1943 New York Yankees season
The 1943 New York Yankees season was the team's 41st season in New York, and its 43rd season overall. The team finished with a record of 98–56, winning their 14th pennant, finishing 13.5 games ahead of the Washington Senators. Managed by Joe McCarthy, the Yankees played at Yankee Stadium. In the World Series, they defeated the St. Louis Cardinals in 5 games.


1943 New York Yankees season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1943 New York Yankees season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1943 New York Yankees season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1943 New York Yankees season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1943 New York Yankees season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1943 New York Yankees season, 1943 World Series
AL New York Yankees (4) vs. NL St. Louis Cardinals (1)


1943 New York state election
The 1943 New York state election was held on November 2, 1943, to elect the Lieutenant Governor and a judge of the New York Court of Appeals.


1943 New York state election, Background
On April 30, 1943, Edward R. Finch resigned from the Court of Appeals. On May 12, Governor Thomas E. Dewey appointed Thomas D. Thacher to fill the vacancy temporarily.


1943 New York state election, Background
On July 17, 1943, Lieutenant Governor Thomas W. Wallace died, and Temporary President of the State Senate Joe R. Hanley became Acting Lieutenant Governor. The question arose if the vacancy should be filled and how to proceed. The wording of the 1937 amendment to the State Constitution, which had increased the terms in office of the assemblymen to two years, and of the statewide elected officers (Governor, Lt. Gov., Comptroller and Attorney General) to four years, apparently left the question in doubt. The New York Supreme Court at Albany ruled on August 14 that a special election needed to be held. This was upheld by the Court of Appeals unanimously on August 19.


1943 New York state election, Nominations
The Republican State Committee met on August 24 at Albany, New York. They nominated Joe R. Hanley for Lieutenant Governor; and the incumbent Judge Thomas D. Thacher to succeed himself.


1943 New York state election, Nominations
The Democratic State Committee met on August 24. They nominated Lt. Gen. William N. Haskell for Lieutenant Governor; and endorsed the incumbent Republican Judge Thomas D. Thacher for the Court of Appeals.


1943 New York state election, Nominations
The American Labor State Committee met on August 21 at the Hotel Claridge in New York City and tentatively nominated Ex-State Comptroller Joseph V. O'Leary (in office 1941-42) for Lieutenant Governor, and Leo J. Rosett for the Court of Appeals. The committee met again on August 25 and endorsed the Democratic nominee Haskell and the Republican and Democratic nominee Thacher.


1943 New York state election, Aftermath
Governor Dewey criticized the ruling of the Court of Appeals, saying that the special election of a lieutenant governor was incompatible with the 1937 amendment. To press his view, he recommended to the New York State Legislature to amend the State Constitution again.


1943 New York state election, Aftermath
In November 1945, an amendment was adopted which prohibited special elections for lieutenant governor saying that "no election of a lieutenant governor shall be had in any event, except at the time of electing a governor," and that "the temporary president of the senate then in office or his successor as such temporary president shall perform all the duties of lieutenant-governor...during such vacancy..."


1943 New Zealand general election
The 1943 New Zealand general election was a nationwide vote to determine the shape of the New Zealand Parliament's 27th term. With the onset of World War II, elections were initially postponed, but it was eventually decided to hold a general election in September 1943, around two years after it would normally have occurred. The election saw the governing Labour Party re-elected by a comfortable margin, although the party nevertheless lost considerable ground to the expanding National Party.


1943 New Zealand general election, Background
The Labour Party had formed its first government after its resounding victory in the 1935 elections and had been re-elected by a substantial margin in the 1938 elections. Michael Joseph Savage, the first Labour Prime Minister, died in 1940; he was replaced by Peter Fraser, who was widely viewed as competent even if he was less popular than Savage. In the same year as Fraser took power, however, the opposition National Party had replaced the ineffectual Adam Hamilton with Sidney Holland, and was beginning to overcome the internal divisions that had plagued Hamilton's time as leader.


1943 New Zealand general election, Background
As World War II continued, the issues surrounding it naturally came to dominate political debate. Shortages appeared, prompting a certain amount of dissatisfaction with the government. The matter of conscription was also contentious — although both Labour and National supported it, many traditional followers of Labour were angry at their party's stance. Many early Labour leaders, including Fraser, had been jailed for opposing conscription in World War I, and were branded hypocrites for later introducing it; Fraser justified his change of position by saying that World War I was a pointless war but that World War II was necessary. A faction of Labour, dissatisfied with the mainstream party's economic and conscription policies, followed dissident MP John A. Lee to his new Democratic Labour Party.


1943 New Zealand general election, Background
A general election was due to be held in 1941, but Fraser, who held a tight reign over the coalition war cabinet, persuaded Parliament to postpone it due to the war.


1943 New Zealand general election, By-elections
During April and May 1943, there were three deaths of sitting members:


1943 New Zealand general election, By-elections
This would have required three by-elections in a year where the government was planning to hold a general election, and in fact, the writ for the Northern Maori by-election was issued on 19 May. On 11 June, the government announced that a general election would be held in September, and at the same time they introduced legislation that postponed the three by-elections. The By-elections Postponement Act 1943  was passed, and amongst other things it revoked the writ issued for the Northern Maori by-election. This was the first time that legislation had been used to postpone by-elections (it happened once more in 1969).


1943 New Zealand general election, The election
The date for the main 1943 election was 25 September, a Saturday. The election to the four Māori electorates was held the day before. 1,021,034 civilians and an uncertain number of serving military personnel were registered to vote — special legislation provided voting rights to all serving members of the armed forces regardless of age, and they voted over several days prior to 25 September. Among the civilian population, there was a turnout of 82.8%. The number of seats in Parliament was 80, a number that had been fixed since 1902.


1943 New Zealand general election, The election
There were three minor movements participating with 45 candidates: the People's Movement or Independent People's Group (25), the Real Democracy Movement (17) and the Fighting Forces League (3). However these groups got only 12,867 votes (provisional count: PM or IPG 7,389 (0.89%); RDM 4,421 (0.53%); others or FFL 1,057 (0.13%)). Two of the three Fighting Forces League candidates were also supported by the Real Democracy Movement, which had been formed by the Social Credit Association.


1943 New Zealand general election, The election
Two seats were uncontested: Awarua and Matarura. Both seats were held for the National Party by serving officers; James Hargest (Awarua) was interned in Switzerland, and Tom Macdonald (Mataura) had just been invalided home. Labour did not contest those two electorates or Nelson where Harry Atmore stood. National did not contest three electorates: Kaipara and Palmerston North where Independent Nationalists stood, or Buller. 1943 was the last general election when some candidates were elected unopposed.


1943 New Zealand general election, The election
With seamen's and servicemen's votes taking time to come in, it took until mid-October before all results were finalised. Initially, the outcome in at least ten electorates was in doubt: Oamaru, Eden, Raglan, New Plymouth, Otaki, Wairarapa, Waitemata, Hamilton, Nelson, and Motueka. In its 27 September edition, The New Zealand Herald posted profiles of new members of parliament. This included National's T. R. Beatty, a building contractor from Oamaru who had supposedly beaten Arnold Nordmeyer, a sitting cabinet minister. In initial results, Beatty had a majority of just six votes, but incumbents had strong support by military staff, and Nordmeyer had a final majority of 125 votes.


1943 New Zealand general election, Election results
The 1943 election saw the governing Labour Party retain office by a ten-seat margin, winning forty-five seats to the National Party's thirty-four, with one independent. The popular vote was considerably closer — Labour won 47.6%, while National won 42.8%. Holland was stunned by the result, and called for a Commission of Inquiry to look at the servicemens’ vote, but was answered by a report from the Chief Electoral Officer. The Labour vote dropped, particularly in rural areas where the now more prosperous farmers returned to their normal political allegiance. There were strikes by the miners, and resentment at wartime restrictions. Lee’s "Democratic Soldier Labour" party took votes in closely contested seats, and there was a "vast and weird variety of miscellaneous candidates under strange labels". However the forces vote favoured both Labour and Democratic Soldier Labour, see table below. And 22 seats were won on a minority vote.


1943 New Zealand general election, Election results
On the morning of election day, overseas counts from London, Ottawa and the Middle East indicated a majority for Labour, but domestic results coming in during the evening suggested to several government officials and even to Walter Nash thal Labour would lose. By 10.30 pm only 35 of the 80 seats were certain for Labour, with Barclay (Marsden) defeated and even Nordmeyer (Oamaru) uncertain. But with 73,000 servicemens’ votes that came in during the day, Lowry (Otaki), Hodgens (Palmerston North) and Roberts (Wairarapa) scraped in.


1943 New Zealand general election, Election results
Over subsequent days with 60,000 special votes plus over 20,000 more servicemens’ votes, both Nordmeyer and Anderton (Eden) also scraped in. Fraser, who had campaigned among the troops, quipped that it was not only North Africa that the Second Division had saved. By 7 October, National's lead in four seats had been overturned by the services votes, and by 12 October, it was apparent that the result in six seats (Eden, Nelson, Oamaru, Otaki, Palmerston North and Wairarapa) had been overturned by the services vote.


1943 New Zealand general election, Election results
John A. Lee's new Democratic Labour Party won only 4.3% of the vote, and no seats. Bill Barnard and Colin Scrimgeour were formerly on the Labour left. Barnard had left the Labour Party with John A. Lee but had fallen out with him and left Lee's Democratic Labour Party, standing as an independent. Scrimgeour stood as an independent against Prime Minister Peter Fraser in Wellington Central and polled well, reducing Fraser's majority so that Fraser only sneaked back on a minority vote.


1943 New Zealand general election, Election results
Albert Davy the organiser of the Independent People’s Group (IPG) or People's Movement complained that the election was decided on "strictly party" lines, and said that the effect of the Democratic Labour Party standing was to give six seats to the National Party.


1943 New Zealand general election, Election results
Two defeated Labour MPs, James Barclay and Charles Boswell, were appointed to diplomatic posts in Australia and Russia, respectively.


1943 New Zealand general election, Election results
The election was also notable for the defeat of Āpirana Ngata a renowned Māori statesman and member for Eastern Maori after 38 years in parliament, by Rātana–Labour candidate Tiaki Omana. Labour now held all four Māori electorates and would continue to do so until 1993.


