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Events

World War II

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January

• January 4 - The Battle of Monte Cassino begins.
• January 5 - Murder of Danish playwright Kaj Munk
• January 17 - British forces, in Italy, cross the Garigliano River.
• January 20 - The Royal Air Force drops 2,300 tons of bombs on Berlin; the U.S. Army 36th Infantry Division, in Italy, attempts to cross the Rapido River.
• January 22 - Allies begin Operation Shingle, the assault on Anzio, Italy. The U.S. Army 45th Infantry Division stand their ground at Anzio against violent assaults for 4 months.
• January 27 - The two year Siege of Leningrad is lifted.
• January 29 - The Battle of Cisterna takes place.
• January 30 - United States troops invade Majuro, Marshall Islands.
• January 31 - American forces land on Kwajalein Atoll and other islands in the Japanese-held Marshall Islands.

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February-March

• February 3 - United States troops capture the Marshall Islands.
• February 7 - In Anzio, Italian forces launch a counteroffensive.
• February 14 - Anti-Japanese revolt on Java.
• February 15 - Battle of Monte Cassino - the monastery atop Monte Cassino is destroyed by Allied bombing.
• February 17 - Battle of Eniwetok Atoll begins. The battle ended in an American victory on February 22.
• February 20 - "Big Week" begins with American bomber raids on German aircraft manufacturing centers.
• February 20 - The United States takes Eniwetok Island.
• February 29 - The Admiralty Islands are invaded in the American General Douglas MacArthur-led Operation Brewer.
• March 1 - USS Tarawa and USS Kearsarge laid down
• March 10 - In Britain the Education Act lifts the ban on women teachers marrying
• March 15 - Battle of Monte Cassino - Allied aircraft bomb German-held monastery and stage an assault.
• March 18 - German forces occupy Hungary.
• March 24 - Tragedy in village Markowa.

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May

• May 5 - Mohandas Gandhi released in India
• May 17 - Type IX U-boat: U-884 is launched.
• May 18 - Battle of Monte Cassino - Germans evacuate Monte Cassino and Allied forces take the stronghold after a struggle that claimed 20,000 lives.
• May 18 - Deportation of Crimean Tatars by the Soviet Union government.

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June

Allied troops land on the beaches of Normandy udring D-Day

. Supplying Normandy coast Photo # 26-G-2517 LSTs landing vehicles and cargo on a Normandy beach, June 1944 From [1] File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Supplying Normandy coast Photo # 26-G-2517 LSTs landing vehicles and cargo on a Normandy beach, June 1944 From [1] File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Land on Normandy In military parlance, D-Day is a term often used to denote the day on which a combat attack or operation is to be initiated. ...

• June 4 - A hunter-killer group of the United States Navy capture the German submarine U-505, marking the first time a U.S. Navy vessel had captured an enemy vessel at sea since the 19th century.
• June 5 - Rome falls to the Allies. It is the first capital of an Axis nation to fall.
• June 5 - More than 1000 British bombers drop 5000 tons of bombs on German gun batteries on the Normandy coast in preparation for D-Day.
• June 6 - Battle of Normandy begins - Operation Overlord, code named D-Day, commences with the landing of 155,000 Allied troops on the beaches of Normandy in France. The allied soldiers quickly break through the Atlantic Wall and push inland in the largest amphibious military operation in history.
• June 9 - Stalin launches an offensive against Finland with the intent of defeating Finland before pushing for Berlin.
• June 10 - 642 men, women and children are killed in the Oradour-sur-Glane Massacre in France.
• June 13 - Germany launches a V1 Flying Bomb attack on England.
• June 15 - Battle of Saipan: The United States invades Saipan.
• June 22 - Operation Bagration: General attack by Soviet forces to clear the German forces from Belorussia which resulted in the destruction of the German Army Group Centre, possibly the greatest defeat of the Wehrmacht during the war.
• June 25 - The Battle of Tali-Ihantala between Finnish and Soviet troops begins. Largest battle ever to be fought in the Nordic countries.

