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   Surprise attack on House of Keeping Axe, 29 prisoners freed in the year 1944.  

Dec 12   Three Evacuation Squadrons (VE) were established in the Pacific from Air Sea Rescue Squadron on this day in history.  

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

Dec 13   In the year 1944 lupe Velez, actress (Joe Palooka), overdoses on seconal at 34  

Dec 14   Begin(ning) Liese-Aktion: werving of labor force for Germany on this day in history.  

Dec 14   In the year 1944 congress establishes rank of General of the Army (5-star general)  

Dec 15   A single-engine plane carrying bandleader Glenn Miller vanishes over the English Channel while en route to Paris on this day in history.  

Dec 15   In the year 1944 bandleader, Major Glenn Miller, lost over English Channel  

Dec 15   Glenn Miller presumed dead after his plane disappeared over the English Channel in the year 1944.  

Dec 15   Glenn Miller, US band leader/jazz composer, dies at 40 in the year 1944.  

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

Dec 16   Battle of the Bulge begins in Belgium in the year 1944.  

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

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

Dec 16   In the year 1944 the Battle of the Bulge begins in WWII as Germany launches a surprise counter-attack against Allied forces in Belgium.  

Dec 17   In the year 1944 green Bay Packers win NFL championship  

Dec 17   In the year 1944 japanese-Americans released from detention camps  

Dec 17   Pieter A Roodenburgh, student/resistance fighter, dies at 26 in the year 1944.  

Dec 17   On this day in history uS Army announces end of excluding Japanese-Americans from West Coast  

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

Dec 18   Destroyers "Hull," "Spence" and "Monaghan" sink in typhoon (Phillippines) on this day in history.  

Dec 20   On this day in history abbas Hilmi II, viceroy of Egypt (1892-1914), dies at 70  

Dec 20   Archbishop De Young & bishop Huibers condemn black market in the year 1944.  

Dec 20   Battle of Bastogne, Nazis surround 101st Airborne (NUTS!) in the year 1944.  

Dec 21   On this day in history cards' Marty Marion wins NL MVP  

Dec 22   Antoine Mariotte, composer, dies on 69th birthday on this day in history.  

Dec 22   Germans demand surrender of American troops at Bastogne, Belgium in the year 1944.  

Dec 23   Beginning of harsh winter on this day in history.  

Dec 23   On this day in history hMCS Clayoquot (Minesweeper) torpedoed off Halifax  

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

Dec 25   Canadian Army captures Adriatic coast city of Ravenna, Italy in the year 1944.  

Dec 26   On this day in history battle of Bastogne-US Gen Patton's 4th Pantzers repulse Germans  

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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   On this day in history birth of blanche d'Alpuget, Australian novelist, biographer and second wife of Bob Hawke  

Jan 04   Volker Hornback, rocker (Tangerine Dream) was born in the year 1944.  

Jan 05   On this day in history 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   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 in the year 1944.  

Jan 05   On this day in history adolph Goldschmidt, German/Swiss art historian, dies at 80  

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

Jan 07   In the year 1944 death of j Verleun, Dutch resistance fighter, executed  

Jan 08   On this day in history death of william Kissam Vanderbilt II, member of the Vanderbilt family (b. 1878)  

Jan 11   On this day in history galeazzo count of Cortellazzo Ciano, Italian politician, dies