1943 New Zealand general election, Election results
One independent was re-elected: Harry Atmore from Nelson — this was the last electoral victory by a candidate not from the major parties until the 1966 election. Atmore had the tactical support of Labour who (as in 1935 and 1938) did not stand a candidate against him, and he generally voted with Labour. The slight margin to National in Nelson on civilian votes was reversed by the service votes.


1943 New Zealand general election, Election results, Initial MPs
The table below shows the results of the 1943 general election:


1943 New Zealand rugby league season
The 1943 New Zealand rugby league season was the 36th season of rugby league that had been played in New Zealand.


1943 New Zealand rugby league season, International competitions
New Zealand played in no international matches due to World War II.


1943 New Zealand rugby league season, National competitions, Northern Union Cup
West Coast again held the Northern Union Cup at the end of the season.


1943 New Zealand rugby league season, National competitions, Inter-district competition
Waikato defeated Auckland at Carlaw Park during the season. They were not to repeat this feat until 1997.


1943 New Zealand rugby league season, Club competitions, Auckland
Manukau won the Auckland Rugby League's Fox Memorial Trophy, Rukutai Shield, Roope Rooster and Stormont Shield.


1943 New Zealand rugby league season, Club competitions, Auckland
Manukau also defeated Blackball 23-9 at Carlaw Park in October.


1943 New Zealand rugby league season, Club competitions, Auckland
Manukau included Puti Tipene (Steve) Watene, Jack Hemi and Pita Ririnui.


1943 New Zealand rugby league season, Club competitions, Canterbury
The competition consisted of Sydenham-Rakaia, Hornby, Linwood-Woolston, Addington, Central and Army Combined.


1943 New Zealand rugby league season, Club competitions, Other Competitions
Blackball, who won the West Coast Rugby League championship, were not challenged for the Thacker Shield. Blackball included Bob Aynsley, Ray Nuttall and Ken, Cecil and Bill Mountford.


1943 Newark by-election
The Newark by-election of 1943 was held on 8 June 1943. The by-election was held due to the succession to the peerage of the incumbent Conservative MP, William Cavendish-Bentinck. It was won by the Conservative candidate Sidney Shephard.


1943 Nigerian general election
Partial general elections were held in Nigeria in 1943, with only two of the four elected seats available.


1943 Nigerian general election, Background
The previous general elections had been held in 1938. However, since the elections, two by-elections had been held; one in 1940 following the death of Olayinka Alakija and one in 1941 after Kofo Abayomi resigned from the Legislative Council.


1943 Nigerian general election, Background
Rather than hold fresh elections for all four seats, elections were held for the two seats whose members had served their full five year terms since 1942; the Calabar seat held by Okon Efiong and the Lagos seat held by H. S. A. Thomas. The appointed seats were also refreshed.


1943 Nigerian general election, Electoral system
The 1922 Nigeria (Legislative Council) Order in Council provided for a 46-member Legislative Council, of which 23 were ex-officio officials, four were nominated officials, up to 15 were appointed unofficial members and four were elected (three in Lagos and one in Calabar).


1943 Nigerian general election, Electoral system
The 23 ex officio officials included the Governor, the Chief Secretary and their deputy, the Lieutenant Governors and secretaries of the Northern and Southern Provinces, the Attorney General, the Commandant of the Nigerian Regiment, the Director of Medical Services, the Treasurer, the Director of Marine, the Comptroller of Customs, the Secretary of Native Affairs, together with ten senior residents.


1943 Nigerian general election, Electoral system
The franchise was restricted to men aged 21 or over who were British subjects or a native of Nigeria who had lived in their municipal area for the 12 months prior to the election, and who earned at least £100 in the previous calendar year. The right to vote was withheld from those who had been convicted of a crime and sentenced to death, hard labour or prison for more than a year, or were of "unsound mind". Only 341 people registered in Calabar, although the population of the town was 16,653 according to the 1931 census.


1943 Nigerian general election, Electoral system
All eligible voters could also run as candidates unless they had an undischarged bankruptcy, had received charitable relief in the previous five years or were a public servant. Candidates were required to obtain the nomination of at least three registered voters and pay a £10 deposit. The term of the Legislative Council was five years.


1943 Nigerian general election, Campaign
The Calabar seat was contested for the first time since 1923. The incumbent Efiong was challenged by Gage Hewett Hall O'Dwyer and Otu Bassey Otu, with all three running as independents. A merchant of paternal Sierra Leone Creole ancestry and maternal Efik provenance, O'Dwyer was a member of the Calabar Township Advisory Board, head of the Calabar branch of the African Chamber of Commerce and the town's Special Constabulary. Otu was a chief who worked as a teacher and money lender. Efiong was popular amongst the local electorate and was supported by local chiefs, whilst O'Dwyer's heritage (although his mother was an Efik, his father was from Sierra Leone) counted against him.


1943 Nigerian general election, Campaign
The one Lagos seat was uncontested as E. A. Akerele was the only candidate. Akerele was a former vice-president of the Nigerian Union of Young Democrats, but ran as an independent.


1943 Nigerian general election, Results, List of members
The Governor appointed 13 unofficial members to the Legislative Council, of which four were Europeans (down from seven in 1938) and nine were Africans (an increase from eight). The four Europeans represented the mining sector and the commercial interests of Kano, Lagos and Port Harcourt, with the banking, shipping and Calabar seats left vacant. The nine Africans represented British Cameroons, the Colony of Lagos, Ijebu, Ondo Oyo Province, Rivers district,  the Egba, Ibibio and the Ibo, whilst the Benin and Warri seat was left vacant. After losing the election in Calabar, G H H Dwyer was appointed as the Ibibio member.


1943 Nigerian general election, Aftermath
By-elections were held in Lagos in 1945 and 1946 to replace Jibril Martin and Ernest Ikoli (who had been elected in the 1940 and 1941 by-elections respectively) when their five-year terms expired.


1943 North Carolina Tar Heels football team
The 1943 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 1943 college football season. The Tar Heels were led by first-year head coach Tom Young and played their home games at Kenan Memorial Stadium. They competed as a member of the Southern Conference.


1943 Northern Illinois State Huskies football team
The 1943 Northern Illinois State Huskies football team represented Northern Illinois State Teachers College during the 1943 college football season. There were no divisions of college football during this time period, and the Huskies competed in the Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. They were led by 15th-year head coach Chick Evans and played their home games at the 5,500 seat Glidden Field, located on the east end of campus.


1943 Northwestern Wildcats football team
The 1943 Northwestern Wildcats football team represented the Northwestern University in the 1943 Big Ten Conference football season.


1943 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team
The 1943 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 1943 college football season. The Irish, coached by Frank Leahy, ended the season with 9 wins and 1 loss, winning the national championship. The 1943 team became the fourth Irish team to win the national title and the first for Frank Leahy. Led by Notre Dame's first Heisman Trophy winner, Angelo Bertelli, Notre Dame beat seven teams ranked in the top 13 and played seven of its ten games on the road. Despite a season ending loss to Great Lakes, Notre Dame was awarded its first national title by the Associated Press.


1943 Ohio State Buckeyes football team
The 1943 Ohio State Buckeyes football team represented Ohio State University in the 1943 Big Ten Conference football season. The Buckeyes compiled a 3–6 record being outscored 149–187. Head coach Paul Brown finished his three-year tenure with an 18–8–1 overall record and a 1–1–1 mark against Michigan.


1943 Oklahoma A&M Cowboys football team
The 1943 Oklahoma A&M Cowboys football team represented Oklahoma A&M College in the 1941 college football season. This was the 43rd year of football at A&M and the fifth under Jim Lookabaugh. The Cowboys played their home games at Lewis Field in Stillwater, Oklahoma. They finished the season 3–4, and 0–1 in the Missouri Valley Conference.


1943 Oklahoma Sooners football team
The 1943 Oklahoma Sooners football team represented the University of Oklahoma in the 1943 college football season. In their third year under head coach Dewey Luster, the Sooners compiled a 7–2 record (5–0 against conference opponents), won the Big Six Conference championship, and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 187 to 92.


1943 Oklahoma Sooners football team
No Sooners received All-America honors in 1943, but six Sooners received all-conference honors: Bob Brumley (back), Gale Fulgham (guard), Lee Kennon (tackle), W.G. Lamb (end), Derald Lebow (back), and Bob Mayfield (center).


1943 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Post season, NFL draft
The following players were drafted into the National Football League following the season.


1943 Ontario Liberal Party leadership election
The Ontario Liberal Party held a leadership election in 1943 to choose a permanent replacement to Mitchell Hepburn who had been forced to resign at the end of 1942. Because the Ontario Liberal Party was in power, the winner of the race would also become premier of the province. Initially, Hepburn attempted to anoint Gordon Daniel Conant as his permanent successor but the caucus did not accept this and forced a full leadership convention which was won on the first ballot by former Provincial Secretary Harry Nixon.


1943 Ontario Liberal Party leadership election
As Conant was ailing and had been hospitalized, Thomas McQuesten was Acting Premier on the day of the leadership convention.


1943 Ontario Liberal Party leadership election, Candidates
Premier Gordon Daniel Conant had also been a candidate but collapsed hours before the leadership vote and withdrew as a candidate.


1943 Ontario general election
The 1943 Ontario general election was held on August 4, 1943, to elect the 90 Members of the 21st Legislative Assembly of Ontario (Members of Provincial Parliament, or "MPPs") of the Province of Ontario.


1943 Ontario general election
The Ontario Progressive Conservative Party, led by George Drew, defeated the Ontario Liberal Party government. The Liberal government had disintegrated over the previous two years because of a conflict between Mitchell Hepburn, the Ontario caucus and the federal Liberal Party of Canada.


1943 Ontario general election
Hepburn resigned and was eventually succeeded by Harry Nixon in early 1943. The change in leadership was not enough to save the government. The election held later that year resulted in the Conservative Party, recently renamed the "Progressive Conservative Party", winning a minority government. This began forty-two uninterrupted years of government by the Tories who combined moderate progressive policies with pragmatism and caution.


