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1943 was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1943rd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 943rd year of the 2nd millennium, the 43rd year of the 20th century, and the 4th year of the 1940s decade.
1979 was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1979th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 979th year of the 2nd millennium, the 79th year of the 20th century, and the 10th and last year of the 1970s decade.
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Arms, Thomas S. Encyclopedia of the Cold War(1994).Brune, Lester H. Chronology of the Cold War, 1917-1992(Routledge, 2006) 720 pp of brief factsHanes, Sharon M. and Richard C. Hanes. Cold War Almanac(2 vol 2003), 1460pp of brief factsParrish, Thomas. The Cold War Encyclopedia(1996)November 7. U.S. presidential election, 1944: Franklin D. Roosevelt wins reelection over Republican challenger Thomas E. Dewey, becoming the only U.S. president elected to a fourth term. A passenger train derails in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, due to excessive speed on a declining hill; 16 are killed, 50 injured.
2070 or 1689 or 917. 1943 ( MCMXLIII ) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1943rd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 943rd year of the 2nd millennium, the 43rd year of the 20th century, and the 4th year of the 1940s decade.
August 1 – WWII: Operation Tidal Wave – 177 B-24 Liberator bombers from the U.S. Army Air Force bomb oil refineries at Ploieşti, Romania. August 1–2 – Harlem riot of 1943, a race riot. August 3 – WWII: John F. Kennedy 's patrol torpedo boat PT-109 is rammed by a destroyer.
April 16 – The Boston Bruins defeat the Toronto Maple Leafs in the fifth and final game of the Stanley Cup Finals to capture their second championship in ice hockey. April 20 – Billie Holiday records "Strange Fruit", the first anti-lynching song, in the United States. April 30 – The 1939 New York World's Fair opens.
