October 1943

Friday 01:

World War II: Naples falls to Allied soldiers.

Thursday 07:

Japan executes 100 American prisoners on Wake Island.

Wednesday 13:

World War II: The new government of Italy sides with the Allies and declares war on Germany.

Tuesday 19:

Streptomycin, the first antibiotic remedy for tuberculosis, is isolated by researchers at Rutgers University.

Friday 22:

Kassel: RAF conducts an air raid on the city of 236,000 people, killing 10,000, rendering 150,000 homeless. Second firestorm raid in Germany

Thursday 28:

The Philadelphia Experiment supposedly occured.