1943 Ontario general election
The Liberals fell to third place behind a new force, the socialist Ontario Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF), led by Ted Jolliffe, went from obscurity to form the Official Opposition, winning 32% of the vote and 34 seats in the legislature, just four short of Drew's Tories. The Liberals and their Liberal-Progressive allies fell from 66 seats to a mere 15.


1943 Ontario general election
Two members of the banned Communist Party of Ontario running as "Labour" candidates won seats in the Legislature for the first time in this election: A.A. MacLeod  in the Toronto riding of Bellwoods, and J.B. Salsberg in the Toronto riding of St. Andrews. Several days following the election the Labor-Progressive Party was officially formed and Salsberg and MacLeod agreed to sit in the legislature as the party's representatives.


1943 Orange Bowl
The 1943 Orange Bowl, part of the 1942 bowl game season, took place on January 1, 1943, at the Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida. The competing teams were the Alabama Crimson Tide, representing the Southeastern Conference (SEC) and the Boston College Eagles, competing as a football independent. Alabama won the game 37–21.


1943 Orange Bowl, Teams, Alabama
The 1942 Alabama squad finished the regular season 8–3 with losses coming to the Georgia Bulldogs, Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets and the Georgia Navy Pre-Flight (an all-star team of military personnel). The Monday following the 35–19 defeat against Georgia Navy Pre-Flight, Alabama accepted a bid to play in the Orange Bowl on New Years Day. The appearance marked the first for Alabama in the Orange Bowl, and their seventh overall.


1943 Orange Bowl, Teams, Boston College
The 1942 Boston College squad entered their final game of the regular season against the rival Holy Cross Crusaders ranked No. 1 with a perfect record of 8–0. In the contest, the Crusaders upset the heavily favored Eagles by a final score of 55–12 resulting in Boston College losing their No. 1 ranking and finishing the regular season with a record of 8–1. The following Monday, the Eagles accepted a bid to play in the Orange Bowl on New Years Day. The appearance marked the first for Boston College in the Orange Bowl, and their third overall.


1943 Orange Bowl, Game summary
Looking to rebound from their loss to Holy Cross in the regular season finale, Boston College was looking for redemption against the Crimson Tide. With this mindset entering the game, the Eagles raced to a 14–0 first quarter lead. All-American fullback Mike Holovak scored both first-quarter touchdowns for the Eagles on a 65-yard reception from Edward Doherty and on a 33-yard run. Alabama responded with a 22 point second quarter to take a 22–21 lead at the half.


1943 Orange Bowl, Game summary
Wheeler Leeth scored the Crimson Tide's first points on a 14-yard touchdown reception from Russ Mosley and Ted Cook had Alabama's second score on a 17-yard reception from Johnny August. George Hecht missed both extra points and Alabama only trailed by two 14–12. The teams then traded touchdown with Bama scoring on a 40-yard Tom Jenkins run and Boston College on a one-yard Mike Holovak run with a 15-yard George Hecht field goal at the end of the end of the quarter giving Alabama a 22–21 lead at halftime.


1943 Orange Bowl, Game summary
In the second half, the Alabama defense shutout the Boston College offense, and the offense scored two more touchdowns. Johnny August reached the endzone on a 15-yard touchdown run in the third and Tom Jenkins on a one-yard run in the fourth. The final points of the game came late in the fourth when on a punt the Eagles' Harry Connolly was tackled by Joe Domnanovich in the endzone for a safety on a failed punt attempt.


1943 Országos Bajnokság I (men's water polo)
1943 Országos Bajnokság I (men's water polo) was the 37th water polo championship in Hungary. There were eleven teams who played one-round match for the title.


1943 Országos Bajnokság I (men's water polo), Final list
* M: Matches W: Win D: Drawn L: Lost G+: Goals earned G-: Goals got P: Point


1943 Országos Bajnokság I (men's water polo), Sources
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1943 Ovalle earthquake
The Coquimbo Region of Chile was affected by a major earthquake on 6 April 1943 at 12:07 local time (16:07 UTC). It had a magnitude of between 7.9 and 8.2 on the moment magnitude scale. It triggered a minor tsunami that caused local damage along the coast. A total of 11 people were killed, including a group of five miners.


1943 Ovalle earthquake, Tectonic setting
Central Chile lies above the destructive plate boundary where the Nazca Plate subducts beneath the South American Plate. There have been many large earthquakes caused by rupture along the plate interface. Illapel has been struck by major earthquakes in 1730, 1880, 1943 and 2015.


1943 Ovalle earthquake, Damage
The earthquake caused major damage to Ovalle, Illapel, Salamanca and Combarbala. At the La Cocinera copper mine near Ovalle, a tailings dam collapsed, killing five miners.


1943 Pacific Tigers football team
The 1943 Pacific Tigers football team was an American football team that represented the College of the Pacific (COP) during the 1943 college football season.


1943 Pacific typhoon season
The 1943 Pacific typhoon season has no official bounds; it ran year-round in 1943, but most tropical cyclones tend to form in the northwestern Pacific Ocean between June and December. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the northwestern Pacific Ocean. The scope of this article is limited to the Pacific Ocean, north of the equator and west of the international date line. Storms that form east of the date line and north of the equator are called hurricanes; see 1943 Pacific hurricane season.


1943 Pacific typhoon season
There were 34 tropical cyclones in the western Pacific in 1943.


1943 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon One
On January 16, the remnants of a weakening cold front to the east of the Philippines spawned an area of low pressure. The system became better organized as it moved to the northeast, however remained rather shallow. The low was absorbed by a cold front advancing from the north early on January 18, just to the north-northwest of Guam. Based on data from Chin's Atlas the system achieved typhoon strength between the 16 and the 18 of January, however historical weather maps indicated the system never strengthened to a tropical storm.


1943 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Tropical Storm Two
A tropical low formed to the southwest of Guam and west of Palau on April 8. It moved westward over the next few days and continued to gradually deepen. Discrepancy in the location and strength of the system between Chin's Atlas and weather maps makes it difficult to pinpoint where the system went to after this point. The Chin's Atlas data set has the system moving to the north of Palau and eventually dissipating to the northeast of Catanduanes as a tropical storm on April 16.


1943 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Tropical Storm Two
Historic weather maps has the low moving straight west towards Mindanao, and curving sharply to the north on the 13. Afterwards the low strengthens to a tropical storm while paralleling the coast to the east during April 14. On April 15 the storm made landfall in Eastern Samar with a pressure below 1000 millibars. Afterwards the storm weakened and moved north in response to a nearby front and stalled to the east of Luzon. An area of low pressure soon evolved to the north near Taiwan, on April 18, and moved the stalled depression to the north east. Later the system became absorbed with a cold front.


1943 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Tropical Storm Three
Chin's Atlas has a tropical storm moving to the northwest of the Mariana Islands between the 15 and 16 of April. Weather maps indicate a weak low pressure area attached to a cold front, likely indicating the storm was extra-tropical in nature. The remnants of the storm was located several miles south of Japan.


1943 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Four
A disturbance formed south southwest of the Mariana Islands on April 27. It gradually intensified into a tropical depression on the 28th. The storm dissipated on May 10.


1943 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Five
A storm developed in the Philippine Sea and east of Visayas, Philippines on May 10. It strengthened into a typhoon during its lifecycle but it is unknown of where it reached its intensity. The storm finally dissipated on May 20.


1943 Palestine Cup
The 1943 Palestine Wartime Cup (Hebrew: הגביע המלחמתי, HaGavia HaMilhamti) was a special edition of the Palestine Cup, declared to be separate from the main Palestine Cup competition with its own trophy However, the IFA recognize the title as part of the main competition.


1943 Palestine Cup
The competition was split into four regional competitions, with the four regional winners competing in the final phase. The Royal Artillery XI from Haifa, nicknamed The Gunners won the competition, defeating Hapoel Jerusalem 7–1 in the final.


1943 Paraguayan Primera División season
The 1943 season of the Paraguayan Primera División, the top category of Paraguayan football, was played by 10 teams. The national champions were Libertad.


1943 Paris–Roubaix
The 1943 Paris–Roubaix was the 41st edition of the Paris–Roubaix, a classic one-day cycle race in France. The single day event was held on 25 April 1943 and stretched 250 km (155 mi) from Paris to the finish at Roubaix Velodrome. The winner was Marcel Kint from Belgium.


1943 Paris–Tours
The 1943 Paris–Tours was the 37th edition of the Paris–Tours cycle race and was held on 30 May 1943. The race started in Paris and finished in Tours. The race was won by Gabriel Gaudin.


1943 Penn Quakers football team
The 1943 Penn Quakers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Pennsylvania as an independent during the 1943 college football season. In its sixth season under head coach George Munger, the team compiled a 6–2–1 record, was ranked No. 20 in the final AP Poll, and outscored opponents by a total of 247 to 88 points. The team played its home games at Franklin Field in Philadelphia.


1943 Penn State Nittany Lions football team
The 1943 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented the Pennsylvania State University in the 1943 college football season. The team was coached by Bob Higgins and played its home games in New Beaver Field in State College, Pennsylvania.


1943 Peruvian Primera División
The 1943 season of the Primera División Peruana, the top category of Peruvian football, was played by 8 teams. The national champions were Deportivo Municipal. No team was promoted or relegated.


1943 Peterborough by-election
The Peterborough by-election of 1943 was held on 15 October 1943. The byelection was held due to the appointment as Governor of Bermuda of the incumbent Conservative MP, David Cecil. It was won by the Conservative candidate John Hely-Hutchinson.


1943 Philadelphia Athletics season
The 1943 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing eighth in the American League with a record of 49 wins and 105 losses.


1943 Philadelphia Athletics season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1943 Philadelphia Athletics season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1943 Philadelphia Athletics season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1943 Philadelphia Athletics season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1943 Philadelphia Athletics season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1943 Philadelphia Phillies season
Lumber baron William B. Cox purchased the team in 1943. On March 9, Cox announced that the team would officially be called the "Phillies" again after former-President Gerald Nugent had named them "Phils" prior to the 1942 season.


1943 Philadelphia Phillies season
In 1943, the team rose out of the standings cellar for the first time in five years. The fans responded with an increase in attendance. Eventually, it was revealed by Cox that he had been betting on the Phillies, and he was banned from baseball.


1943 Philadelphia Phillies season, Offseason, Spring training
The Phillies opened spring training on March 18 in Hershey, Pennsylvania. They used the baseball diamond at Hershey High School.


