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Events from the year 1943 in the United Kingdom.
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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
- 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
- ^ a b Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. 2006. ISBN 0-141-02715-0.
- ^ a b Palmer, Alan & Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 391–392. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
- ^ Official text of Regency Act 1943 (c. 42) as amended and in force today within the United Kingdom, from the UK Statute Law Database
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