Historical Events In 1944

Nov 20   Sekio Nishina, Japanese inventor (kaiten-suicide submarine), dies at 21 in the year 1944.   

Nov 21   Personnel & executive staff of Philips demonstrate for more food in the year 1944.   

Nov 22   Arthur Stanley Eddington, dies in the year 1944.   

Nov 22   Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry occupies Hoven at Geilenkirchen in the year 1944.   

Nov 23   In the year 1944 uS 7th army under Gen Patch conquers Straatsburg   

Nov 24   In the year 1944 eMHCH Houtappel, resistance fighter: in Neuengamme, dies   

Nov 24   First B-29 raids from Marianas base on this day in history.   

Nov 24   In the year 1944 hMCS Shawinigan (Corvette) lost in the CAbot Strait   

Nov 24   US bombers based on Saipan, begin 1st attack on Tokyo on this day in history.   

Nov 24   In the year 1944 uS bombers based on Saipan, first attack Tokyo   

Nov 25   32nd CFL Grey Cup: Montreal HMCS defeat Hamilton Flying Wildcats, 7-6 in the year 1944.   

Nov 25   A German V-2 missile hit a Woolworth's department store in New Cross Road, Deptford, killing 160 midday shoppers. The V-2 was a recent innovation in German ammunition in the year 1944.   

Nov 25   In the year 1944 kenesaw Mountain Landis, judge/baseball commisioner, dies at 78   

Nov 26   In the year 1944 1st allied marines move onto Antwerp harbor   

Nov 27   3,500-40,00 ton explosive, explodes in Staffordshire, 68 killed on this day in history.   

Nov 28   In the year 1944 1st allied ship sails into Schelde Antwerp   

Nov 28   Bijnen, Dutch opposition leader (LKP), shot to death in Apeldoorn in the year 1944.   

Nov 29   Albania liberated from Nazi control (National Day) on this day in history.   

Nov 29   In the year 1944 albania liberated from Nazi control (Natl Day)   

Nov 29   On this day in history john Hopkins hospital performs first open heart surgery   

Nov 30   In the year 1944 biggest & last British Battleship HMS Vanguard runs aground   

Nov 30   On this day in history max Halbe, writer, dies at 79   

Dec 01   Béla Bartòk's Concerto for orchestra, premieres on this day in history.   

Dec 02   10th Heisman Trophy Award: Les Horvath, Ohio State (QB) in the year 1944.   

Dec 02   Filippo T Marinetti, Italian writer (father of futurism), dies at 67 on this day in history.   

Dec 03   On this day in history british order to disarm, causes general strike in Greece   

Dec 03   Civil War breaks out in Greece in the year 1944.   

Dec 03   In the year 1944 civil War starts in Athens Greece   

Dec 03   Delfien Vanhaute, Flemish pastor/poet (Ark of Noah), dies at 75 in the year 1944.   

Dec 04   Germans destroy Rhine dikes, Betuwe flooded in the year 1944.   

Dec 04   USS Flasher (SS-249) sinks Japanese destroyer Kishinami and damages a merchant ship in South China Sea. Flasher is only U.S. submarine to sink over 100,000 tons of enemy shipping in World War II in the year 1944.   

Dec 05   German troops rob all the silver coin in Utrecht on this day in history.   

Dec 06   US 95th Infantry division reaches Westwall on this day in history.   

Dec 07   On this day in history convention on International Civil Aviation drawn up in Chicago   

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Jan 02   Peter Eotvos, composer was born in the year 1944.   

Jan 02   Prince Norodom Ranariddh, Cambodian politician was born on this day in history.   

Jan 03   Christina von Saltza, US, swimmer (Olympic-3 gold/silver-1960) was born in the year 1944.   

Jan 03   David Atherton, English conductor was born on this day in history.   

Jan 03   Blanche d'Alpuget, Australian novelist, biographer and second wife of Bob Hawke was born on this day in history.   

Jan 04   Volker Hornback, rocker (Tangerine Dream) was born in the year 1944.   

Jan 05   In the year 1944 birth of felix Arons, Dutch director/actor (Waaldrecht)   

Jan 05   Tommie Smith, US, 200m dash (Olympic-gold-1968) [or Jun 5] was born on this day in history.   

Jan 01   In the year 1944 c T B Turner, cricket (17 Tests 1886-95, 101 wkt All time great), dies   

Jan 03   In the year 1944 death of jurgis BaltruÅ¡aitis, Lithuanian poet (b. 1873)   

Jan 04   In the year 1944 death of henri "Hans" Flu, Indonesian/Dutch family doctor/antifascist, murder   

Jan 05   Adolph Goldschmidt, German/Swiss art historian, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

Jan 06   On this day in history death of ida Tarbell, American journalist (b. 1857)   

Jan 07   J Verleun, Dutch resistance fighter, executed died in the year 1944.   

Jan 08   On this day in history death of william Kissam Vanderbilt II, member of the Vanderbilt family (b. 1878)   

Jan 11   Galeazzo count of Cortellazzo Ciano, Italian politician, dies in the year 1944.