Historical Events In 1944

Mar 07   On this day in history hMCS Valleyfield torpedoed   

Mar 07   On this day in history japans begins offensive in Burma   

Mar 08   In the year 1944 uS resumes bombing Berlin   

Mar 10   On this day in history david Vogel, Ukrainian author, dies in Auschwitz at 52   

Mar 11   In the year 1944 dutch resistance fighter Joop Westerweel arrested   

Mar 11   Hendrik W van Loon, Neth/US radio commentator/writer, dies at 62 in the year 1944.   

Mar 13   In the year 1944 uSSR recognizes Italian Badoglio government   

Mar 13   USSR recognizes Italian Badoglio govt in the year 1944.   

Mar 14   Pavel Grigor'yevich, composer, dies at 66 in the year 1944.   

Mar 15   On this day in history italian town of Cassino destroyed by Allied bombing   

Mar 15   Otto von Below, German commandant (WW I), dies at 86 on this day in history.   

Mar 16   Vichy Internal minister Pucheu sentenced to death in the year 1944.   

Mar 17   In the year 1944 actor Charlton Heston weds Lydia Clarke   

Mar 18   In the year 1944 2,500 women trample guards & floorwalkers to purchase 1,500 alarm clocks announced for sale in a Chicago IL department store   

Mar 18   In the year 1944 benjamin Delmonte, theater director/actor, dies at 79   

Mar 18   Nazi Germany occupies Hungary on this day in history.   

Mar 19   German Army invades Hungary on this day in history.   

Mar 19   In the year 1944 tippett's oratorium "Child of Our Time", premieres in London   

Mar 19   Tippett's oratorium "Child of Our Time," premieres in London in the year 1944.   

Mar 20   Bus falls off bridge into Passaic River NJ, killing 16 in the year 1944.   

Mar 20   Felix Woyrsch, composer, dies at 83 on this day in history.   

Mar 20   In the year 1944 lt. Gen. Henry Duncan Graham Crerar 1888-1965 appointed to command of 1st Canadian Army; largest field formation ever formed by Canada; includes British, Dutch, Belgian, and Polish units.   

Mar 20   In the year 1944 mount Vesuvius, Italy explodes   

Mar 21   On this day in history gen Eisenhower postpones S France invasion until after Normandy   

Mar 21   In the year 1944 general Eisenhower postpones S France invasion until after Normandy   

Mar 22   On this day in history ... Pucheu, French Internal minister to Vichy, executed   

Mar 22   In the year 1944 600+ 8th Air Force bombers attack Berlin   

Mar 23   Bomb assassination against Southern Tirol congregation in Rome, 33 die on this day in history.   

Mar 23   In the year 1944 nicholas Alkemade falls 5,500 meter without a parachute & lives   

Mar 23   In the year 1944 o C Wingate, British general-major (Burma), dies in air crash   

Mar 24   76 Allied officers escape Stalag Luft 3 (Great Escape) in the year 1944.   

Mar 24   In the year 1944 76 Allied officers escape Stalag Luft 3 (Great Escape) later made into a movie   

Mar 24   811 British bombers attack Berlin in the year 1944.   

Mar 24   On this day in history in occupied Rome, Nazis executed more than 300 civilians   

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Jan 02   Peter Eotvos, composer was born on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history birth of david Atherton, English conductor   

Jan 03   In the year 1944 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   Tommie Smith, US, 200m dash (Olympic-gold-1968) [or Jun 5] was born on this day in history.   

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 BaltruÅ¡aitis, Lithuanian poet (b. 1873)   

Jan 04   In the year 1944 death of henri "Hans" Flu, Indonesian/Dutch family doctor/antifascist, murder   

Jan 05   Adolph Goldschmidt, German/Swiss art historian, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

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

Jan 07   J Verleun, Dutch resistance fighter, executed died in the year 1944.   

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 on this day in history.