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The following events occurred in June 1943: ==June 1, 1943 (Tuesday)== *The American liberty ship SS ''John Morgan'' was setting out from Baltimore on its maiden voyage with a cargo of explosives, and accidentally rammed the tanker SS ''Montana'', which was entering the harbor. Sixty-five of the 68 men on the ''Morgan'' were killed in the blast, while 18 of the 82 men on the ''Montana'' were burned to death in the subsequent blaze.;〔Justin F. Gleichauf, ''Unsung Sailors: The Naval Armed Guard in World War II'' (Naval Institute Press, 2003) p140〕 The U.S. Navy waited five days before releasing the news.〔"Munitions Ship Plows Into a Tanker; 84 Men Die in Blast and Blazing Oil", ''Milwaukee Journal'', June 7, 1943, p1〕 *British Overseas Airways Corporation Flight 777, a DC-3 airplane on a scheduled passenger flight,was shot down over the Bay of Biscay during an encounter with by eight German Junkers Ju 88s. All 17 persons aboard perished, including the film actor Leslie Howard *When the truce called by the UMWA in the coal mine strike expired at 12:01 am, union miners walked off of their jobs for the second time in five weeks.〔"Nation's Coal Mines Again Deserted as UMWA Members Resume Strike", ''Milwaukee Journal'', June 1, 1943, p1〕 John L. Lewis ordered the men to return to work at the end of the week.〔"Lewis to Tell Workers to Go Back Monday", ''Milwaukee Journal'', June 4, 1943, p1〕 *Born: Kuki Gallmann, Italian author who wrote of her experiences in Kenya, including her book ''I Dreamed of Africa'' (in Treviso) *Died: Leslie Howard, 50, British stage and film actor (b. 1893) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「June 1943」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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