Historical Events In 1944

Mar 07   HMCS Valleyfield torpedoed in the year 1944.   

Mar 07   Japans begins offensive in Burma in the year 1944.   

Mar 08   US resumes bombing Berlin in the year 1944.   

Mar 10   David Vogel, Ukrainian author, dies in Auschwitz at 52 in the year 1944.   

Mar 11   Dutch resistance fighter Joop Westerweel arrested in the year 1944.   

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

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

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   In the year 1944 italian town of Cassino destroyed by Allied bombing   

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

Mar 16   In the year 1944 vichy Internal minister Pucheu sentenced to death   

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

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

Mar 18   On this day in history benjamin Delmonte, theater director/actor, dies at 79   

Mar 18   On this day in history nazi Germany occupies Hungary   

Mar 19   In the year 1944 german Army invades Hungary.   

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

Mar 19   On this day in history 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   On this day in history 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   In the year 1944 gen Eisenhower postpones S France invasion until after Normandy   

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

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

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

Mar 23   On this day in history bomb assassination against Southern Tirol congregation in Rome, 33 die   

Mar 23   On this day in history nicholas Alkemade falls 5,500 meter without a parachute & lives   

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

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   On this day in history 811 British bombers attack Berlin   

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

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

Jan 02   On this day in history birth of prince Norodom Ranariddh, Cambodian politician   

Jan 03   Christina von Saltza, US, swimmer (Olympic-3 gold/silver-1960) was born in the year 1944.   

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   On this day in history 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   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   On this day in history 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.