\u2022 July 1 \u2013 Ernest Melby became Chancellor of the Montana University system. Newsprint production was slashed.<\/p>\n
\u2022 July 2 \u2013 Four were killed in a tanker truck fire at Cut Bank.<\/p>\n
\u2022 July 4 \u2013 Frank O’Neill of Great Falls, a cook during the Civil War, celebrated his 104th birthday.<\/p>\n
\u2022 July 6 \u2013 Struck by three Japanese torpedoes, the light cruiser USS Helena sank during the Battle of Kula Gulf.<\/p>\n
\u2022 July 10 \u2013 British and American soldiers landed in Sicily. Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra entertained servicemen at the Great Falls Civic Center.<\/p>\n
\u2022 July 17 \u2013 500 delegates attended the 25th annual American Legion convention.<\/p>\n
\u2022 July 22 \u2013 Palermo captured by American forces.<\/p>\n
\u2022 July 23 \u2013 A light bomber crashed at Great Falls, killing two.<\/p>\n
\u2022 July 25 \u2013 Three miners were killed in a cave\u2013in at the Leonard Mine in Butte. Philip Coleman was arrested for the murder of Carl and Roslyn Pearson at Lothrop.<\/p>\n
\u2022 July 28 \u2013 A military plane made a forced landing five miles northwest of Reedpoint. The Japanese successfully evacuated Kiska without being discovered.<\/p>\n
\u2022 July 31 \u2013 Temperature of 106 degrees recorded in Roundup.<\/p>\n
August 1943 in Montana<\/a><\/p>\n June 1943 in Montana<\/a><\/p>\n Montana History Calendar 1942<\/a><\/p>\n Montana History Calendar 1941<\/a><\/p>\n Montana History Calendar 1930s<\/a><\/p>\n \u2022 July 1 \u2013 Ernest Melby became Chancellor of the Montana University system. Newsprint production was slashed. \u2022 July 2 \u2013 Four were killed in a tanker truck fire at Cut Bank. \u2022 July 4 \u2013 Frank O’Neill of Great Falls, a cook during the Civil War, celebrated his 104th birthday. \u2022 July 6 \u2013 … Continue reading July 1943 in Montana<\/span> Interested in what was happening in Montana during 1943?\u00a0 Read More about Montana’s Home Front During World War II<\/a><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"