Historical Events In 1944

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

Sep 10   On this day in history lt-gen Frederick Browning against Montgomery "But, sir, I think we might be going a bridge too far"  

Sep 11   FDR and Churchill meet in Canada at the 2nd Quebec Conference in the year 1944.  

Sep 11   In the year 1944 holland is liberated by the Allies.  

Sep 12   In the year 1944 -16] Hurricane, kills 389 in NC  

Sep 13   30th Infantry division of US 1st Army frees Margraten in the year 1944.  

Sep 13   On this day in history soviet troops arrive at the Slovakian border.  

Sep 13   On this day in history the birth of Jacqueline Bisset, English actress  

Sep 13   In the year 1944 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.  

Sep 14   In the year 1944 6,500 Dutch/Indonesian captives sent to Junyo Maru  

Sep 14   On this day in history 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   ... Kussin, German gen-maj/commanding Arnhem, dies in battle on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

Sep 19   On this day in history finland & Russia agree to cease fire  

Sep 20   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 on this day in history.  

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

Sep 20   Nijmegen is liberated from German occupation on this day in history.  

Sep 21   On this day in history last British paratroopers at bridge of Arnhem surrenders  

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

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   In the year 1944 ernst Isler, composer, dies at 64  

Sep 27   Aimee Semple McPherson, Canada/US evangelist/faith healer, dies at 53 in the year 1944.  

Sep 27   In the year 1944 helmond & Oss Neth liberated  

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

Sep 28   In the year 1944 battle of Arnhem, Germans defeat British airborne in Netherlands  

Sep 28   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

Jan 03   In the year 1944 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   Felix Arons, Dutch director/actor (Waaldrecht) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 05   Tommie Smith, US, 200m dash (Olympic-gold-1968) [or Jun 5] was born in the year 1944.  

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

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

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

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 on this day in history.  

Jan 08   In the year 1944 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.