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   On this day in history uS resumes bombing Berlin   

Mar 10   David Vogel, Ukrainian author, dies in Auschwitz at 52 on this day in history.   

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

Mar 11   In the year 1944 hendrik W van Loon, Neth/US radio commentator/writer, dies at 62   

Mar 13   In the year 1944 uSSR recognizes Italian Badoglio government   

Mar 13   USSR recognizes Italian Badoglio govt on this day in history.   

Mar 14   Pavel Grigor'yevich, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.   

Mar 15   Italian town of Cassino destroyed by Allied bombing in the year 1944.   

Mar 15   Otto von Below, German commandant (WW I), dies at 86 in the year 1944.   

Mar 16   Vichy Internal minister Pucheu sentenced to death on this day in history.   

Mar 17   Actor Charlton Heston weds Lydia Clarke on this day in history.   

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   Benjamin Delmonte, theater director/actor, dies at 79 on this day in history.   

Mar 18   In the year 1944 nazi Germany occupies Hungary   

Mar 19   On this day in history german Army invades Hungary.   

Mar 19   On this day in history tippett's oratorium "Child of Our Time", premieres in London   

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   In the year 1944 felix Woyrsch, composer, dies at 83   

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   On this day in history mount Vesuvius, Italy explodes   

Mar 21   Gen Eisenhower postpones S France invasion until after Normandy in the year 1944.   

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

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

Mar 22   On this day in history 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   Nicholas Alkemade falls 5,500 meter without a parachute & lives on this day in history.   

Mar 23   O C Wingate, British general-major (Burma), dies in air crash on this day in history.   

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

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

Mar 24   In the year 1944 811 British bombers attack Berlin   

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

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Jan 02   On this day in history birth of peter Eotvos, composer   

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

Jan 03   Christina von Saltza, US, swimmer (Olympic-3 gold/silver-1960) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 03   David Atherton, English conductor was born in the year 1944.   

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of blanche d'Alpuget, Australian novelist, biographer and second wife of Bob Hawke   

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of volker Hornback, rocker (Tangerine Dream)   

Jan 05   Felix Arons, Dutch director/actor (Waaldrecht) was born in the year 1944.   

Jan 05   In the year 1944 birth of tommie Smith, US, 200m dash (Olympic-gold-1968) [or Jun 5]   

Jan 01   C T B Turner, cricket (17 Tests 1886-95, 101 wkt All time great), dies in the year 1944.   

Jan 03   Jurgis BaltruÅ¡aitis, Lithuanian poet (b. 1873) died on this day in history.   

Jan 04   On this day in history 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   Ida Tarbell, American journalist (b. 1857) died on this day in history.   

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

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.