At A Glance

21 September 1943 at a glance

Day of the week
21 September 1943 was a Tuesday.
Top Film of 1943
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1943 was For Whom the Bell Tolls.
Star sign
The star sign for 21 September is Virgo.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 21 September 1943 fell in the Year of the Goat.
Birthstone
The birthstone for September is Sapphire.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 21 September 1943 was Last Quarter.

On this day: 21 September

  • 1937 J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit is published for the first time. (September 22 is celebrated by some fans as Hobbit Day, however.)
  • 1942 The Holocaust in Ukraine: On the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur, Nazis send over 1,000 Jews from Pidhaitsi to Bełżec extermination camp.
  • 1942 The Holocaust in Poland: At the end of Yom Kippur, Germans order Jews to permanently move from Konstantynów to Biała Podlaska.
  • 1942 The Boeing B-29 Superfortress makes its maiden flight.
  • 1953 Lieutenant No Kum-sok, a North Korean pilot, defects to South Korea with his jet fighter.

Famous people born on 21 September

  • Stephen King, American author and screenwriter (born 1947)
  • Liam Gallagher, English singer-songwriter (born 1972)
  • Bill Murray, American actor, comedian, producer, and screenwriter (born 1950)
  • Alexander Isak, Eritrean-Swedish professional footballer (born 1999)

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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Events of 1943 in Australia

A selection from Wikipedia's '1943 in Australia'. Not a complete list.

  • 3 March – A Soviet embassy is established in Canberra, and an Australian diplomat is posted to Moscow as ambassador.
  • 4 March – Damien Parer wins Australia's first Academy Award (Best Documentary Feature) for the film Kokoda Front Line.
  • 12 June – A general election is held in Victoria.

Life in Australia in 1943

Prime Minister

John Curtin

Monarch

King George VI

Petrol (per litre)

$0.01

Loaf of Bread

$0.06

Average House

$1,350

Weekly Wage

$3.60

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Famous Faces Born in the 1940s

Well-known people born in the same decade as you, not on your birthday.

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