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Events on Sunday 4 July 1943 2
1881 – 1943Władysław Sikorski (1881-1943)Died 4 July 1943, aged 62Władysław Sikorski was prime minister of the Polish government-in-exile and commander-in-chief of the Polish armed forces. His aircraft crashed into the sea shortly after taking off from Gibraltar. His death came weeks after the Katyn revelations had strained Polish-Soviet relations.
1943 – 1970Alan Wilson (1943-1970)Canned Heat singer and guitaristBlind Owl — the singer, harmonica and slide-guitar player of Canned Heat, voice of On the Road Again and Going Up the Country. Died aged 27.