WHAT ALL HAPPENED SEPTEMBER TO OCTOBER 1943
Find out what all happened September to October 1943

The Holocaust: Sobibor extermination camp is closed. (17. October 1943)

World War II: The Allied invasion of Italy concludes when Heinrich von Vietinghoff, commander of the German Tenth Army, orders his troops to withdraw from Salerno. (16. September 1943)

The cargo vessel Sinfra is attacked by Allied aircraft at Suda Bay, Crete, and sunk. 2,098 Italian prisoners of war drown with it. (20. October 1943)

World War II: The German 17th Army begins its evacuation of the Kuban bridgehead (Taman Peninsula) in southern Russia and moves across the Strait of Kerch to the Crimea. (7. September 1943)

World War II: German forces begin their occupation of Rome. (10. September 1943)

The Monterrey Institute of Technology, one of the largest and most influential private universities in Latin America, is founded in Monterrey, Mexico. (6. September 1943)

World War II: The Nazi puppet state the Italian Social Republic is founded. (23. September 1943)

World War II: The new government of Italy sides with the Allies and declares war on Germany. (13. October 1943)

Double Tenth Incident in Japanese-controlled Singapore (10. October 1943)

A fire at the Gulf Hotel in Houston, Texas, kills 55 people. (7. September 1943)

World War II: The Jews of Minsk are massacred at Sobibór. (18. September 1943)

The Pennsylvania Railroad's premier train derails at Frankford Junction in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, killing 79 people and injuring 117 others. (6. September 1943)

World War II: The Allies land at Salerno and Taranto, Italy. (9. September 1943)

World War II: German troops occupy Corsica and Kosovo-Metohija. (11. September 1943)

World War II: The 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment lands and occupies Lae_Nadzab_Airport, near Lae in the Salamaua–Lae campaign. (5. September 1943)

José P. Laurel takes the oath of office as President of the Philippines (Second Philippine Republic). (14. October 1943)

World War II: Benito Mussolini, dictator of Italy, is rescued from house arrest on the Gran Sasso in Abruzzi, by German commando forces led by Otto Skorzeny. (12. September 1943)

The Provisional Government of Free India is formally declared by Subhas Chandra Bose. (21. October 1943)

World War II: U.S. captures Solomon Islands. (4. October 1943)

The Municipal Theatre of Corfu is destroyed during an aerial bombardment by Luftwaffe. (13. September 1943)