Historical Events In 1944

Nov 20   Sekio Nishina, Japanese inventor (kaiten-suicide submarine), dies at 21 in the year 1944.  

Nov 21   On this day in history personnel & executive staff of Philips demonstrate for more food  

Nov 22   On this day in history arthur Stanley Eddington, dies  

Nov 22   On this day in history duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry occupies Hoven at Geilenkirchen  

Nov 23   In the year 1944 uS 7th army under Gen Patch conquers Straatsburg  

Nov 24   In the year 1944 eMHCH Houtappel, resistance fighter: in Neuengamme, dies  

Nov 24   In the year 1944 first B-29 raids from Marianas base.  

Nov 24   On this day in history hMCS Shawinigan (Corvette) lost in the CAbot Strait  

Nov 24   On this day in history uS bombers based on Saipan, begin 1st attack on Tokyo  

Nov 24   On this day in history uS bombers based on Saipan, first attack Tokyo  

Nov 25   In the year 1944 32nd CFL Grey Cup: Montreal HMCS defeat Hamilton Flying Wildcats, 7-6  

Nov 25   In the year 1944 a German V-2 missile hit a Woolworth's department store in New Cross Road, Deptford, killing 160 midday shoppers. The V-2 was a recent innovation in German ammunition  

Nov 25   Kenesaw Mountain Landis, judge/baseball commisioner, dies at 78 on this day in history.  

Nov 26   1st allied marines move onto Antwerp harbor on this day in history.  

Nov 27   3,500-40,00 ton explosive, explodes in Staffordshire, 68 killed on this day in history.  

Nov 28   On this day in history 1st allied ship sails into Schelde Antwerp  

Nov 28   Bijnen, Dutch opposition leader (LKP), shot to death in Apeldoorn in the year 1944.  

Nov 29   Albania liberated from Nazi control (National Day) in the year 1944.  

Nov 29   On this day in history albania liberated from Nazi control (Natl Day)  

Nov 29   John Hopkins hospital performs first open heart surgery on this day in history.  

Nov 30   Biggest & last British Battleship HMS Vanguard runs aground on this day in history.  

Nov 30   In the year 1944 max Halbe, writer, dies at 79  

Dec 01   Béla Bartòk's Concerto for orchestra, premieres in the year 1944.  

Dec 02   10th Heisman Trophy Award: Les Horvath, Ohio State (QB) on this day in history.  

Dec 02   In the year 1944 filippo T Marinetti, Italian writer (father of futurism), dies at 67  

Dec 03   On this day in history british order to disarm, causes general strike in Greece  

Dec 03   Civil War breaks out in Greece in the year 1944.  

Dec 03   In the year 1944 civil War starts in Athens Greece  

Dec 03   Delfien Vanhaute, Flemish pastor/poet (Ark of Noah), dies at 75 on this day in history.  

Dec 04   Germans destroy Rhine dikes, Betuwe flooded in the year 1944.  

Dec 04   USS Flasher (SS-249) sinks Japanese destroyer Kishinami and damages a merchant ship in South China Sea. Flasher is only U.S. submarine to sink over 100,000 tons of enemy shipping in World War II in the year 1944.  

Dec 05   German troops rob all the silver coin in Utrecht on this day in history.  

Dec 06   In the year 1944 uS 95th Infantry division reaches Westwall  

Dec 07   On this day in history convention on International Civil Aviation drawn up in Chicago  

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Jan 02   Peter Eotvos, composer was born in the year 1944.  

Jan 02   In the year 1944 birth of prince Norodom Ranariddh, Cambodian politician  

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 on this day in history.  

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of volker Hornback, rocker (Tangerine Dream)  

Jan 05   Felix Arons, Dutch director/actor (Waaldrecht) was born in the year 1944.  

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   In the year 1944 death of jurgis BaltruÅ¡aitis, Lithuanian poet (b. 1873)  

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

Jan 05   In the year 1944 adolph Goldschmidt, German/Swiss art historian, dies at 80  

Jan 06   On this day in history death of ida Tarbell, American journalist (b. 1857)  

Jan 07   On this day in history death of j Verleun, Dutch resistance fighter, executed  

Jan 08   William Kissam Vanderbilt II, member of the Vanderbilt family (b. 1878) died on this day in history.  

Jan 11   Galeazzo count of Cortellazzo Ciano, Italian politician, dies in the year 1944.