1943 Philadelphia Phillies season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1943 Philadelphia Phillies season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1943 Philadelphia Phillies season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1943 Philadelphia Phillies season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1943 Philadelphia Phillies season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1943 Philadelphia mayoral election
The Philadelphia mayoral election of 1943 saw the reelection of Bernard Samuel, who had taken office after the death of Robert Eneas Lamberton.


1943 Philippine legislative election
National Assembly elections were held in the Philippines on September 20, 1943 for the elected and appointed representative to the newly created National Assembly of the Second Philippine Republic which replaced the National Assembly of the Philippines of the Commonwealth of the Philippines. The Commonwealth government was exiled in Washington, D.C. upon the invitation of Pres. Roosevelt. The Japanese took over Manila on January 2, 1942 and soon established the Japanese Military Administration to replace the exiled Commonwealth government. It utilized the existing administrative structure already in place and coerced high-ranking Commonwealth officials left behind to form a government.


1943 Philippine legislative election
In order to win greater support for Japan and its war effort, no less than Japanese Prime Minister Hideki Tōjō promised the Filipinos independence earlier than the Tydings-McDuffie Act had scheduled. But before it could be realized a constitution would have to be adopted. The Preparatory Commission for Philippine Independence drafted what came to be known as the 1943 Constitution.


1943 Philippine legislative election
It provided for a unicameral National Assembly that was to be composed of provincial governors and city mayors as ex officio members and another representative elected from each province and city who were to serve for a term of three years. Though created subordinate to the executive, the National Assembly had the power to elect the President, who in turn appoints the provincial governors and city mayors, ensuring him control of the legislature.


1943 Philippine presidential election
The 1943 Philippine presidential election was held on September 25, 1943, at the midst of World War II.


1943 Philippine presidential election
The Japanese-sponsored Second Philippine Republic merged all parties into the KALIBAPI, thereby creating a one-party state. All of the members of the National Assembly of the Second Philippine Republic, who were elected earlier in the week, were members of the KALIBAPI. Pursuant to the 1943 constitution, Jose P. Laurel was unanimously elected president by the National Assembly. Jorge B. Vargas originally wanted to run against Laurel, but acquiesced on election eve, and consequently campaigned for the latter. The Japanese also wanted Manuel Roxas to run, but declined due to ill health for being incarcerated earlier in the year.


1943 Philippine presidential election
Laurel was inaugurated on October 14, 1943 at the Legislative Building in Manila.


1943 Pinsk Prison raid
The 1943 Pinsk Prison raid was one of the most spectacular raids in the history of the Home Army and the Polish Underground State. It took place on 18 January 1943 in Pinsk, the town in Eastern Poland (now in Belarus), which at that time was under German occupation as part of Reichskommissariat Ukraine. The purpose of the raid was to release a Cichociemni agent and his comrades, who had been captured by the Germans while trying to blow up the Horyn river bridge.


1943 Pinsk Prison raid
The raid was a success, as 40 Polish soldiers, divided into six groups and commanded by Jan Piwnik, managed to enter the heavily guarded prison, and release Alfred Paczkowski (Wania), Marian Czarnecki (Rys), and Piotr Downar (Azorek). A fourth prisoner, Mieczyslaw Eckardt (Bocian) had been killed by the SS during the interrogation. The raid lasted only 15 minutes. Several of the participants later received military awards for their actions.


1943 Pinsk Prison raid, Events
Captain Alfred Paczkowski (nom de guerre Wania) was trained in Great Britain and as a member of the elite Cichociemni, was parachuted over Poland in 1942. Named one of commandants of the Wachlarz sabotage organization, he was engaged in diversionary activities in the rear of German forces, operating on Eastern Front. Sent to Belarus, he liquidated Gestapo agents and blew up German transports between Brzesc nad Bugiem and Minsk. Captured by the enemy, together with three other agents, Czarnecki, Downar and Eckardt, he was taken to the Pinsk prison.


1943 Pinsk Prison raid, Events
Colonel Adam Remigiusz Grocholski, who was Commander in Chief of Wachlarz, came to the conclusion that all four agents were lost. General Stefan Rowecki, however, decided to try to rescue them, after consulting the matter with Generals Tadeusz Pełczyński and Tadeusz Bór-Komorowski. Furthermore, Marian Przysiecki, a resident of Pinsk and former chief of local Wachlarz, who had managed to escape from the prison, pledged his support. His assistance was crucial, as he knew the prison well.


1943 Pinsk Prison raid, Events
The Germans were aware of the fact that Paczkowski had been sent from England, and tortured him, hoping to get some information. Paczkowski tried to tell his oppressors made-up names and stories.


1943 Pinsk Prison raid, Events
General Rowecki ordered another Cichociemni agent, Jan Piwnik (Ponury) to execute the raid. The purpose was simple, to free the captured soldiers, in any way possible. Piwnik's chances were slim, as the prison was heavily guarded both by the Wehrmacht and Ukrainian auxiliary forces. The Polish agents had little time and did not familiarise themselves much with the town.


1943 Pinsk Prison raid, Events
At first, Piwnik tried to bribe the prison guards with 40,000 Reichsmarks, but he was unable to reach their overseer. The only solution was to carry out a raid. Its success was based on precision and surprise. The plan was prepared in an apartment used for meetings in Brzesc, by four Cichociemni agents: Piwnik himself, Jan Rogowski (Czarek), Waclaw Kopisto (Kry) and Michal Fijalek (Kawy). Altogether, they decided that 16 people were needed for the raid.


1943 Pinsk Prison raid, Events
They were opposed by 100 German military police, 300 Ukrainian auxiliaries, 1,000 Don Cossacks, and a Wehrmacht battalion: altogether, some 3,000 men were stationed in Pinsk in January 1943. Furthermore, the prison was located in a building with very thick walls, and in case of success, all released prisoners were to be transported to Warsaw, some 400 kilometres (250 mi) away, across occupied territory.


1943 Pinsk Prison raid, Events
The raid began in the morning of 17 January, when fourteen men gathered in the apartment in Brzesc. They all headed towards Pinsk in two vehicles: a Ford truck and Opel Kadett. At the same time, a Chevrolet truck left Janow Poleski, also heading for Pinsk. In the evening all conspirators reached their destination, and Piwnik presented to them the plan of the raid. Four groups (twelve men, including Piwnik), with one soldier dressed in an SS officer uniform, were to enter the complex, and complete their mission in less than 30 minutes. Four members of the two extra groups were to wait in the vehicles. All decided to use Russian language during the raid, to make the Germans believe that Soviet partisans were responsible. Also, they wanted to prevent possible German reprisals against ethnic Polish civilians.


1943 Pinsk Prison raid, Events
At three minutes to five p.m., the Opel Kadett with Polish conspirators appeared by the prison complex. An SS officer emerged from the vehicle, ordering the guards to open the gate. The vehicle entered the courtyard, and the guard who locked the gate was shot by the Pole who was wearing the SS uniform. Soon afterwards, the second group entered the office of the prison, destroying telephone wires. Two additional German guards, Hellinger and Zollner, were shot by the Poles, who after finding the keys, began opening the cells, shouting in Russian: "In the name of Stalin, you are free, get out!" Among those released was Paczkowski, who was very weak, but still alive.


1943 Pinsk Prison raid, Events
All conspirators, together with the freed men, jumped into their vehicles, heading back towards Brzesc and Drohiczyn. Meanwhile, the Germans, due to destroyed telephone wires, found out about the raid only after several hours. Finally, on 20 January 1943, Paczkowski reached his Warsaw apartment, where his wife Alicja awaited.


1943 Pinsk Prison raid, Events
On 13 February 1943, in recognition for the exemplary raid, Jan Piwnik and Jan Rogowski (Czarka) were awarded Silver Crosses of the Virtuti Militari, by General Grot Rowecki. Other participants in the raid were awarded the Cross of Valour.


1943 Pinsk Prison raid, Events
The Germans quickly found out that it was the Home Army, not the Soviets, who carried out the raid. In return, they shot 30 captives, ethnic Poles, arrested in Pinsk.


1943 Pinsk Prison raid, Events
This is the list of the soldiers, who took part in the Pinsk Raid:


1943 Pinsk Prison raid, Events
Group I:Jan Piwnik "Ponury", Wladyslaw Hackiewicz, "MSZ", "Zaleski", Zbigniew Wojnowski, "Motor, Zbigniew Sulima (dressed as SS officer)


1943 Pinsk Prison raid, Events
Group II:Jan Rogowski, "Czarka", Waclaw Kopisto, "Kra", Zbigniew Slonczynski, "Jastrzebiec", "Jastrzàb", Turon, "Dzik".


1943 Pinsk Prison raid, Events
Group III:Michal Fijalka, "Kawa", Wiktor Holub, "Kmicic", Czeslaw Holub, "Ryks", Skwierczynski, "Dym".


1943 Pittsburgh Panthers football team
The 1943 Pittsburgh Panthers football team represented the University of Pittsburgh in the 1943 college football season. The team compiled a 3–5 record under head coach Clark Shaughnessy.


1943 Pittsburgh Pirates season
The 1943 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 62nd season of the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise; the 57th in the National League. The Pirates finished fourth in the league standings with a record of 80–74.


1943 Pittsburgh Pirates season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1943 Pittsburgh Pirates season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1943 Pittsburgh Pirates season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1943 Pittsburgh Pirates season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1943 Pittsburgh Pirates season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1943 Portsmouth North by-election
The Portsmouth North by-election of 1943 was held on 16 February 1943. The by-election was held due to the elevation to the peerage of the incumbent Conservative MP, Sir Roger Keyes. It was won by the Conservative candidate William Milbourne James.


1943 Primera División de Chile
The 1943 Campeonato Nacional de Fútbol Profesional was Chilean first tier’s 11th season. Unión Española was the tournament’s champion, winning its first title.


1943 Prince Edward Island general election
The 1943 Prince Edward Island general election was held in the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island on September 15, 1943.


1943 Prince Edward Island general election
The governing Liberals of Premier J. Walter Jones lost seven seats to the Progressive Conservatives led by former Premier William J.P. MacMillan, but were able to retain  a strong majority in the Legislature. Jones became Premier in May 1943 following the elevation of his predecessor Thane Campbell to the position of Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Prince Edward Island.


