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November 19, 1943

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Notable Births

Fred Lipsius

1943Fred Lipsius, American saxophonist and educator[†]

Fred Lipsius is an American musician who is the original saxophonist and arranger for the jazz-rock band Blood, Sweat & Tears, for which he played alto saxophone and piano. He was with the band from 1967 to 1971 and has collected 3 GRAMMY Awards and 9 Gold Records.

Aurelio Monteagudo

1943Aurelio Monteagudo, Cuban-American baseball player and manager (died 1990)[†]

Aurelio Faustino Monteagudo Cintra, nicknamed "Monty", was a right-handed screwball pitcher who played in Major League Baseball. He was the son of former big-leaguer René Monteagudo.

Notable Deaths

Miyagiyama Fukumatsu

1943Miyagiyama Fukumatsu, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 29th Yokozuna (born 1895)[†]

Miyagiyama Fukumatsu was a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Ichinoseki, Iwate Prefecture. He was the sport's 29th yokozuna, and the last yokozuna in Osaka sumo.

Historical Events

Nazism

1943Holocaust: Nazis liquidate Janowska concentration camp in Lemberg (Lviv), western Ukraine, murdering at least 6,000 Jews after a failed uprising and mass escape attempt.[†]

Nazism, formally named National Socialism, is the far-right totalitarian ideology and practices associated with Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party (NSDAP) in Germany. During Hitler's rise to power, it was frequently called Hitler Fascism and Hitlerism. The term "neo-Nazism" is applied to far-right groups formed after World War II with similar ideology.