Historical Events In 1944
Sunday, 24 September 2023
Jul 14 Attempt to liberate prisoners in Amsterdam fails, John Post arrested on this day in history.
Jul 15 Greenwich Observatory damaged by WW II flying bomb in the year 1944.
Jul 16 On this day in history 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
Jul 16 On this day in history john Post, Dutch farmer/resistance fighter (passage fight), executed
Jul 17 2 ammunition ships explodes at Port Chicago, California kills 322 in the year 1944.
Jul 17 Hugh Rigby, English portrait painter (King George V 1928-32), dies in the year 1944.
Jul 18 7:45 Operation-Goodwood: British assault east of Caen on this day in history.
Jul 18 George A Hartland, English MP (Norwich 1931-35), dies at 60 on this day in history.
Jul 19 On this day in history 1,200+ 8th Air Force bombers bomb targets in SW Germany
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 Arthur J Treadwell, English mayor of Stoke Newington, dies at about 71 on this day in history.
Jul 20 Brit/Canadian troops occupy Hill 67/Ifs/Bras/Frenouville, Normandy in the year 1944.
Jul 20 On this day in history pres FDR nominated for an unprecedented 4th term at Dem convention
Jul 20 On this day in history uS invades Japanese-occupied Guam in WW II
Jul 20 Von Stauffenberg fails on an attempt on Hitler's life in the year 1944.
Jul 21 In the year 1944 american marines capture the western Pacific island of Guam
Jul 21 In the year 1944 british premier Winston Churchill flies to France, meets Montgomery
Jul 21 Gerrit van den Bosch, led illegal Dutch CPN party, dies in Dachau in the year 1944.
Jul 21 Invasion and recapture of Guam begins on this day in history.
Jul 21 On this day in history uS forces free Guam of Japanese invaders
Jul 22 In the year 1944 soviets set up Polish Committee of National Liberation
Jul 23 Bernard M Cohen, attorney, killed at Belsen concentration camp in the year 1944.
Jul 23 Chicago Cubs Bill Nicholson hits 4 HRs in a doubleheader on this day in history.
Jul 23 In the year 1944 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 On this day in history 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 on this day in history.
Jul 24 Russians liberate the Majdanek extermination camp on this day in history.
Jul 25 On this day in history -26] Japanse banzai-attack on Guam
Jul 25 On this day in history lesley J McNair, US lt-general, killed by US bomb at St-Lo
Jul 25 The breakout from the Normandy beaches begins in the year 1944.
Jul 25 On this day in history the first jet fighter used in combat (Messerschmitt 262)
Jul 26 Japanese suicide attack on US lines in Guam on this day in history.
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