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   Dutch resistance fighter Joop Westerweel arrested on this day in history.   

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

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

Mar 13   In the year 1944 uSSR recognizes Italian Badoglio govt   

Mar 14   On this day in history pavel Grigor'yevich, composer, dies at 66   

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 on this day in history.   

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

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 in the year 1944.   

Mar 18   In the year 1944 nazi Germany occupies Hungary   

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

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 in the year 1944.   

Mar 20   In the year 1944 felix Woyrsch, composer, dies at 83   

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 in the year 1944.   

Mar 20   Mount Vesuvius, Italy explodes on this day in history.   

Mar 21   In the year 1944 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   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   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   In the year 1944 76 Allied officers escape Stalag Luft 3 (Great Escape)   

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

Mar 24   On this day in history 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 in the year 1944.   

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 on this day in history.   

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

Jan 05   In the year 1944 birth of felix Arons, Dutch director/actor (Waaldrecht)   

Jan 05   On this day in history 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   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   On this day in history 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   On this day in history 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   In the year 1944 galeazzo count of Cortellazzo Ciano, Italian politician, dies