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July-August

• July 9 - British and Canadian forces capture Caen.
• July 17 - The largest convoy of the war embarks from Halifax, Nova Scotia under Royal Canadian Navy protection.
• July 18 - Hideki Tojo resigns as Prime Minister of Japan due to numerous setbacks in the war effort.
• July 20 - Adolf Hitler survives an assassination attempt. See Claus von Stauffenberg
• July 21 - Battle of Guam - American troops land on Guam starting the battle (ends on August 10).
• July 25 - Operation Spring - One of the bloodiest days for Canadians during the war: 18,444 casualties, including 5,021 killed.
• August 1 - Warsaw Uprising begins.
• August 12 - Allies capture Florence, Italy.
• August 12 - World's first undersea oil pipeline laid, between England and France in Operation Pluto
• August 15 - Operation Dragoon lands Allies in southern France. U.S. Army 45th Infantry Division participate in its fourth assault landing at St. Maxime, spearheading the drive for the Belfort Gap.
• August 24 - Allies enter Paris.

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September

• September 2 - Allies liberate Brussels.
• September 4 - The British 11th Armored Division liberate the city of Antwerp in Belgium.
• September 8 - London is hit by a V2 rocket for the first time.
• September 8 - The French town of Menton is liberated from Germany.
• September 11 - Northern and southern France invasion forces link up near Dijon.
• September 17 - Operation Market Garden begins.
• September 19 - Armistice between Finland and Soviet Union signed. (End of the Continuation War)
• September 24 - The U.S. Army 45th Infantry Division take the strongly defended city of Epinal before crossing the Moselle River and entering the western foothills of the Vosges.
• September 26 - Operation Market Garden ends in a withdrawal.

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October

• October 2 - Warsaw Uprising ends.
• October 5 - Canadian Air Force pilots shoot down the first German jet fighter over France.
• October 9 - British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet Union Premier Joseph Stalin begin a nine-day conference in Moscow to discuss the future of Europe.
• October 14 - Given the choice between a public treason trial and a certain death by firing squad or suicide with honor, German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel chooses the latter.
• October 18 - Volkssturm founded on Hitler?s orders.
• October 20 - Belgrade is liberated by Yugoslav Partisans and the Red Army.
• October 20 - LNG explosion destroys a square mile (2.6 km²) of Cleveland, Ohio
• October 23 - Naval Battle of Leyte Gulf in the Philippines begins (lasts until October 26).
• October 25 - Florence Foster Jenkins recital in the Carnegie Hall
• Aachen is the first German city to fall.

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November-December

• November 12 - The Royal Air Force launches one of the most successful precision bombing attacks of the war and sinks the German battleship Tirpitz off the coast of Norway.
• November 19 - US President Franklin D. Roosevelt announces the 6th War Loan Drive, aimed at selling US$14 billion in war bonds to help pay for the war effort.
• November 24 - Bombing of Tokyo - The first bombing raid against the Japanese capital of Tokyo from the east and by land was made by 88 American aircraft.
• November 25 - A German V-2 rocket hits a Woolworth's store in Deptford, killing 160 shoppers.
• November 26 - Gas chambers at Auschwitz and Stutthof are destroyed.
• December 16 - Germany begins the Ardennes offensive, later to become known as Battle of the Bulge.
• December 16 - General George C. Marshall becomes the first Five-Star General
• December 17 - German troops carry out the Malmédy massacre.
• December 24 - The Bulge reaches its deepest point at Celles.
• December 26 - American troops repulse German forces at Bastogne.
• November 29 - Albania is liberated from German occupation.
• December 31 - Hungary declares war on Germany

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Other events

January-July

• January 5 - The Daily Mail becomes the first transoceanic newspaper.
• February 26 - - Shooting begins of the Nazi propaganda film, "The Fuehrer Gives a Village to the Jews" in Theresienstadt.
• March 1 - USS Tarawa laid down
• March 4 - In Ossining, New York, Louis Buchalter, the leader of 1930s crime syndicate Murder, Inc., is executed at Sing Sing.
• April 25 - The United Negro College Fund is incorporated.
• May 30 - Princess Charlotte Louise Juliette Louvet Grimaldi of Monaco, heir to the throne resigns from her rights in favor of her son Prince Rainier Louis Henri Maxence Bertrand Grimaldi, later reigning Prince Rainier III of Monaco.
• June 17 - Iceland declares full independence from Denmark.
• July 17 - Port Chicago disaster: Near the San Francisco Bay, two ships laden with ammunition for the war explode in Port Chicago, California killing 232.

