page_title: August 1943
section_title: August 28, 1943 (Saturday)
hierarchical_section_title: August 1943 / August 28, 1943 (Saturday)
caption_attribution_description: Български: Снимка на престолонаследника княз Симеон Търновски. English: Simeon-The Prince of Turnovo
context_page_description: The following events occurred in August 1943:
context_section_description: King Boris III of Bulgaria died at the age of 49, two weeks after his August 14 meeting in Berlin with German Chancellor Adolf Hitler, and only four days after suddenly becoming ill. His 6-year-old son ascended to the throne as  Simeon II, with power to be executed by a regency made up of council of ministers.  Simeon II would be the last King of Bulgaria, forced out of office with the abolition of the monarchy on September 8, 1946, but would return to power in 2001 as Simeon Sakskoburggotski, Prime Minister of Bulgaria.
  The Danish government resigned rather than obey a German demand to prosecute suspected saboteurs in German military courts.
  The German submarine U-639 was torpedoed and sunk in the Kara Sea by Soviet submarine S-101.
  Born:
  Surayud Chulanont, Prime Minister of Thailand 2006–2008, in Prachinburi
  Lou Piniella, American baseball player and manager; in Tampa
  David Soul, American-British actor and singer, in Chicago
caption: 6-year-old King Simeon II
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