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June 8, 1943

On June 8, 1943, world War II: The two-day Battle of Porta between the Royal Italian Army and the Greek People's Liberation Army begins. Margo MacDonald, Richard Smalley, Nikki Giovanni would arrive in the same year.

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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.

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On June 8, 1943

  1. 1943 World War II: The two-day Battle of Porta between the Royal Italian Army and the Greek People's Liberation Army begins.

    Part of the Greek Resistance during World War II

    The Battle of Porta was fought on 8–9 June 1943 at the Porta and Mouzaki passes in western Thessaly, between the partisans of the Greek People's Liberation Army (ELAS) and the Royal Italian Army, during the Axis occupation of Greece.

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Born on June 8, 1943

Colin Baker 1943– English actor (born 1943)
William Calley 1943– US Army officer convicted for massacre at My Lai, Vietnam (1943–2024)
Willie Davenport 1943– American athlete and bobsledder (1943–2002)

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Others born in 1943

Margo MacDonald 1943– Scottish journalist and politician (died 2014)
Richard Smalley 1943– American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate in 1996 for chemistry (died 2005)
Nikki Giovanni 1943– American poet, writer and activist (died 2024)
"Superstar" Billy Graham 1943– American wrestler (died 2023)
Colin Baker 1943– English actor
William Calley 1943– American military officer

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