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August-November

• August 4 - Holocaust: A tip from a Dutch informer leads the Gestapo to a sealed-off area in an Amsterdam warehouse where they find Jewish diarist Anne Frank and her family.
• August 5 - Holocaust: Polish insurgents liberate a German labor camp in Warsaw, freeing 348 Jewish prisoners.
• August 7 - IBM dedicates the first program-controlled calculator, the Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator (known best as the Harvard Mark I).
• August 9 - The United States Forest Service and the Wartime Advertising Council release posters featuring Smokey the Bear for the first time.
• September 2 - Holocaust: Diarist Anne Frank and her family are placed on the last transport train from Westerbork to Auschwitz. They arrive three days later.
• October 2 - Holocaust: Nazi troops end the Warsaw Uprising.
• October 8 - The radio show, The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet debuts.
• October 10 - Holocaust: 800 Gypsy children are systematically murdered at Auschwitz death camp
• November 7 - U.S. presidential election, 1944: Franklin D. Roosevelt wins reelection over Republican challenger Thomas E. Dewey to become the only U.S. president to be elected to a fourth term.
• November 22 - William Lyon Mackenzie King introduces conscription in Canada (see Conscription Crisis of 1944).

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December

• December 3 - Civil war breaks out in a newly-liberated Greece, between Communists and royalists.
• December 1 - Edward Stettinius Jr. becomes becomes the last United States Secretary of State of the Roosevelt administration, by filling the seat left by the Cordell Hull.
• December 26 - The play The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams was first publicly performed.
• December 30 - King George II of Greece declares a regency, leaving his throne vacant.

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Unknown dates

• In Sweden, the law of 1864 that criminalizes homosexuality is abolished.
• Swedish author of children's books Astrid Lindgren publishes her first book Pippi Longstocking.
• In Sweden, Erik Wallenberg and Ruben Rausing invent a way to package milk in paper and start the company Tetra Pak.
• Barbados General election - Grantley Adams, black lawyer, first majority party leader in the House of Assembly, as leader of Barbados Labour Party
• Bretton Woods Agreement
• Hans Asperger publishes his paper on Asperger's Syndrome

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Ongoing events

• Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945)

The Second Sino-Japanese War was a major invasion of eastern China by Japan preceding and during World War II. It ended with the surrender of Japan in 1945. ... 1937 was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1945 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Year in topic

• 1944 in film
  • Going My Way
  • Double Indemnity
• 1944 in literature
  • An American Dilemma by Gunnar Myrdal
  • Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes
• 1944 in music
  • January 18 - The Metropolitan Opera House in New York City for the first time hosts a jazz concert; the performers are Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman, Lionel Hampton, Artie Shaw, Roy Eldridge and Jack Teagarden.
• 1944 in rail transport
• 1944 in sports
• 1944 in television
  • May 22 - The FCC increases its limits for single ownership of television stations from three to five.
• 1944 in science

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Births

For more 1944 births see Category:1944 births

January

• January 6 - Bonnie Franklin, actress
• January 9 - Jimmy Page, guitarist (Led Zeppelin)
• January 12 - Joe Frazier, American boxer
• January 17 - Françoise Hardy, French singer
• January 18 - Paul Keating, twenty-fourth Prime Minister of Australia
• January 23 - Rutger Hauer, actor
• January 24 - Neil Diamond, American singer
• January 26 - Angela Davis, American feminist and activist
• January 27 - Nick Mason, English drummer (Pink Floyd)

