December 1943

Saturday 04:

Great Depression ends in the United States: With unemployment figures falling fast due to World War II-related employment, US President Franklin D. Roosevelt closes the Works Progress Administration.

Friday 24:

US General Dwight D. Eisenhower becomes the supreme Allied commander

Sunday 26:

The German warship Scharnhorst sinks off the coast of North Cape in Norway after being attacked by the British Royal Navy late the previous evening.

Thursday 30:

Chandra Bose raises the flag of Indian independence at Port Blair.