Historical Events In 1944

Jul 14   In the year 1944 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   In the year 1944 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   In the year 1944 john Post, Dutch farmer/resistance fighter (passage fight), executed  

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

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

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   1,200+ 8th Air Force bombers bomb targets in SW Germany on this day in history.  

Jul 19   Carl Bock, Danish Gestapo agent, liquidated in the year 1944.  

Jul 20   In the year 1944 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 in the year 1944.  

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

Jul 20   On this day in history pres FDR nominated for an unprecedented 4th term at Dem convention  

Jul 20   US invades Japanese-occupied Guam in WW II in the year 1944.  

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

Jul 21   On this day in history american marines capture the western Pacific island of Guam  

Jul 21   On this day in history 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   In the year 1944 uS forces free Guam of Japanese invaders  

Jul 22   Soviets set up Polish Committee of National Liberation in the year 1944.  

Jul 23   Bernard M Cohen, attorney, killed at Belsen concentration camp on this day in history.  

Jul 23   Chicago Cubs Bill Nicholson hits 4 HRs in a doubleheader in the year 1944.  

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

Jul 24   300 allied bombers drop fire bombs on Allied/German positions in the year 1944.  

Jul 24   Following 43 days of naval gunfire and air bombardment, Naval Task Force lands Marines on Tinian on this day in history.  

Jul 24   In the year 1944 jan Postma, leader of illegal Dutch party (CPN), executed at 49  

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

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

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   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   Prince Norodom Ranariddh, Cambodian politician was born in the year 1944.  

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

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

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

Jan 03   On this day in history 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   Adolph Goldschmidt, German/Swiss art historian, dies at 80 on this day in history.  

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

Jan 07   In the year 1944 death of j Verleun, Dutch resistance fighter, executed  

Jan 08   William Kissam Vanderbilt II, member of the Vanderbilt family (b. 1878) died in the year 1944.  

Jan 11   On this day in history galeazzo count of Cortellazzo Ciano, Italian politician, dies