January 6 is the 6th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Bonnie Franklin, as Ann Romano on One Day at a Time. ... January 9 is the 9th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... Led Zeppelin (clockwise from left: Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, John Bonham, John Paul Jones) Led Zeppelin was a British band noted for their innovative, influential approach to heavy blues-rock and as one of the most popular and influential bands of all time. ... January 12 is the 12th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Joseph William Frazier (born January 12, 1944 in Beaufort, South Carolina), better known as Joe Frazier, is a world famous former boxer and world Heavyweight champion. ... January 17 is the 17th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Françoise Hardy (b. ... January 18 is the 18th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Hon Paul Keating Paul John Keating (born 18 January 1944), Australian politician and 24th Prime Minister of Australia, took Australian politics by storm first as the reforming Treasurer in the Hawke government, then as the Prime Minister who pulled off an upset victory in the unwinnable election of 1993. ... The current (25th) Prime Minister of Australia, John Howard (sitting, fifth from left), with his Cabinet, 1999 The office of Prime Minister is in practice the most powerful political office in the Commonwealth of Australia. ... January 23 is the 23rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Rutger Hauer (born January 23, 1944, Breukelen, the Netherlands) is an international movie star. ... January 24 is the 24th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Essential Neil Diamond album cover Neil Diamond (born Neil Leslie Diamond on January 24, 1941) is a singer/songwriter who has had a number of hits in the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s, and who has maintained a very loyal following with popular live performances to this day. ... January 26 is the 26th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Angela Yvonne Davis (born January 26, 1944) is an African American radical activist, primarily working for racial and gender equity and for prison abolition. ... January 27 is the 27th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Nicholas Berkeley (Nick) Mason (born January 27, 1944 in Birmingham, England) is the drummer and occasional composer for Pink Floyd. ... Ummagumma album cover Pink Floyd is a British progressive band famous for its songwriting, harmonic classical rock compositions, bombastic style and elaborate live shows. ...

February

• February 3 - Dave Davies, musician
• February 5 - Al Kooper, musician
• February 5 - Michael Mann, director, writer, producer
• February 9 - Alice Walker, writer
• February 10 - Vernor Vinge (science fiction novelist)
• February 11 - Michael G. Oxley, American politician
• February 13 - Jerry Springer, television host
• February 14 - Carl Bernstein, journalist
• February 14 - Alan Parker, director, writer
• February 16 - Richard Ford, Pulitzer Prize winning novelist
• February 22 - Jonathan Demme, director
• February 23 - Johnny Winter, musician
• February 28 - Sepp Maier, German legendary football goalkeeper

February 3 is the 34th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... David Russell Gordon Davies (born February 3, 1947) was a singer and guitarist with the British rock band The Kinks, which he founded with Pete Quaife in 1963. ... February 5 is the 36th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Al Kooper (born February 5, American songwriter and musician, probably best known for organizing the group Blood, Sweat & Tears. ... February 5 is the 36th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Michael Kenneth Mann (born February 5, 1943 in Chicago, Illinois) is a film director, screenwriter, and producer. ... February 9 is the 40th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Alice Walker Alice Malsenior Walker (born February 9, 1944) is an African American author whose most famous novel, The Color Purple, won both the Pulitzer Prize and the American Book Award. ... February 10 is the 41st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Vernor Steffen Vinge (pronounced VIN-jee, rhyming with stingy) (born February 10, 1944) is a mathematician, computer scientist and science fiction author who is best known for his Hugo award-winning novel A Fire Upon the Deep, and for his 1993 essay The Technological Singularity, in which he argues that... Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ... A novel is an extended work of written, narrative, prose fiction, usually in story form; the writer of a novel is a novelist. ... February 11 is the 42nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Michael Garver Oxley (born February 11, 1944) is an American politician of the Republican party who serves as a U.S. representative from the fourth congressional district of Ohio. ... February 13 is the 44th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Gerald Norman Jerry Springer (born February 13, 1944 in Hampstead, London) is a former Democratic mayor of Cincinnati, who now hosts a television program bearing his name, The Jerry Springer Show. ... An American family watching television in the 1950s. ... February 14 is the 45th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Carl Bernstein (born February 14, 1944) was a Washington Post investigative journalist who, along with Bob Woodward, broke the story of the Watergate break-in and consequently helped bring about the downfall of US president Richard Nixon. ... February 14 is the 45th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Alan Parker (born February 14, British film director, producer, writer, and actor who created most of his USA. He is also a founding member of the Directors Guild of Great Britain. ... February 16 is the 47th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Richard Ford (born February 16, 1944, Jackson, Mississippi) is the author of A Piece Of My Heart, The Ultimate Good Luck, The Sportswriter and its sequel Independence Day, Wildlife, and a volume of short stories, Rock Springs. ... The Pulitzer Prize is a United States literary award given out each April. ... February 22 is the 53rd day of every year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Jonathan Demme (born February 22, 1944) is an American film director, producer and writer. ... February 23 is the 54th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Johnny Winter (born February 23, 1944) is an American blues guitarist and singer, well known for being an albino. ... February 28 is the 59th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Josef Sepp Maier (born February 28, 1944, Metten, Germany) was a soccer goalkeeper. ... The Federal Republic of Germany (German: Bundesrepublik Deutschland) is one of the worlds leading industrialised countries, located in the heart of Europe. ... The striker (wearing red jersey) has run past the defender (in white jersey) and is about to take a shot at the goal, while the goalkeeper positions himself to stop the ball. ... This article is about goalkeeper, the sports position. ...

