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February 19, 1943

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Headlines from February 19, 1943

HOUSE GROUP VOTES BILL TO CURB DRAFT, VOID M'NUTT ORDER; Kilday Plan for Deferring Calls of Family Men Wins in Committee, 23 to 2 ARMY'S VIEWS REJECTED Senate Drive Begun to Spare Farmers, as Inquiry on Size of Military Is Mapped HOUSE GROUP VOTES BILL TO CURB DRAFT

By C.p. Trussellspecial To the New York Times

Maj Gen Hershey testifies, Sen agr subcom; House Mil Affairs Com approves Elston amendment providing no individuals may be called for mil induction because of occupation or by occupational groups, thus nullifying effect of McNutt non-deferment order

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Notable Births

Lou Christie

1943Lou Christie, American singer-songwriter (died 2025)[†]

Lugee Alfredo Giovanni Sacco, known professionally by his stage name Lou Christie, was an American pop and soft rock singer-songwriter widely known for hits in the 1960s, including his 1966 U.S. chart-topper "Lightnin' Strikes" and 1969 UK number two hit "I'm Gonna Make You Mine".

Homer Hickam

1943Homer Hickam, American author and engineer[†]

Homer Hadley Hickam Jr. is an American author, Vietnam War veteran, and a former NASA engineer who trained the first Japanese astronauts. His 1998 memoir Rocket Boys was a New York Times Best Seller and was the basis for the 1999 film October Sky. Hickam's body of written work also includes several additional best-selling memoirs and novels, including the "Josh Thurlow" historical fiction novels, his 2015 best-selling Carrying Albert Home: The Somewhat True Story of a Man, his Wife, and her Alligator and in 2021 the sequel to Rocket Boys titled Don't Blow Yourself Up: The Further Adventures and Travails of the Rocket Boy of October Sky. His books have been translated into many languages.

Tim Hunt

1943Tim Hunt, English biochemist and academic, Nobel laureate[†]

Sir Richard Timothy Hunt is a British biochemist and molecular physiologist. He was awarded the 2001 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Paul Nurse and Leland H. Hartwell for their discoveries of protein molecules that control the division of cells. While studying fertilized sea urchin eggs in the early 1980s, Hunt discovered cyclin, a protein that cyclically aggregates and is depleted during cell division cycles.

Historical Events

Battle of Kasserine Pass

1943World War II: Battle of Kasserine Pass in Tunisia begins.[†]

The Battle of Kasserine Pass took place from 19–24 February 1943 at Kasserine Pass, a 2-mile-wide (3.2 km) gap in the Grand Dorsal chain of the Atlas Mountains in west central Tunisia. It was a part of the Tunisian campaign of World War II.