passed allowing Counsellors of State absent during the Sovereign's absence not to be listed among the appointments; and that the heir-apparent or presumptive to the Throne need only to be 18 to be a Counsellor.^[3]
• 22 November - World War II: War in the Pacific - US President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and ROC leader Chiang Kai-Shek meet in Cairo, Egypt, to discuss ways to defeat Japan.

Undated

• Development of the Colossus computer by British to break German encryption (see History of computing hardware).

Publications

• T. S. Eliot's poetry Four Quartets.
• C. S. Lewis' novel Perelandra.

Births

January - February

• 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 the Royal Ballet
• 18 February - Graeme Garden, Scottish writer, comedian, and actor
• 19 February - Tim Hunt, British biochemist, recipient of the Nobel 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 engineer

March - 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 former Prime 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, singer

May - June

• 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 the Nobel 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 actress

July - August

• 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 (died 2009)
• 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, politician

September - October

• 6 September
  • Richard J. Roberts, English biochemist and molecular biologist, recipient of the Nobel 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 physicist

November - December

• 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 actor

Deaths

• 26 March - Leonard Darwin, soldier, politician, economist, eugenicist (born 1850)
• 26 April - Alastair Windsor, 2nd Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, son of Prince and Princess 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 of Queen Victoria (born 1909, Germany)
• 22 December - Beatrix Potter, British children's author and illustrator (born 1866)

References

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