Historical Events In 1944

Dec 09   Laird Cregar, actor (Charley's Aunt, Hangover Square), dies at 28 on this day in history.  

Dec 10   On this day in history 9 Dutch citizens hanged by nazis  

Dec 11   On this day in history surprise attack on House of Keeping Axe, 29 prisoners freed  

Dec 12   Three Evacuation Squadrons (VE) were established in the Pacific from Air Sea Rescue Squadron in the year 1944.  

Dec 13   On this day in history japanese kamikaze crashes into US cruiser Nashville, kills 138  

Dec 13   Lupe Velez, actress (Joe Palooka), overdoses on seconal at 34 in the year 1944.  

Dec 14   Begin(ning) Liese-Aktion: werving of labor force for Germany in the year 1944.  

Dec 14   Congress establishes rank of General of the Army (5-star general) in the year 1944.  

Dec 15   A single-engine plane carrying bandleader Glenn Miller vanishes over the English Channel while en route to Paris in the year 1944.  

Dec 15   Bandleader, Major Glenn Miller, lost over English Channel in the year 1944.  

Dec 15   In the year 1944 glenn Miller presumed dead after his plane disappeared over the English Channel  

Dec 15   Glenn Miller, US band leader/jazz composer, dies at 40 on this day in history.  

Dec 16   Battle of Bulge begins in Belgium on this day in history.  

Dec 16   In the year 1944 battle of the Bulge begins in Belgium  

Dec 16   In the year 1944 germans begin Battle of the Bulge to strike back at U.S. troops.  

Dec 16   On this day in history glenn Miller, US jazz composer/orch leader (Danny boy), dies at 40  

Dec 16   The Battle of the Bulge begins in WWII as Germany launches a surprise counter-attack against Allied forces in Belgium on this day in history.  

Dec 17   Green Bay Packers win NFL championship in the year 1944.  

Dec 17   Japanese-Americans released from detention camps on this day in history.  

Dec 17   In the year 1944 pieter A Roodenburgh, student/resistance fighter, dies at 26  

Dec 17   US Army announces end of excluding Japanese-Americans from West Coast on this day in history.  

Dec 18   In the year 1944 destroyers "Hull," "Spence" & "Monaghan" sink in typhoon (Philippines)  

Dec 18   On this day in history destroyers "Hull," "Spence" and "Monaghan" sink in typhoon (Phillippines)  

Dec 20   Abbas Hilmi II, viceroy of Egypt (1892-1914), dies at 70 in the year 1944.  

Dec 20   Archbishop De Young & bishop Huibers condemn black market on this day in history.  

Dec 20   In the year 1944 battle of Bastogne, Nazis surround 101st Airborne (NUTS!)  

Dec 21   Cards' Marty Marion wins NL MVP in the year 1944.  

Dec 22   In the year 1944 antoine Mariotte, composer, dies on 69th birthday  

Dec 22   On this day in history germans demand surrender of American troops at Bastogne, Belgium  

Dec 23   Beginning of harsh winter in the year 1944.  

Dec 23   HMCS Clayoquot (Minesweeper) torpedoed off Halifax in the year 1944.  

Dec 24   In the year 1944 joseph Gustav Mraczek, composer, dies at 66  

Dec 25   On this day in history canadian Army captures Adriatic coast city of Ravenna, Italy  

Dec 26   Battle of Bastogne-US Gen Patton's 4th Pantzers repulse Germans in the year 1944.  

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Jan 02   In the year 1944 birth of peter Eotvos, composer  

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

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

Jan 04   On this day in history 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   Jurgis Baltrušaitis, Lithuanian poet (b. 1873) died on this day in history.  

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

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

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

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