1943 Prince Edward Island general election
This election featured the first appearance of the democratic socialist Co-operative Commonwealth Federation in provincial Island politics. Though they had formed an association in 1936, they did not run any candidates provincially until this election. The CCF ran nine candidates throughout the Island and earned just over 2% of the popular vote, though no seats.


1943 Prince Edward Island general election
This election also took place during the Second World War.


1943 Prince Edward Island general election, Members Elected
The Legislature of Prince Edward Island had two levels of membership from 1893 to 1996 - Assemblymen and Councillors. This was a holdover from when the Island had a bicameral legislature, the General Assembly and the Legislative Council.


1943 Prince Edward Island general election, Members Elected
In 1893, the Legislative Council was abolished and had its membership merged with the Assembly, though the two titles remained separate and were elected by different electoral franchises. Assembleymen were elected by all eligible voters of within a district, while Councillors were only elected by landowners within a district.


1943 Princeton Tigers football team
The 1943 Princeton Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Princeton University as an independent during the 1943 college football season. In its first season under head coach Harry Mahnken, the team compiled a 1–6 record and was outscored  by a total of 226 to 96. Wayne Harding was Princeton's team captain. Princeton played its 1943 home games at Palmer Stadium in Princeton, New Jersey.


1943 Purdue Boilermakers football team
The 1943 Purdue Boilermaker football team represented Purdue University in the 1943 Big Ten Conference football season. In their second year under head coach Elmer Burnham, the Boilermakers compiled an undefeated 9–0 record (6–0 Big Ten), outscored their opponents by a combined total of 214 to 55, and finished the season ranked #5 in the final AP Poll.


1943 Purdue Boilermakers football team
The 1943 squad was the only undefeated team playing a full schedule in major college football, but finished third in the country per the AP Poll. This would seemingly be sufficient grounds for Purdue to claim a 1943 National Championship as the NCAA itself did not recognize champions in the era. However, Purdue has never pursued this claim.


1943 Purdue Boilermakers football team
The 1942 Purdue team had won only one game, but the 1943 team was bolstered with several new players who had been transferred to Purdue as part of the V-12 Navy College Training Program.


1943 Purdue Boilermakers football team
Purdue guard Alex Agase was selected as a consensus first-team player on the 1943 All-America Team, and was later inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. Fullback Tony Butkovich was also selected as a first-team All-American by The Sporting News, the United Press, the Central Press, and Stars and Stripes newspaper. Butkovich led the Big Ten in scoring with 14 touchdowns despite missing the last two games after being called to active duty by the Marines; he was killed in action at the Battle of Okinawa in April 1945.


1943 RAF Hudson crash
The 1943 RAF Hudson crash was an aerial accident that killed two people. The aircraft crashed in a forced landing attempt near RAF St Eval, Cornwall, England, following engine failure.


1943 RAF Hudson crash, Aircraft
FH168 was a Lockheed Hudson IIIA (a lend-lease A-29-LO serial no 41-36969 and c/n 414-6458), operated by No. 38 Wing RAF, based at RAF Netheravon. On 19 May 1943, it was en route from RAF St Eval to RAF Gibraltar when it crashed and burned 7 miles (11 km) south of St. Eval. The aircraft was unable to maintain height due to one engine failing, and the load it was carrying.


1943 RAF Hudson crash, Casualties
Air Commodore Sir Nigel Norman, on his way to the Middle East for an Airborne Forces Planning Conference, died as a result of the crash. The only other airman killed in the crash was Pilot Officer (Obs) Arthur Rotenberg, who is buried in St Columb Major Cemetery.


1943 RAF Hudson crash, Rescue
The surviving crew and passengers were rescued by two nearby farm workers – William Richards and Eddie Thomas – and a nearby member of the Royal Observer Corps, George Gregory. In 1945, Gregory was awarded the British Empire Medal for his brave actions during the rescue of the crew.


1943 Railway Cup Hurling Championship
The 1943 Railway Cup Hurling Championship was the 17th series of the Railway Cup, an annual hurling championship organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association. The championship took place between 14 February and 17 March 1943. It was contested by Connacht, Leinster and Munster.


1943 Railway Cup Hurling Championship
On 17 March 1943, Munster won the Railway Cup after a 3-05 to 4-03 defeat of Leinster in the final at Croke Park, Dublin. It was their 11th Railway Cup title overall and their second title in succession.


1943 Railway Cup Hurling Championship
Leinster's Jim Langton was the Railway Cup's top scorer with 2-04.


1943 Randolph Field Ramblers football team
The 1943 Randolph Field Ramblers football team represented the Army Air Forces' Randolph Field during the 1943 college football season. Randoph Field was located about 15 miles east-northeast of San Antonio, Texas. The team compiled a 9–1–1 record and played Texas to a 7–7 tie in the 1944 Cotton Bowl Classic on January 1, 1944.


1943 Randolph Field Ramblers football team
Frank Tritico, who coached Lake Charles, Louisiana, high school teams to two state championships, was the team's head coach. His assistant coaches were Butch Morse, Leland Killian, and Walter Parker.


1943 Randolph Field Ramblers football team
Glenn Dobbs was the star of the Randolph Field offense in 1943. Dobbs was the only Randolph player named to the Associated Press 1943 Service All-America team. He also played at Tulsa and was later inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.


1943 Rice Owls football team
The 1943 Rice Owls football team was an American football team that represented Rice University as a member of the Southwest Conference (SWC) during the 1943 college football season. In its fourth season under head coach Jess Neely, the team compiled a 3–7 record (2–3 against SWC opponents) and was outscored by a total of 183 to 60.


1943 Rolls-Royce strike
The 1943 Rolls-Royce strike was a strike action called after Rolls-Royce failed to implement a 1940 agreement on equal pay for female workers at its Hillington plant in Scotland. This plant produced the Rolls-Royce Merlin V-12 engine, used by British fighter and bomber aircraft in the Second World War. The strike, led by Agnes McLean, lasted for around a month before Rolls-Royce agreed to implement equal pay for equal work. It was the only major strike over women's pay during the war.


1943 Rolls-Royce strike, Background
The Rolls-Royce factory at Hillington, near Glasgow, Scotland, was built just before the start of the Second World War in 1939 as part of the British shadow factories scheme to disperse and increase British aircraft production. It produced the Rolls-Royce Merlin V-12 engine, used by the Hawker Hurricane and Supermarine Spitfire fighter aircraft. With men required on the frontlines the Extended Employment Agreement was signed by management in 1940 which permitted women to be employed at the factory in engineering roles previously reserved for men. The agreement provided that they would be granted the same rate of pay as men after 32 weeks experience. Soon some two-thirds of the factory's 24,000 employees were women.


1943 Rolls-Royce strike, Background
One of the female employees was Agnes McLean, a crane driver and trade union activist. McLean led a strike in 1941 which won the right for women at the factory to join a union. She afterwards joined the Amalgamated Engineering Union (AEU) but found it hard to get other women to join up. By 1943 the factory was producing 400 engines a week but equal pay had not been achieved; women workers received 43 shillings (£2.15) per week while men received 73 shillings (£3.65). An industrial tribunal ruled that Rolls-Royce had broken the Extended Employment Agreement and reached a settlement with the company. The women, however, refused to accept this settlement which fell short of equal pay for equal work and, led by McLean, went on strike in November 1943.


1943 Rolls-Royce strike, Strike
The strike was by members of the AEU and the Transport and General Workers' Union with male workers also joining in sympathy with their female colleagues. Around 16,000 employees joined the strike and it threatened to spread to other nearby factories. Not all were supportive, some local women were angry that the strike was taking place and hampering the war effort while their husbands and sons were fighting on the frontlines and pelted the strikers with vegetables.


1943 Rolls-Royce strike, Strike
After about a month, and with 730,000 hours of work lost, Rolls-Royce agreed to pay all workers on the basis of the job performed and not gender and the strike ended.


1943 Rolls-Royce strike, Analysis
The strike was the only major strike over women's wages during the war. It was also unusual as a strike that affected the aeronautical industry, most engineering strikes during the war affected the marine industry and shipbuilding in particular. The Hillington strike is thought to have reflected a growing activism among female engineers at the time as well as the traditional radical political culture of Red Clydeside and a general dissatisfaction in Glasgow with the anti-strike stance held by the Communist Party of Great Britain during the war.


1943 Rose Bowl
The 1943 Rose Bowl game was the 29th edition of the college football bowl game, played at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California, on Friday, January 1. The second-ranked Georgia Bulldogs of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) defeated the #13 UCLA Bruins of the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC), 9–0.


1943 Rose Bowl
The game returned to the Rose Bowl in Pasadena  after being played in North Carolina at Duke Stadium in Durham the year before. Charley Trippi of Georgia was named the  Player of the Game when the award was created in 1953 and selections were made retroactively.


1943 Rose Bowl
After the 1942 Allied victory in the Battle of Midway and the end of the Japanese offensives in the Pacific Theater during 1942, it was deemed that the West Coast was no longer vulnerable to attack, and the Rose Bowl game returned to southern California. Few Georgia fans were able to make the trip because of travel restrictions, and there were many military servicemen in attendance. The Tournament of Roses parade itself still was not held due to the war. Due to the number of American servicemen stationed in Australia, the game was broadcast live on Australian radio.


1943 Rose Bowl, Teams, UCLA Bruins
UCLA won the Pacific Coast Conference title for the first time in school history. The Bruins also won their first victory in the UCLA–USC rivalry. This Rose Bowl game was the first appearance for the Bruins in the post season since their Poi Bowl (later the Pineapple Bowl) victory in 1939.


1943 Rose Bowl, Teams, UCLA Bruins
The previous season saw UCLA and USC tie 7-7 in a matchup of lower tier teams. They had played that year (unwittingly) on the eve of America's entry into World War II, on December 6, 1941.


1943 Rose Bowl, Teams, UCLA Bruins
In 1942, the Bruins and Trojans met with the Rose Bowl on the line for both teams. On December 12, 1942, UCLA defeated USC for the first time 14-7.


