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   Arthur Stanley Eddington, dies on this day in history.  

Nov 22   Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry occupies Hoven at Geilenkirchen in the year 1944.  

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

Nov 24   On this day in history eMHCH Houtappel, resistance fighter: in Neuengamme, dies  

Nov 24   On this day in history first B-29 raids from Marianas base.  

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

Nov 24   US bombers based on Saipan, begin 1st attack on Tokyo in the year 1944.  

Nov 24   In the year 1944 uS bombers based on Saipan, first attack Tokyo  

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

Nov 25   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 on this day in history.  

Nov 25   Kenesaw Mountain Landis, judge/baseball commisioner, dies at 78 in the year 1944.  

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

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

Nov 28   1st allied ship sails into Schelde Antwerp in the year 1944.  

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

Nov 29   In the year 1944 albania liberated from Nazi control (National Day)  

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

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

Nov 30   In the year 1944 biggest & last British Battleship HMS Vanguard runs aground  

Nov 30   Max Halbe, writer, dies at 79 on this day in history.  

Dec 01   In the year 1944 béla Bartòk's Concerto for orchestra, premieres  

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

Dec 02   Filippo T Marinetti, Italian writer (father of futurism), dies at 67 in the year 1944.  

Dec 03   In the year 1944 british order to disarm, causes general strike in Greece  

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

Dec 03   On this day in history 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 in the year 1944.  

Dec 06   US 95th Infantry division reaches Westwall on this day in history.  

Dec 07   Convention on International Civil Aviation drawn up in Chicago in the year 1944.  

« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | Next Page »

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

Jan 02   Prince Norodom Ranariddh, Cambodian politician was born on this day in history.  

Jan 03   In the year 1944 birth of christina von Saltza, US, swimmer (Olympic-3 gold/silver-1960)  

Jan 03   On this day in history 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   Volker Hornback, rocker (Tangerine Dream) was born in the year 1944.  

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

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   Jurgis BaltruÅ¡aitis, Lithuanian poet (b. 1873) died in the year 1944.  

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   Ida Tarbell, American journalist (b. 1857) died on this day in history.  

Jan 07   J Verleun, Dutch resistance fighter, executed died on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1944.