Historical Events In 1944

Mar 07   On this day in history hMCS Valleyfield torpedoed   

Mar 07   In the year 1944 japans begins offensive in Burma   

Mar 08   In the year 1944 uS resumes bombing Berlin   

Mar 10   In the year 1944 david Vogel, Ukrainian author, dies in Auschwitz at 52   

Mar 11   Dutch resistance fighter Joop Westerweel arrested on this day in history.   

Mar 11   Hendrik W van Loon, Neth/US radio commentator/writer, dies at 62 on this day in history.   

Mar 13   In the year 1944 uSSR recognizes Italian Badoglio government   

Mar 13   USSR recognizes Italian Badoglio govt on this day in history.   

Mar 14   On this day in history pavel Grigor'yevich, composer, dies at 66   

Mar 15   In the year 1944 italian town of Cassino destroyed by Allied bombing   

Mar 15   Otto von Below, German commandant (WW I), dies at 86 on this day in history.   

Mar 16   Vichy Internal minister Pucheu sentenced to death on this day in history.   

Mar 17   On this day in history actor Charlton Heston weds Lydia Clarke   

Mar 18   In the year 1944 2,500 women trample guards & floorwalkers to purchase 1,500 alarm clocks announced for sale in a Chicago IL department store   

Mar 18   In the year 1944 benjamin Delmonte, theater director/actor, dies at 79   

Mar 18   Nazi Germany occupies Hungary on this day in history.   

Mar 19   German Army invades Hungary on this day in history.   

Mar 19   On this day in history tippett's oratorium "Child of Our Time", premieres in London   

Mar 19   Tippett's oratorium "Child of Our Time," premieres in London in the year 1944.   

Mar 20   On this day in history bus falls off bridge into Passaic River NJ, killing 16   

Mar 20   On this day in history felix Woyrsch, composer, dies at 83   

Mar 20   On this day in history lt. Gen. Henry Duncan Graham Crerar 1888-1965 appointed to command of 1st Canadian Army; largest field formation ever formed by Canada; includes British, Dutch, Belgian, and Polish units.   

Mar 20   Mount Vesuvius, Italy explodes in the year 1944.   

Mar 21   Gen Eisenhower postpones S France invasion until after Normandy on this day in history.   

Mar 21   General Eisenhower postpones S France invasion until after Normandy in the year 1944.   

Mar 22   On this day in history ... Pucheu, French Internal minister to Vichy, executed   

Mar 22   In the year 1944 600+ 8th Air Force bombers attack Berlin   

Mar 23   In the year 1944 bomb assassination against Southern Tirol congregation in Rome, 33 die   

Mar 23   Nicholas Alkemade falls 5,500 meter without a parachute & lives in the year 1944.   

Mar 23   In the year 1944 o C Wingate, British general-major (Burma), dies in air crash   

Mar 24   On this day in history 76 Allied officers escape Stalag Luft 3 (Great Escape)   

Mar 24   76 Allied officers escape Stalag Luft 3 (Great Escape) later made into a movie on this day in history.   

Mar 24   811 British bombers attack Berlin on this day in history.   

Mar 24   In occupied Rome, Nazis executed more than 300 civilians in the year 1944.   

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Jan 02   In the year 1944 birth of peter Eotvos, composer   

Jan 02   On this day in history birth of prince Norodom Ranariddh, Cambodian politician   

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of christina von Saltza, US, swimmer (Olympic-3 gold/silver-1960)   

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of david Atherton, English conductor   

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of blanche d'Alpuget, Australian novelist, biographer and second wife of Bob Hawke   

Jan 04   Volker Hornback, rocker (Tangerine Dream) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 05   Felix Arons, Dutch director/actor (Waaldrecht) was born in the year 1944.   

Jan 05   Tommie Smith, US, 200m dash (Olympic-gold-1968) [or Jun 5] was born in the year 1944.   

Jan 01   On this day in history c T B Turner, cricket (17 Tests 1886-95, 101 wkt All time great), dies   

Jan 03   Jurgis BaltruÅ¡aitis, Lithuanian poet (b. 1873) died in the year 1944.   

Jan 04   Henri "Hans" Flu, Indonesian/Dutch family doctor/antifascist, murder died on this day in history.   

Jan 05   Adolph Goldschmidt, German/Swiss art historian, dies at 80 in the year 1944.   

Jan 06   Ida Tarbell, American journalist (b. 1857) died in the year 1944.   

Jan 07   On this day in history death of j Verleun, Dutch resistance fighter, executed   

Jan 08   In the year 1944 death of william Kissam Vanderbilt II, member of the Vanderbilt family (b. 1878)   

Jan 11   In the year 1944 galeazzo count of Cortellazzo Ciano, Italian politician, dies