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US fliers bomb synthetic oil factories, Gelsenkirchen and Wesseling, and indus targets, Ruhr; 25 bombers lost; other Allied planes attack Ger airdromes, Poix and Merville, France, and Courtrai, Belgium
crowds delayed during rush-hour alert; incidents; illus
visits Niagara Falls; illus
USSR forces take Chuguyev, Kharkov suburb; Gers concede losses; USSR drive on Bryansk gains; map
1943Fred Hill, American football player[†]
Frederick Gordon Hill is an American former professional football player in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the USC Trojans.
1943Ertha Pascal-Trouillot, President of Haiti[†]
Ertha Pascal-Trouillot is a Haitian politician who served as the provisional President of Haiti for 11 months in 1990 and 1991. She was the first woman in Haitian history to hold that office and the first female president of African descent in the Americas.
1943Michael Willetts, English sergeant; George Cross recipient (died 1971)[†]
Michael Willetts, GC was one of the first British soldiers to be killed during the Troubles in Northern Ireland, and the recipient of a posthumous George Cross for his heroism in saving lives during the Provisional Irish Republican Army bombing which claimed his own. The Harvey Andrews song "Soldier" commemorates Willetts.