Historical Events In 1944

Sep 10   Jaap P Musch, Dutch resistance fighter, murdered by Nazis in the year 1944.  

Sep 10   Lt-gen Frederick Browning against Montgomery "But, sir, I think we might be going a bridge too far" in the year 1944.  

Sep 11   In the year 1944 fDR and Churchill meet in Canada at the 2nd Quebec Conference  

Sep 11   On this day in history holland is liberated by the Allies.  

Sep 12   On this day in history -16] Hurricane, kills 389 in NC  

Sep 13   On this day in history 30th Infantry division of US 1st Army frees Margraten  

Sep 13   Soviet troops arrive at the Slovakian border in the year 1944.  

Sep 13   In the year 1944 the birth of Jacqueline Bisset, English actress  

Sep 13   U.S. heavy bombers rain destruction on factory areas a few miles from Auschwitz, but Allies refuse to bomb railroad tracks or gas chambers at Auschwitz in the year 1944.  

Sep 14   On this day in history 6,500 Dutch/Indonesian captives sent to Junyo Maru  

Sep 14   In the year 1944 united States troops arrive at the German border and proceed, with the British and Canadians, to launch an offensive to reach the Rhine.  

Sep 15   British bombers hit Tirpitz with Tallboy bombs in the year 1944.  

Sep 17   On this day in history ... Kussin, German gen-maj/commanding Arnhem, dies in battle  

Sep 17   On this day in history british Premier Winston Churchill travels to US  

Sep 18   Anthony Stefanich, British boxer/captain, killed in Arnhem in the year 1944.  

Sep 18   On this day in history british submarine Tradewind torpedoes Junyo Maru: 5,600 killed  

Sep 19   David Lord, British lieutenant/Dakota-pilot DFC/VC, dies in battle in the year 1944.  

Sep 19   In the year 1944 finland & Russia agree to cease fire  

Sep 20   On this day in history death in action, while filming American troops on Peleliu, of Australian cameraman Damien Parer Parer made what has been considered Australia's most famous war film - Kokoda Front Line The film won an Academy Award and gave international exposure to the experiences of Australian soldiers in 1942 on the Kokoda Track  

Sep 20   On this day in history john Grayburn, English (Victoria Cross), dies in battle in Arnhem  

Sep 20   In the year 1944 nijmegen is liberated from German occupation  

Sep 21   In the year 1944 last British paratroopers at bridge of Arnhem surrenders  

Sep 22   In the year 1944 "Cab" Calloway, British scout, dies in battle of Oosterbeek  

Sep 22   Boulogne reoccupied by Allies in the year 1944.  

Sep 23   On this day in history colijn, Neth PM, buried  

Sep 25   Jakob Schaffner, Swiss writer (Irrfahrten), dies at 68 on this day in history.  

Sep 25   The birth of Michael Douglas, American film actor on this day in history.  

Sep 26   In the year 1944 british & Polish paratroopers evacuate Oosterbeek (Arnhem)  

Sep 26   Ernst Isler, composer, dies at 64 on this day in history.  

Sep 27   Aimee Semple McPherson, Canada/US evangelist/faith healer, dies at 53 on this day in history.  

Sep 27   On this day in history helmond & Oss Neth liberated  

Sep 28   In the year 1944 1st TV Musical comedy (The Boys from Boise)  

Sep 28   Battle of Arnhem, Germans defeat British airborne in Netherlands on this day in history.  

Sep 28   In the year 1944 first TV Musical comedy (The Boys from Boise)  

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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   In the year 1944 birth of christina von Saltza, US, swimmer (Olympic-3 gold/silver-1960)  

Jan 03   In the year 1944 birth of david Atherton, English conductor  

Jan 03   Blanche d'Alpuget, Australian novelist, biographer and second wife of Bob Hawke was born in the year 1944.  

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   In the year 1944 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 on this day in history.  

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

Jan 04   In the year 1944 death of henri "Hans" Flu, Indonesian/Dutch family doctor/antifascist, murder  

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

Jan 06   In the year 1944 death of ida Tarbell, American journalist (b. 1857)  

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

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

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