At A Glance

30 October 1943 at a glance

Day of the week
30 October 1943 was a Saturday.
Top Film of 1943
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1943 was For Whom the Bell Tolls.
Star sign
The star sign for 30 October is Scorpio.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 30 October 1943 fell in the Year of the Goat.
Birthstone
The birthstone for October is Opal.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 30 October 1943 was Waxing Crescent.

On this day: 30 October

  • 1938 Orson Welles broadcasts a radio adaptation of H. G. Wells's The War of the Worlds, causing a massive panic in some of the audience in the United States.
  • 1941 President Roosevelt approves $1 billion in Lend-Lease aid to the Allied nations.
  • 1941 Holocaust: Fifteen hundred Jews from Pidhaytsi are sent by Nazis to Bełżec extermination camp.
  • 1944 Holocaust: Anne and Margot Frank are deported from Auschwitz to the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, where they die from disease the following year, shortly before the end of WWII.
  • 1947 The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), the foundation of the World Trade Organization (WTO), is founded.

Famous people born on 30 October

  • Henry Winkler, American actor, comedian, director, and producer (born 1945)
  • John Adams, American lawyer and politician, 2nd President of the United States (1735–1826)
  • Ivanka Trump, American model and businesswoman (born 1981)
  • Diego Maradona, Argentinian footballer, coach, and manager (1960–2020)

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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.
More events of 1943 →Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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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Olivia Newton-John26 September 1948SingerView their day →Angry Anderson5 August 1947Rock singerView their day →Rick Springfield23 August 1949Musician & singer-songwriterView their day →Bon Scott9 July 1946SingerView their day →Miriam Margolyes18 May 1941ActressView their day →John Farnham1 July 1949SingerView their day →Cassandra Harris15 December 1948ActressView their day →Helen Reddy25 October 1941Singer & actressView their day →

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