Historical Events In 1944

Mar 07   On this day in history hMCS Valleyfield torpedoed   

Mar 07   Japans begins offensive in Burma on this day in history.   

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

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

Mar 11   On this day in history dutch resistance fighter Joop Westerweel arrested   

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 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   In the year 1944 vichy Internal minister Pucheu sentenced to death   

Mar 17   In the year 1944 actor Charlton Heston weds Lydia Clarke   

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   In the year 1944 benjamin Delmonte, theater director/actor, dies at 79   

Mar 18   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1944.   

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   Mount Vesuvius, Italy explodes in the year 1944.   

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

Mar 22   On this day in history 600+ 8th Air Force bombers attack Berlin   

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 in the year 1944.   

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

Mar 24   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

Mar 24   In the year 1944 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   In the year 1944 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   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   In the year 1944 birth of volker Hornback, rocker (Tangerine Dream)   

Jan 05   Felix Arons, Dutch director/actor (Waaldrecht) was born on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1944 adolph Goldschmidt, German/Swiss art historian, dies at 80   

Jan 06   Ida Tarbell, American journalist (b. 1857) died in the year 1944.   

Jan 07   In the year 1944 death of j Verleun, Dutch resistance fighter, executed   

Jan 08   In the year 1944 death of william Kissam Vanderbilt II, member of the Vanderbilt family (b. 1878)   

Jan 11   In the year 1944 galeazzo count of Cortellazzo Ciano, Italian politician, dies