Historical Events In 1944

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

Jan 01   General Clark replaces General Patton as commander of 7th Army in the year 1944.  

Jan 01   The first feature-length foreign movie, African Journey, shown on TV, New York City NY in the year 1944.  

Jan 02   1st use of helicopters during warfare (British Atlantic patrol) in the year 1944.  

Jan 02   In the year 1944 first use of helicopters during warfare (British Atlantic patrol)  

Jan 03   In the year 1944 helicopter Mercy Mission a HNS-1 helicopter, made an emergency delivery of 40 units of blood plasma from lower Manhattan Island to Sandy Hook where the plasma was administered to survivors of an explosion on the destroyer Turner (DD 648)  

Jan 03   In the year 1944 top Marine ace MAJ Boyington captured after shooting down 28 aircraft  

Jan 03   World War II: Top Ace Major Greg "Pappy" Boyington is shot down in his Corsair by Captain Masajiro Kawato flying a Zero on this day in history.  

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

Jan 04   Ralph Bunche appointed 1st Negro official in US State Department in the year 1944.  

Jan 04   Ralph Bunche appointed first Negro official in US State Department in the year 1944.  

Jan 05   On this day in history adolph Goldschmidt, German/Swiss art historian, dies at 80  

Jan 05   In the year 1944 the Daily Mail becomes the first transoceanic newspaper.  

Jan 07   Air Force announces production of 1st US jet fighter, the Bell P-59 in the year 1944.  

Jan 07   Air Force announces production of first US jet fighter, the Bell P-59 in the year 1944.  

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

Jan 10   1st mobile electric power plant delivered, Phila in the year 1944.  

Jan 10   In the year 1944 british troops conquer Maungdaw, Burma  

Jan 11   Aircraft from USS Block Island make first aircraft rocket attack on German submarine on this day in history.  

Jan 11   Crakow-Plaszow Concentration Camp established in the year 1944.  

Jan 11   Galeazzo count of Cortellazzo Ciano, Italian politician, dies on this day in history.  

Jan 12   On this day in history churchill & de Gaulle begin a 2-day wartime conference in Marrakesh  

Jan 12   In the year 1944 churchill &de Gaulle begin a 2-day wartime conference in Marrakesh  

Jan 12   On this day in history failed resistance raid on distribution office of Borgerstraat Amsterdam  

Jan 14   Mohammed Emin Yurdakul, Turkish poet, dies at about 74 in the year 1944.  

Jan 14   Soviet army begins offensive at Oranienbaum/Wolchow on this day in history.  

Jan 15   European Advisory Commission decides to divide Germany in the year 1944.  

Jan 15   General Eisenhower arrives in England in the year 1944.  

Jan 15   In Argentina a 7.8 earthquake resulted in 5000 deaths in the year 1944.  

Jan 15   On this day in history vught Concentration Camp puts 74 women in 1 cell, 10 die  

Jan 16   In the year 1944 gen Eisenhower took command of Allied Invasion Force in London  

Jan 16   On this day in history gen. Dwight Eisenhower arrived in London to assume command of the Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Forces in Europe.  

Jan 16   General Eisenhower took command of Allied Invasion Force in London on this day in history.  

Jan 16   In London, General Dwight D. Eisenhower becomes commander of the Allied Invasion Force, during WWII on this day in history.  

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

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

Jan 03   In the year 1944 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   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   C T B Turner, cricket (17 Tests 1886-95, 101 wkt All time great), dies in the year 1944.  

Jan 03   On this day in history death of jurgis Baltrušaitis, Lithuanian poet (b. 1873)  

Jan 04   Henri "Hans" Flu, Indonesian/Dutch family doctor/antifascist, murder died in the year 1944.  

Jan 05   On this day in history adolph Goldschmidt, German/Swiss art historian, dies at 80  

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

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