Historical Events In 1944

Jul 14   On this day in history attempt to liberate prisoners in Amsterdam fails, John Post arrested  

Jul 15   Greenwich Observatory damaged by WW II flying bomb in the year 1944.  

Jul 16   Dodgers score 8 unearned runs against Braves to win 8-5 & break their 16-game losing streak, they will lose another 5 in a row on this day in history.  

Jul 16   John Post, Dutch farmer/resistance fighter (passage fight), executed in the year 1944.  

Jul 17   On this day in history 2 ammunition ships explodes at Port Chicago, California kills 322  

Jul 17   On this day in history hugh Rigby, English portrait painter (King George V 1928-32), dies  

Jul 18   In the year 1944 7:45 Operation-Goodwood: British assault east of Caen  

Jul 18   In the year 1944 george A Hartland, English MP (Norwich 1931-35), dies at 60  

Jul 19   1,200+ 8th Air Force bombers bomb targets in SW Germany in the year 1944.  

Jul 19   Carl Bock, Danish Gestapo agent, liquidated on this day in history.  

Jul 20   On this day in history abortive attempt on Hitler's life by a group of Nazi officers.  

Jul 20   In the year 1944 arthur J Treadwell, English mayor of Stoke Newington, dies at about 71  

Jul 20   Brit/Canadian troops occupy Hill 67/Ifs/Bras/Frenouville, Normandy on this day in history.  

Jul 20   Pres FDR nominated for an unprecedented 4th term at Dem convention in the year 1944.  

Jul 20   In the year 1944 uS invades Japanese-occupied Guam in WW II  

Jul 20   Von Stauffenberg fails on an attempt on Hitler's life on this day in history.  

Jul 21   American marines capture the western Pacific island of Guam in the year 1944.  

Jul 21   British premier Winston Churchill flies to France, meets Montgomery on this day in history.  

Jul 21   In the year 1944 gerrit van den Bosch, led illegal Dutch CPN party, dies in Dachau  

Jul 21   Invasion and recapture of Guam begins on this day in history.  

Jul 21   US forces free Guam of Japanese invaders in the year 1944.  

Jul 22   In the year 1944 soviets set up Polish Committee of National Liberation  

Jul 23   On this day in history bernard M Cohen, attorney, killed at Belsen concentration camp  

Jul 23   Chicago Cubs Bill Nicholson hits 4 HRs in a doubleheader on this day in history.  

Jul 23   On this day in history uS forces invade Japanese-held Tinian in WW II  

Jul 24   On this day in history 300 allied bombers drop fire bombs on Allied/German positions  

Jul 24   In the year 1944 following 43 days of naval gunfire and air bombardment, Naval Task Force lands Marines on Tinian.  

Jul 24   Jan Postma, leader of illegal Dutch party (CPN), executed at 49 in the year 1944.  

Jul 24   On this day in history russians liberate the Majdanek extermination camp.  

Jul 25   In the year 1944 -26] Japanse banzai-attack on Guam  

Jul 25   Lesley J McNair, US lt-general, killed by US bomb at St-Lo on this day in history.  

Jul 25   The breakout from the Normandy beaches begins in the year 1944.  

Jul 25   The first jet fighter used in combat (Messerschmitt 262) in the year 1944.  

Jul 26   In the year 1944 japanese suicide attack on US lines in Guam  

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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   Christina von Saltza, US, swimmer (Olympic-3 gold/silver-1960) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 03   David Atherton, English conductor was born in the year 1944.  

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

Jan 04   In the year 1944 birth of volker Hornback, rocker (Tangerine Dream)  

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

Jan 05   On this day in history birth of tommie Smith, US, 200m dash (Olympic-gold-1968) [or Jun 5]  

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

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

Jan 04   On this day in history death of henri "Hans" Flu, Indonesian/Dutch family doctor/antifascist, murder  

Jan 05   In the year 1944 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 on this day in history.  

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.