Historical Events In 1944

Mar 07   On this day in history hMCS Valleyfield torpedoed  

Mar 07   In the year 1944 japans begins offensive in Burma  

Mar 08   US resumes bombing Berlin on this day in history.  

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

Mar 11   On this day in history 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   In the year 1944 pavel Grigor'yevich, composer, dies at 66  

Mar 15   Italian town of Cassino destroyed by Allied bombing on this day in history.  

Mar 15   On this day in history otto von Below, German commandant (WW I), dies at 86  

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

Mar 17   Actor Charlton Heston weds Lydia Clarke in the year 1944.  

Mar 18   On this day in history 2,500 women trample guards & floorwalkers to purchase 1,500 alarm clocks announced for sale in a Chicago IL department store  

Mar 18   Benjamin Delmonte, theater director/actor, dies at 79 in the year 1944.  

Mar 18   In the year 1944 nazi Germany occupies Hungary  

Mar 19   German Army invades Hungary in the year 1944.  

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

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

Mar 20   Bus falls off bridge into Passaic River NJ, killing 16 on this day in history.  

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

Mar 20   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 on this day in history.  

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   General Eisenhower postpones S France invasion until after Normandy on this day in history.  

Mar 22   ... Pucheu, French Internal minister to Vichy, executed in the year 1944.  

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   O C Wingate, British general-major (Burma), dies in air crash on this day in history.  

Mar 24   On this day in history 76 Allied officers escape Stalag Luft 3 (Great Escape)  

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

Mar 24   In the year 1944 811 British bombers attack Berlin  

Mar 24   In occupied Rome, Nazis executed more than 300 civilians in the year 1944.  

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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   David Atherton, English conductor was born on this day in history.  

Jan 03   Blanche d'Alpuget, Australian novelist, biographer and second wife of Bob Hawke was born in the year 1944.  

Jan 04   Volker Hornback, rocker (Tangerine Dream) was born on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1944.  

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

Jan 08   William Kissam Vanderbilt II, member of the Vanderbilt family (b. 1878) died in the year 1944.  

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