January 7, 1943 — Nikola Tesla dies
Nikola Tesla, the inventor of alternating current, and a personal and business rival of Thomas Edison for decades, died penniless...
November 29, 2018
1943
March 19, 1943 — Frank ‘The Enforcer’ Nitti commits suicide
The man in charge of all the muscle for Al Capone’s Chicago Outfit, Nitti was busted along with Capone in...
November 19, 2018
March 28, 1943 — Sergei Rachmaninoff dies
Born in 1873, Sergei Rachmaninoff was one of the greatest Russian composers of the Twentieth Century, and one of the...
November 14, 2018
August 19, 1943 — The first intentional acid trip is taken
It was supposed to be a headache cure. What Dr Albert Hofmann and his assistants were searching for, in their...
November 9, 2018
August 2, 1943 — The Japanese destroyer Amagiri rams and sinks US Navy PT-109
Motor Torpedo Boat PT-109, under the command of Lieutenant junior grade John F. Kennnedy, was one of 15 PT boats...
November 4, 2018
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