History of 1943-1944

1st missing persons telecast (NYC)

Jan 3, 1943

http://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1943
First ever telecast for a missing person was broadcasted in New York City

German Defeat at Stalingrad

Feb 2, 1943

German Defeat at Stalingrad
After months of fierce fighting and heavy casualties, German forces (numbering now only about 91,000 surviving soldiers) surrender at Stalingrad on the Volga.

Limited gambling legalized in Mexico

Mar 8, 1943

http://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1943
Mexico gained limited legalized gambling

Liquidation of The Krakow Ghetto

Mar 13, 1943

Liquidation of the Krakow GhettoSS and police authorities liquidate the Krakow ghetto.

Warsaw Ghetto Uprising

Apr 19, 1943

April-May 1943, Warsaw Ghetto UprisingVastly outnumbered and outgunned, individuals and small groups of Jews hid or fought the Germans for almost a month.

Australian ship sunk by Japan

May 14, 1943

Sinking of the Australian Hospital Ship Centaur off the coast of Queensland, by a Japanese submarine.

120°F (49°C), Tishmoningo, Oklahoma (state record)

Jul 26, 1943

Tishmoningo set a new temperatur record at 120 degrees f

Japan leaves Aleutian Islands

Aug 21, 1943

Japan left after many months

Sobibor Uprising

Oct 14, 1943

Sobibor UprisingJewish prisoners at the Sobibor killing center begin an armed revolt. Selma Wijnberg and Chaim Engel escape and flee into hiding.

Operation Harvest Festival

Nov 3, 1943

http://www.ushmm.org/learn/timeline-of-events/1942-1945/operation-harvest-festival
SS forces kill surviving Jews in work camps near Lublin, Poland.