On August 1, 1943, an African American soldier tried to intervene when a white police officer tried to arrest an African American woman in Harlem for disorderly conduct. Bullets were fired, and the soldier was shot and wounded. As in the noted 1935 riot, rumours swirled through Harlem that the Black soldier was dead, and another riot began.

1943. Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1943. 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1943rd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 943rd year of the 2nd millennium, the 43rd year of the 20th century, and the 4th year of the 1940s decade.

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President freezes prices, salaries, and wages to prevent inflation. Withholding tax on wages introduced. Background: History of the Income Tax in the United States The Pentagon is completed and becomes the largest office building in the world. The Chinese Exclusion Acts of 1882 and 1902 are repealed permitting immigration and naturalization of Chinese.

Jan 05 Teams agrees to start season later due to WWII in the year 1943. Jan 05 USS Helena (CL-50) fired first proximity fused projectile in combat and shot down Japanese divebomber in southwest Pacific on this day in history. Jan 05 In the year 1943 william H Hastie, civilian aide to secretary of war, resigns to protest segregation in armed forces

Events by Year 1943 June Jun 1 Germany shoots down a civilian flight from Lisbon to London, 13 passengers, included actor Leslie Howard, and 4 crew die Jun 1 Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Rip Sewell patents his "eephus" or "blooper ball" pitch; uses pitch on way to a 20-win campaign Jun 2 99th Pursuit Squadron flies 1st combat mission (over Italy)

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The following lists events that happened during 1943 in Australia . Contents 1 Incumbents 1.1 State Premiers 1.2 State Governors 2 Events 3 Arts and literature 4 Film 5 Sport 6 Births 7 Deaths 8 See also 9 References Incumbents [ edit] John Curtin Monarch – George VI Governor-General – Alexander Hore-Ruthven, 1st Baron Gowrie