1943 Rose Bowl, Teams, Georgia Bulldogs
The Tournament of Roses committee were responsible for selecting and inviting the opposing team. Georgia was the number two team in the nation behind number 1 Ohio State. The Western Conference, forerunner of the Big Ten Conference, did not permit their teams to play in bowl games until the 1946 agreement between the Big Nine and the PCC. The Bulldogs featured 1942 Heisman Trophy winner Frank Sinkwich, Maxwell Award winner Charley Trippi, and Jim Todd (Laurens, SC) backing up Trippi. The Bulldogs had been named national champions by the Berryman, DeVold, Houlgate, Litkenhous, Poling, and Williamson polls. Georgia had played their first bowl game the previous year, the 1942 Orange Bowl.


1943 Rose Bowl, Scoring summary
The Temperature was 72 °F (22 °C) and sunny in Pasadena. UCLA wore gold helmets, white jerseys, and gold pants. Georgia had silver helmets, red jerseys, and gray pants.


1943 Rose Bowl, Scoring summary
The game was scoreless until the fourth quarter. The Bulldogs had 25 first downs to the Bruins' 5. In the fourth quarter, the Bruins were backed up against the south goal line. Bob Waterfield attempted the punt 10 yards back from the line of scrimmage as was the custom at the time. The punt was blocked out of the end zone.


1943 Rose Bowl, Aftermath
The UCLA Bruins had 5 first downs to Georgia's 25 and were regarded as no match for the Bulldogs. The Bruins were considered lucky to have held Georgia to 9 points. Georgia coach Wally Butts was reportedly sweating over the Bruins' defense during the game. A spectator in the stadium died of a heart attack during the game. The Georgia team remained in town a day to celebrate after the game. The team got a studio tour and met with Hollywood stars.


1943 Rose Bowl, Aftermath
The UCLA team also received star attention. UCLA fans Mickey Rooney and Ava Gardner rented the Cocoanut Grove Ballroom at the Ambassador Hotel for a party for the Bruins football team.


1943 Rose Bowl, Aftermath
Charley Trippi of Georgia was named the Rose Bowl Player of the Game when the award was created in 1953 and selections were made retroactively. Lynn "Buck" Compton, who played for UCLA, and started at guard in the game, later earned a Silver Star for his meritorious action at Brécourt Manor. The action was later dramatized in episode two of the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers.


1943 Rose Bowl, Aftermath
According to Lynn "Buck" Compton(See "Call of Duty" by Lt. Lynn Buck Compton, Life, before, during, and after the "Band of Brothers), shortly after the game, the entire Senior Class of those players, who were also in ROTC, were taken into the military, prior to graduation and sent to Officer Candidate School. Buck went on to Ft. Benning Georgia.


1943 Rose Bowl, Aftermath
Because of the agreement made in 1946 by what are now the Big Ten and the Pac-12 Conferences (and their respective predecessors), this was Georgia's lone appearance in the Rose Bowl game until the agreements that starting in the 1998 season, the Rose Bowl would be part of any national championship format. That agreement meant Georgia would not appear until the 2018 game, when they were the third seed in the College Football Playoff in the year the game was a semifinal game. For the 2008 Rose Bowl, a hopeful matchup was examined that Georgia might play USC, but the Sugar Bowl would not give up the Bulldogs.


1943 Rose Bowl, Aftermath
During World War II, UCLA left end Milt "Snuffy" Smith was critically injured when his crew was struck by a missile. When he was about to be declared a hopeless case and to be abandoned, a medic saw his "Rose Bowl, 1943" engraved wrist watch he was wearing and shouted, "This is one guy we’ve got to save." Smith recovered after 18 months of hospitalization.


1943 Rose Bowl, Aftermath
Georgia would not return to the Rose Bowl game until January 1, 2018--an absence of 75 years.


1943 Rutgers Queensmen football team
The 1943 Rutgers Queensmen football team represented Rutgers University in the 1943 college football season. In their sixth season under head coach Harry Rockafeller, the Queensmen compiled a 3–2 record, were co-champions of the Middle Three Conference, and outscored their opponents 61 to 21. The team defeated Lehigh twice and split a pair of games against Lafayette.


1943 SANFL Grand Final
The 1943 SANFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football championship game. It was held during World War II and was contested between merged clubs. Norwood-North beat Port–Torrens 82 to 61.


1943 SANFL season
The 1942 South Australian National Football League season was the second of three war-interrupted seasons.


1943 SMU Mustangs football team
The 1943 SMU Mustangs football team was an American football team that represented Southern Methodist University (SMU) as a member of the Southwest Conference (SWC) during the 1943 college football season. In their second season under head coach Jimmy Stewart, the Mustangs compiled a 2–7 record (2–3 against conference opponents) and were outscored by a total of 115 to 69. The team played its home games at Ownby Stadium in the University Park suburb of Dallas.


1943 Saint Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla general election
General elections were held in Saint Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla on 20 September 1943. The Workers' League won all the elected seats, defeating an alliance of merchants and planters nominated by the Agricultural and Commercial Society.


1943 Saint Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla general election, Electoral system
The Legislative Council had five elected members, with each island acting as a constituency; St Kitts returned three members, whilst Anguilla and Nevis returned one each. The right to vote was restricted to those over the age of 21 who had an income of at least £30 per annum, owned property with a value of at least £100, paid at least £12 of rent per year, or had paid at least 15 shillings of direct tax in the previous year.


1943 Saint Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla general election, Aftermath
Sebastian died on 25 June 1944. The subsequent by-election was won by Maurice Davis.


1943 Saint Mary's Gaels football team
The 1943 Saint Mary's Gaels football team was an American football team that represented Saint Mary's College of California during the 1943 college football season. In their second season under head coach James Phelan, the Gaels compiled a 2–5 record and were outscored by opponents by a combined total of 126 to 93.


1943 Saint Mary's Gaels football team
The team was led on offense by Herman Wedemeyer, who was selected as a first-team halfback on the 1943 All-Pacific Coast football team. In 1979, Wedemeyer was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.


1943 Saint Mary's Pre-Flight Air Devils football team
The 1943 Saint Mary's Pre-Flight Air Devils football team was an American football team that represented the United States Navy pre-flight school at Saint Mary's College of California during the 1943 college football season. The team compiled a 3–4–1 record. Spike Nelson was the head coach. The team included 1941 Heisman Trophy winner Bruce Smith.


1943 Saint-Donat RCAF Liberator III crash
The 1943 Saint-Donat Liberator III Crash was an aerial accident that killed 24 people—the worst accident in Canadian military aviation history.


1943 Saint-Donat RCAF Liberator III crash
During a routine flight from Gander, Newfoundland and Labrador to Mont-Joli, Quebec, a combination of inclement weather and a mapping error caused the Liberator to collide with the Black Mountain (French: Montagne Noire), killing all those on board. The wreckage was discovered accidentally more than two years later.


1943 Saint-Donat RCAF Liberator III crash
Today, a hiking trail leads to the site where remains of the aircraft can still be seen along with numerous plaques detailing the accident and a monument honouring those who died.


1943 Saint-Donat RCAF Liberator III crash, Aircraft
The lost aircraft, Consolidated Liberator III (B-24D) serial number 41-24236, was purchased in September 1942 from the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) as part of a four aircraft order. Once in RCAF service, the aircraft received the tail number 3701H and was to be used by No. 10 Squadron RCAF for anti-submarine warfare (ASW). However, it was deemed that the four aircraft were not capable of the ASW mission, so they were employed for training and general transport.


1943 Saint-Donat RCAF Liberator III crash, Accident
On 19 October 1943, bad weather conditions had kept all aircraft at Gander Airport grounded until 22:16 hours when the accident aircraft finally received authorization to leave on a routine flight to Mont-Joli Airport with a crew of 4 and 20 passengers, reportedly proceeding on leave. After about three hours in the air, at 01:45 the pilot made contact with Mont-Joli Airport control tower to ask for authorization to land, only to be notified that the landing strip was closed due to the weather and diverted the aircraft to Rockcliffe Airport, Ontario or Dorval airport, Montreal, Québec. Besides a call for help reportedly heard by another aircraft flying near Grand-Mère, Quebec, no other contact was made with the Liberator.


1943 Saint-Donat RCAF Liberator III crash, Search for the wreckage
On the night of the crash, Saint-Donat villagers remember hearing the noise of a large aircraft passing overhead and moments later an impact. Jos Gaudet, then on duty in fire tower number four at Archambault lake, did see the light emitted by the burning wreckage on top of the mountain but thought of it as the reflection of the sun on a moist rocky slope.


1943 Saint-Donat RCAF Liberator III crash, Search for the wreckage
On the morning of the crash Gaudet and Georges Moore took a boat around lake Archambault to look for signs of wreckage such as oil slicks or debris, believing that the aircraft had fallen in the water. Later on, Mr. Moore went to the town hall to alert the military authorities but his claim was dismissed as being implausible.


1943 Saint-Donat RCAF Liberator III crash, Search for the wreckage
As soon as the aircraft's disappearance was noted, Canada's eastern aerial command conducted searches along the planned route of the Liberator. After 728 sorties for a total of 2,438 flight hours between 20 October and 26 November, the search was called off by the RCAF. For almost three years the disappearance of Liberator Harry remained a mystery, with the most plausible theory explaining failures to locate the aircraft was that it was lying at the bottom of the Saint-Lawrence river.


1943 Saint-Donat RCAF Liberator III crash, Discovery of the wreckage
On 20 June 1946, while searching for another aircraft that had been reported as missing between Rockcliffe and Roberval, Quebec, the crew of a military search aircraft, piloted by Lt. B.D. Inrig, noticed a glint of sunshine coming from a metallic object and on closer investigation saw the characteristic twin fins of a Liberator near the top of the mountain. All records pointed to it being the lost aircraft.


1943 Saint-Donat RCAF Liberator III crash, Discovery of the wreckage
That same day, a search party was formed and dispatched to the site under the command of Captain Harry Cobb RCAF. With no access to the site, the group had to trail-blaze its way through the forest guided by an observation plane which would nose dive to indicate the location of the wreckage. According to Cobb's testimony, all passengers were killed on impact, which was also confirmed by Dr. J.-A. Melançon, the coroner, who reported the deaths as being accidental. The aircraft had caught fire with only some assemblies, the rear fuselage and the engines having been spared by the blaze. Of the crew and passengers, only three bodies could be identified.


