Jump on our Virtual Newsstand as we journey back to 1943. See and read the comic books on sale month by month, and find out the major news of the day.

January: The Pentagon, HQ of the U.S. Department of Defense & the world's largest office building, is dedicated in Arlington.

February: Nazis arrest University of Munich students & their professor, members of the White Rose German Resistance movement.

March: Construction begins on the first electronic programmable computer, the Mark I Colossus, at Bletchley Park England.

April: Swiss scientist Albert Hofmann is the first person to use LSD, a drug he synthesized in 1938 & records his experience.

May: The 'Dambuster Raid' flown by RAF No. 617 Squadron uses bouncing bombs to breach German dams in the Ruhr Valley.

June: BOAC Flight 777-A, a civilian airline flight is attacked by 8 German Junkers. On board is the film actor Leslie Howard.

July: The Battle of Kursk begins. The Soviet victory will give the Red Army the strategic initiative for the rest of the war.

August: John F. Kennedy's Motor Torpedo Boat PT-109 is rammed by a destroyer. His actions to save his crew make him a war hero.

September: Following the successful invasion of Sicily, mainland Italy is invaded by Allied forces. Resulting in the country's swift surrender.

October: Chiang Kai-shek takes the oath of office as Chairman of the National Government of China, held unofficially since August.

November: Roosevelt, Churchill & Chiang Kai-shek meet at Cairo in Egypt to discuss ways to defeat Japan in the Pacific War.

December: The Great Depression officially ends in the U.S. Due to work created by the war unemployment figures have fallen dramatically.