Historical Events In 1944

Jul 14   Attempt to liberate prisoners in Amsterdam fails, John Post arrested in the year 1944.   

Jul 15   Greenwich Observatory damaged by WW II flying bomb on this day in history.   

Jul 16   On this day in history dodgers score 8 unearned runs against Braves to win 8-5 & break their 16-game losing streak, they will lose another 5 in a row   

Jul 16   John Post, Dutch farmer/resistance fighter (passage fight), executed on this day in history.   

Jul 17   2 ammunition ships explodes at Port Chicago, California kills 322 on this day in history.   

Jul 17   Hugh Rigby, English portrait painter (King George V 1928-32), dies in the year 1944.   

Jul 18   7:45 Operation-Goodwood: British assault east of Caen on this day in history.   

Jul 18   In the year 1944 george A Hartland, English MP (Norwich 1931-35), dies at 60   

Jul 19   1,200+ 8th Air Force bombers bomb targets in SW Germany in the year 1944.   

Jul 19   Carl Bock, Danish Gestapo agent, liquidated in the year 1944.   

Jul 20   On this day in history abortive attempt on Hitler's life by a group of Nazi officers.   

Jul 20   Arthur J Treadwell, English mayor of Stoke Newington, dies at about 71 in the year 1944.   

Jul 20   Brit/Canadian troops occupy Hill 67/Ifs/Bras/Frenouville, Normandy in the year 1944.   

Jul 20   Pres FDR nominated for an unprecedented 4th term at Dem convention on this day in history.   

Jul 20   In the year 1944 uS invades Japanese-occupied Guam in WW II   

Jul 20   Von Stauffenberg fails on an attempt on Hitler's life in the year 1944.   

Jul 21   American marines capture the western Pacific island of Guam on this day in history.   

Jul 21   On this day in history british premier Winston Churchill flies to France, meets Montgomery   

Jul 21   Gerrit van den Bosch, led illegal Dutch CPN party, dies in Dachau on this day in history.   

Jul 21   Invasion and recapture of Guam begins on this day in history.   

Jul 21   In the year 1944 uS forces free Guam of Japanese invaders   

Jul 22   Soviets set up Polish Committee of National Liberation on this day in history.   

Jul 23   Bernard M Cohen, attorney, killed at Belsen concentration camp in the year 1944.   

Jul 23   On this day in history chicago Cubs Bill Nicholson hits 4 HRs in a doubleheader   

Jul 23   In the year 1944 uS forces invade Japanese-held Tinian in WW II   

Jul 24   300 allied bombers drop fire bombs on Allied/German positions in the year 1944.   

Jul 24   In the year 1944 following 43 days of naval gunfire and air bombardment, Naval Task Force lands Marines on Tinian.   

Jul 24   Jan Postma, leader of illegal Dutch party (CPN), executed at 49 on this day in history.   

Jul 24   On this day in history russians liberate the Majdanek extermination camp.   

Jul 25   -26] Japanse banzai-attack on Guam on this day in history.   

Jul 25   On this day in history lesley J McNair, US lt-general, killed by US bomb at St-Lo   

Jul 25   The breakout from the Normandy beaches begins on this day in history.   

Jul 25   The first jet fighter used in combat (Messerschmitt 262) in the year 1944.   

Jul 26   Japanese suicide attack on US lines in Guam in the year 1944.   

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

Jan 02   Prince Norodom Ranariddh, Cambodian politician was born on this day in history.   

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   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   Felix Arons, Dutch director/actor (Waaldrecht) was born in the year 1944.   

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   On this day in history 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   In the year 1944 adolph Goldschmidt, German/Swiss art historian, dies at 80   

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 on this day in history.   

Jan 11   Galeazzo count of Cortellazzo Ciano, Italian politician, dies on this day in history.