1943 Saint-Donat RCAF Liberator III crash, Cause
At an altitude of 875 m (2,871 ft), the Black Mountain (La Montagne Noire) is the highest point of the region of Saint-Donat. While the exact cause of the accident is still unknown, it was later discovered that its height was not correctly reported on contemporary navigation maps. Given the poor weather conditions on the night of the crash, it is very likely that the pilot noticed the mountain too late to climb away from it.


1943 Saint-Donat RCAF Liberator III crash, Commemoration
Not very long after the discovery of the wreckage, the debris was gathered into piles. The matter of bringing the remains of the lost soldiers out from the scene for burial in Ottawa was discussed at length between military authorities, and in the end it was decided that they should remain in place due to the impossibility of identifying all of them.


1943 Saint-Donat RCAF Liberator III crash, Commemoration
In the afternoon of 3 July 1946, friends and family of the crew and passengers along with many members of the RCAF and religious authorities climbed the mountain to pay their respects to the dead and hold a funeral. Three religious services were held on that afternoon: Catholic, Protestant and Jewish. A plaque displaying the names of the victims was installed on the rock at the foot of which the remains were buried. For several years, the site would be maintained by local men paid on a small budget given by the Canadian Armed Forces.


1943 Saint-Donat RCAF Liberator III crash, Commemoration
During the summer of 1985, after having been notified of a desecration, the Canadian branch of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission decided to move the remains to the parish cemetery in Saint-Donat. There, a monument was erected to display the names of the victims along with a commemorative plaque.


1943 Saint-Donat RCAF Liberator III crash, Commemoration
On 30 June 1996, 50 years after the tragedy, a service attended by veterans of the 10 BR and locals was held at the crash site with flyovers by the Snowbirds. A funerary obelisk produced by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission and dedicated to the 24 soldiers was also unveiled in the cemetery in Saint-Donat where the remains were now buried.


1943 Saint-Donat RCAF Liberator III crash, Commemoration
Owing to the increasing number of visits the site was getting, partly due to its fame but also because the InterCentre trail was passing through, it was decided that it had to be reorganized in a more sustainable way. In the summer of 2000, work was undertaken to build stairs and a flag pole, and install informative plaques. Crosses for each of the victims were put in place and a small cenotaph was erected. The cenotaph lists on its sides the rank and name of each deceased person and has on its front a pictograph of the ill-fated plane and the following text:


1943 Saint-Donat RCAF Liberator III crash, Commemoration
En souvenir des vingt-quatre membres de l'Aviation Royale Canadienne qui ont perdu la vie dans l'écrasement du bombardier Liberator Harry sur la Montagne Noire le 20 octobre 1943


1943 Saint-Donat RCAF Liberator III crash, Commemoration
In memory of the twenty four members of the Royal Canadian Air Force who lost their lives in the crash of the Liberator Harry bomber on Montagne Noire on 20 October 1943


1943 Saint-Donat RCAF Liberator III crash, Commemoration
On 15 June 2013, to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the accident, a ceremony was held at the site with military music and flyovers of a CF-18 from the RCAF. In anticipation of this day and in order to make the site more accessible to less capable hikers, the path to the monument was improved, allowing it to be reached in less than 3 hours by foot from a parking lot at the bottom of the mountain.


1943 Saint-Donat RCAF Liberator III crash, Commemoration
On 29–30 September 2018, to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the tragedy, a ceremony was held on the crash site itself the first day and at the Saint-Donat cemetery the next day.


1943 Sammarinese general election
General elections were held in San Marino on 5 September 1943. After the former ruling party, the Sammarinese Fascist Party had been dissolved on 28 July, the "Lista Unica" was formed by a coalition of political leaders and non-partisans. It won all 60 seats.


1943 Sammarinese general election
However, with the formation of the Italian Social Republic by the Nazis, the Sammarinese Fascist Party was recreated, and the threatened newly elected Council appointed a fascist Congress of State with full powers, self suspending its own activity.


1943 Sammarinese general election
After the battle of San Marino in September 1944, the British Army occupied the republic until 31 December 1944, imposing the final disbandment of all fascist activities. A fresh election was consequently called.


1943 Sammarinese general election, Electoral system
Voters had to be citizens of San Marino, male and at least 24 years old.


1943 San Diego Naval Training Station Bluejackets football team
The 1943 San Diego Naval Air Station Bluejackets football team represented San Diego Naval Training Station during the 1943 college football season. The team was coached by Bo Molenda, a former Michigan football player, and played on Hull Field in San Diego, California. The Bluejackets compiled a 7–2 record, shut our four teams, and outscored their opponents by a total of 255 to 36. They also defeated No. 4 ranked USC in November, which at the time was riding a six game undefeated, untied, and unscored upon streak.


1943 San Diego mayoral election
The 1943 San Diego mayoral election was held on April 20, 1943 to elect the mayor for San Diego. Appointed incumbent mayor Howard B. Bard did not stand for election to a term of his own. In the primary election, Harley E. Knox and James B. Abbey received the most votes and advanced to a runoff election. Knox was then elected mayor with a majority of the votes in the runoff.


1943 San Diego mayoral election, Campaign
Previously elected Mayor Percy J. Benbough had died in office mid-term of natural causes. Howard B. Bard was appointed to finish the balance of Benbough's term. Bard did not stand for election for a term of his own.


1943 San Diego mayoral election, Campaign
On March 9, 1943, Harley E. Knox came in first in the primary election with 43.4 percent of the votes, followed by James B. Abbey in second place with 32.0 percent. Because they had the two highest vote tallies, Knox and Abbey advanced to the runoff election. On April 20, 1943, Knox came in first place in the runoff election with 68.0 percent of the vote and was elected to the office of the mayor.


1943 San Francisco Dons football team
The 1943 San Francisco Dons football team was an American football team that represented the University of San Francisco as an independent during the 1943 college football season. In their second season under head coach Al Tassi, the Dons compiled a 1–7 record and were outscored by their opponents by a combined total of 199 to 13.


1943 Santos FC season
The 1943 season was the thirty-second season for Santos FC.


1943 Seaspray RAAF incident
The 1943 Seaspray RAAF incident was an incident in Seaspray, Victoria on 27 December 1943 involving a Royal Australian Air Force plane that was flying off Seaspray Beach at a low level, towing a drogue target on a wire. After the target was released, the wire failed to wind in, injuring people on the beach. Seven people were injured, including two who had their legs amputated. These were Sale residents Hector Luxford and Noreen Cullen. People with more minor injuries included two children aged 16 and 14 who received injuries from sand propelled into the air.


1943 Seaspray RAAF incident
The pilot involved in this incident, Lindsay White, was almost immediately placed under arrest, being put under constant guard. White was acquitted in a court-martial, saying that apart from feeling a "distinct tug", he was not aware of the injuries caused, and that he did not see the beach.


1943 Seaspray RAAF incident
As for the survivors, Luxford and Cullen received compensation of £3000, however, this was not adequate to pay for the medical care they both required. Cullen, who was only 17 at the time of the incident, spent four months in hospital learning to walk again with prosthetics, and ultimately married Bill Waud in 1948, changing her name to Noreen Waud and having two children. A plaque has since been installed at the beach where the accident occurred. Noreen Waud died on 3 May 2021.


1943 Segunda División Peruana
The 1943 Segunda División Peruana, the second division of Peruvian football (soccer), was played by 4 teams. The tournament winner, Telmo Carbajo was promoted to the Promotional Playoff. Jorge Chávez was promoted to the 1944 Segunda División Peruana.


1943 South African general election
General elections were held in South Africa on 7 July 1943 to elect the 150 members of the House of Assembly. The United Party of Jan Smuts won an absolute majority.


1943 South African general election
Although the United Party was victorious, special wartime circumstances such as soldiers on active service being allowed to vote and Smuts's status as an international statesman probably exaggerated the depth and level of attachment to the United Party.


1943 South African general election
The elections might also have understated Afrikaner support for nationalist policies, as many newly urbanised Afrikaners had not registered as voters. In addition, the infighting between the various Afrikaner political factions reduced their support during the election. However, this election was the beginning of the rise of D. F. Malan as the dominant spokesman for Afrikanerdom, which would come to fruition in the 1948 elections.


1943 South African general election, Background
There were significant changes to the South African party system, during the 1938-1943 Parliament.


1943 South African general election, Background
The United Party split in 1939, over the issue of South Africa's participation in the Second World War. The Prime Minister since 1924, General J. B. M. Hertzog, advocated neutrality. The then Deputy Prime Minister, General Jan Smuts, supported South African involvement in the war. The cabinet were evenly split on the issue, which had to be resolved by a Parliamentary vote.


1943 South African general election, Background
Smuts won the vote in the House of Assembly. He was then called upon to form a government. A wartime coalition ministry was appointed. The Smuts cabinet included pro-war members of the United Party, as well as the leaders of the Dominion and Labour parties.


1943 South African general election, Background
Hertzog and some of his followers left the United Party and created the People Party (VP - Volksparty). This group merged with the Purified National Party (GNP - Gesuiwerde Nasionale Party), to form the Reunited National Party (HNP - Herenigde Nasionale Party). Hertzog was the first leader of the new party, from January 1940, but later in the year Hertzog resigned after falling out with his new colleagues and some of his followers then formed the Afrikaner Party.


1943 South African general election, Background
Another Nationalist politician and former cabinet minister, Oswald Pirow, formed the New Order. This was at first a faction within the GNP, but later became a new far right party.


1943 South African general election, Native representative members
The first term of the (white MPs) elected to represent black voters, from special electoral districts in Cape Province under the Representation of Natives Act 1936, expired on 30 June 1942. These seats were not vacated by a dissolution of Parliament, so they were not contested at the 1943 general election for the 150 general roll seats.


1943 South African general election, Native representative members
The three representative seats were filled by elections on different dates in the second half of 1942 (19 August 1942, 26 October 1942 and 29 October 1942). Three Independent MPs were returned. The term of these members expired on 30 June 1948 (the first 30 June to fall after five years from the date of election).


1943 South African general election, Delimitation of electoral divisions
The South Africa Act 1909 had provided for a delimitation commission to define the boundaries for each electoral division. The representation by province, under the eighth delimitation report of 1942, is set out in the table below. The figures in brackets are the number of electoral divisions in the previous (1937) delimitation. If there is no figure in brackets then the number was unchanged.


1943 South African general election, Delimitation of electoral divisions
The above table does not include the three native representative seats in Cape Province, which were not included in the delimitation of the general roll seats under the South Africa Act 1909.


1943 South American Basketball Championship
The 1943 South American Basketball Championship was the 11th edition of regional tournament. It was held in Lima, Peru and won by the Argentina national basketball team. 6 teams, including Bolivia in their first appearance, competed despite the World War that was currently under way.


1943 South American Basketball Championship, Results, Preliminary round
Each team played the other five teams once, for a total of five games played by each team and 15 overall in the preliminary round. Placing in the top four qualified a team to move on to the final round.


1943 South American Basketball Championship, Results, Final round
The top four teams advanced to the final round, where they played each of the other three once. Only the results from this round were used to determine final placing for the top four.


1943 South American Basketball Championship, Results, Final round
Argentina line-up: Candido Arrua (Santa Fe), Jose Alberto Beltran (Capital Federal), Carlos Jensen Buhl (Capital Federal), Julio Carrasco (Santa Fe), Gustavo Chazarreta (Stgo del Estero), Mario Jimenez (Stgo del Estero), Rafael Lledo (Stgo del Estero), Italo Malvicini (Santa Fe), Marcelino Ojeda (Corrientes), Hector Romagnolo (Capital Federal), Carlos Sanchez (Stgo del Estero), Oscar Serena (Santa Fe). Coach: Saul Ramirez Manfredi.


1943 South American Championships in Athletics
The 1943 South American Championships in Athletics  were held in Santiago, Chile, between 23 April and 2 May.


1943 South Carolina Gamecocks football team
The 1943 South Carolina Gamecocks football team represented the University of South Carolina in the Southern Conference in the 1943 college football season. The Gamecocks finished the season 5–2 overall. With the onset of World War II, former coach Rex Enright resigned to accept a Navy position. In his place was James Moran Sr.


1943 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
The 1943 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament took place in March 1943 at Thompson Gym in Raleigh, North Carolina. The George Washington Colonials won their first Southern Conference title, led by head coach Otis Zahn.


1943 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, Format
The top eight finishers of the conference's fifteen members were eligible for the tournament. Teams were seeded based on conference winning percentage. The tournament used a preset bracket consisting of three rounds.


1943 Southwestern Louisiana Bulldogs football team
The 1943 Southwestern Louisiana Bulldogs football team was an American football team that represented the Southwestern Louisiana Institute of Liberal and Technical Learning (now known as the University of Louisiana at Lafayette) in the Louisiana Intercollegiate Conference during the 1943 college football season. The Bulldogs played their home games at McNaspy Stadium in Lafayette, Louisiana, and competed in the Louisiana Intercollegiate Conference, which saw no league play in 1943 because of World War II. They were led by second-year head coach Louis Whitman, compiled a record of 5–0–1, and outscored their opponents 172 to 40. In the Oil Bowl, the Bulldogs defeated Arkansas A&M on a muddy field, a team that had tied them 20–20 earlier in the season.


1943 Southwestern Pirates football team
The 1943 Southwestern Pirates football team represented Southwestern University during the 1943 college football season. In Randolph M. Medley's fifth season at Southwestern, the Pirates compiled a 10–1–1 record, shut out six teams, and outscored their opponents by a total of 266 to 59. The Pirates defeated many notable teams during the season, including Texas in Austin, Rice in Houston, and New Mexico in the Sun Bowl, Southwestern's first bowl game. The Pirates tied their only ranked opponent, No. 13 Tulsa, and were themselves ranked. for the first and only season in program history, for a few weeks in October.


1943 St Albans by-election
The St Albans by-election of 1943 was a parliamentary by-election held in England in October 1943 for the House of Commons constituency of St Albans in Hertfordshire.


1943 St Albans by-election
The by-election was held to fill the vacancy caused when the town's Conservative Party Member of Parliament (MP), Sir Francis Fremantle, died suddenly at home on 26 August, aged 71. Fremantle had held the seat since a by-election in 1919.


1943 St Albans by-election, Candidates
The Conservative Party nominated as its candidate 31-year-old John Grimston, who was then serving in the Royal Air Force. Grimston was the son and heir of the 4th Earl of Verulam, and a cousin of the Assistant Postmaster-General Robert Grimston MP.


1943 St Albans by-election, Candidates
In accordance with an electoral truce between the parties in the wartime coalition government, neither the Liberal nor Labour parties nominated a candidate.


1943 St Albans by-election, Candidates
However, the dramatist William Douglas-Home, who was then an officer of the Royal Armoured Corps and an opponent of the policy of requiring the unconditional surrender of Nazi Germany, announced that he would stand as an independent candidate.


1943 St Albans by-election, Candidates
Polling day (if a vote was needed) was set for 14 October.


1943 St Albans by-election, Candidates
Nominations closed on 5 October, when Douglas-Home abandoned his plans to stand, because the necessary permission from the Army Council had not been received, despite an application having been made on 22 September. However, a statement from the Army Council said that permission had been granted that afternoon, and blamed the delay on Douglas-Home not marking the application as urgent. Douglas-Home's agent R. T. A. Cornwell was unable to contact the would-be candidate to let him know that permission had finally been granted, because Douglas-Home was away on "some protracted military exercise". He had come up to London in a torn battledress in the morning, and had left after announcing his withdrawal.


1943 St Albans by-election, Result
As the only candidate, Grimston was returned unopposed. He held the seat for only two years, until his defeat at the 1945 general election by the Labour candidate Cyril Dumpleton. However, he regained the seat in 1950, and held it until he retired from the House of Commons at the 1959 general election. He succeeded to the peerage the following year as the 6th Earl of Verulam on the death of his elder brother.


1943 St. Louis Browns season
The 1943 St. Louis Browns season involved the Browns finishing 6th in the American League with a record of 72 wins and 80 losses.


1943 St. Louis Browns season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1943 St. Louis Browns season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1943 St. Louis Browns season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1943 St. Louis Browns season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1943 St. Louis Browns season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1943 St. Louis Cardinals season
The 1943 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 62nd season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 52nd season in the National League. The Cardinals went 105–49 during the season and finished 1st in the National League. In the World Series, they met the New York Yankees. They lost the series in 5 games.


1943 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season
Outfielder Stan Musial won the MVP Award this year, batting .357, with 13 home runs and 81 RBIs. This was the second consecutive year a Cardinal won the MVP award, with Mort Cooper having won the award the previous season.


1943 St. Louis Cardinals season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1943 St. Louis Cardinals season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1943 St. Louis Cardinals season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1943 St. Louis Cardinals season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1943 St. Louis Cardinals season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1943 St. Louis Cardinals season, 1943 World Series
AL New York Yankees (4) vs. NL St. Louis Cardinals (1)


1943 Stanley Cup Finals
The 1943 Stanley Cup Finals was a best-of-seven series between the Boston Bruins and the Detroit Red Wings. The Red Wings, appearing in their third straight Finals, swept the series 4–0 to win their third Stanley Cup.


1943 Stanley Cup Finals, Paths to the Finals
Boston defeated the Montreal Canadiens in a best-of-seven 4–1 to advance to the Finals. The Red Wings defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs in a best-of-seven 4–2 to advance and gain vengeance for Toronto's 4–3 series victory in the previous year's Finals.


1943 Stanley Cup Finals, Game summaries
Goalie Johnny Mowers shutout the Bruins in the final two games.


1943 Stanley Cup Finals, Stanley Cup engraving
The 1943 Stanley Cup was presented to Red Wings captain Sid Abel by NHL President Red Dutton following the Red Wings 2–0 win over the Bruins in game four.


1943 Stanley Cup Finals, Stanley Cup engraving
The following Red Wings players and staff had their names engraved on the Stanley Cup


1943 Sugar Bowl
The 1943 Sugar Bowl featured the fourth ranked Tulsa, and the seventh ranked Tennessee.


1943 Sugar Bowl
Tulsa took a 7–0 lead on a nine-yard touchdown pass from Glenn Dobbs to Cal Purdin in the second quarter. Tennessee scored on a three-yard run by Gold, but the extra point missed leaving the score 7–6. In the third quarter, Tennessee blocked a Tulsa punt out of the end zone for a safety, giving them an 8–7 advantage. And in the fourth quarter, a one-yard Clyde "IG" Fuson run made the final score 14–7.


1943 Sun Bowl
The 1942 Sun Bowl was a college football postseason bowl game between the Second Air Force Bombers and the Hardin–Simmons Cowboys.


1943 Sun Bowl, Background
Both teams were undefeated going into this game. The Border Conference champion Cowboys led by Rudy “Little Doc” Mobley, who had rushed for 1,281 yards and set an NCAA record. The Cowboys were without their coach Warren B. Woodson, who was called into duty prior to the game, leaving it up to assistant coach Clark Jarnagin to coach the game. At 28, he would be the youngest head coach in a bowl game. The Bombers were champions of the Pacific Coast Service, with highlights being a tie with Washington State and a win over Arizona. The team was stationed in Spokane, Washington.


1943 Sun Bowl, Game summary
Second Air Force had the ball at their own nine after intercepting the Cowboys' pass. But they could not get a first down, and punted a short punt - to their own 19. Camp Wilson scored on a touchdown run on the next play to give them a 7-0 lead. One quarter later, Victor Spadaccini gave the Bombers a narrowing of the lead on his touchdown dive. But the extra point fell short, leaving it 7-6. After Hardin-Simmons was driven back on two fifteen yard penalties, the Bombers took over.


1943 Sun Bowl, Game summary
Harold Van Avery worked with Spadaccini in a combined rushing/passing attack, with Van Avery scoring the touchdown that proved to be the winning points. Hardin-Simmons rushed for just 148 yards with Mobley held to 44 yards in 11 attempts against 205 pound linemen of Second Air Force. The Bombers passed for 176 yards, while the Cowboys threw for only 41. Van Avery threw 4-of-7 passes for 163 yards and rushed for 53 yards on 14 carries. Wilson ran for 104 yards on 24 carries for the Cowboys.