March-April

• March 1 - Roger Daltrey, musician (The Who)
• March 1 - John Breaux, United States Senator from Louisiana
• March 2 - Uschi Glas, actress
• March 6 - Kiri Te Kanawa, opera singer
• March 15 - Sly Stone, singer
• March 17 - John Sebastian, singer-songwriter, also a member of the Lovin' Spoonful
• March 19 - Said Musa, Prime Minister of Belize
• March 19 - Sirhan Sirhan, assassin
• March 24 - R. Lee Ermey, actor and retired USMC gunnery sergeant
• March 26 - Diana Ross, singer
• March 28 - Rick Barry, basketball star
• March 29 - Denny McLain, baseball pitcher
• April 3 - Tony Orlando, musician
• April 4 - Craig T. Nelson, actor
• April 6 - Felicity Palmer, English soprano
• April 7 - Gerhard Schröder, German Bundeskanzler (chancellor) since 1998
• April 11 - John Milius, director, producer, and screenwriter
• April 22 - Steve Fossett, millionaire adventurer
• April 30 - Jill Clayburgh, actress

March 1 is the 60th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (61st in leap years). ... Roger Daltreys first solo album, Daltrey Roger Harry Daltrey, CBE (born March 1, 1944) is a popular music artist, best known as the founder and lead singer of the British rock band The Who. ... The Who is a British rock band. ... March 1 is the 60th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (61st in leap years). ... John Breaux John Berlinger Breaux (born March 1, 1944) was a United States Senator from Louisiana from 1987 until 2005. ... The United States Senate is the upper house of the U.S. Congress, smaller than the United States House of Representatives. ... Louisiana is a southern state of the United States of America. ... March 2 is the 61st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (62nd in leap years). ... Uschi Glas Uschi Glas (born March 2, 1944) is a much-loved German film and television actress. ... March 6 is the 65th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (66th in Leap years). ... Kiri Te Kanawa Dame Kiri Te Kanawa ONZ DBE AO (March 6, 1944), is a well-known New Zealand opera singer of Maori ancestry. ... This article is about opera as an art form. ... March 15 is the 74th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (75th in Leap years). ... Sly Stone (born Sylvester Stewart in Dallas, Texas on March 15, 1944) is a pivotal American musician, producer, and record producer, most famous for his role as frontman for Sly & the Family Stone, a band which was pivotal in the development of soul, funk and psychedelia in the 1960s and... March 17 is the 76th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (77th in Leap years). ... John Sebastian (born March 17, 1944) is an American songwriter and harmonica player. ... John Sebastian (born March 17, 1944) is an American songwriter and harmonica player. ... March 19 is the 78th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (79th in leap years). ... Image of Said Musa speaking in the UN Said Wilbert Musa (born March 19, 1944) is Prime Minister of Belize since 1998. ... The government of Belize is directed by the Prime Minister. ... March 19 is the 78th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (79th in leap years). ... Sirhan Bishara Sirhan (born March 19, 1944) was convicted of (and is generally believed to have committed) the June 5, 1968 assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy, by shooting him just minutes after Kennedy had won the California presidential primary election. ... March 24 is the 83rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (84th in Leap years). ... R. Lee Ermey Ronald Lee Ermey (born March 24, 1944) is a retired U.S. Marine Corps drill instructor who later made a career as an actor playing the roles of military or authority figures. ... United States Marine Corps Emblem The United States Marine Corps (USMC) is the second smallest of the five branches of the United States armed forces, with 170,000 active and 40,000 reserve Marines as of 2002. ... This article is about the rank of sergeant. ... March 26 is the 85th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (86th in leap years). ... Diana Ross on the cover of her collection Diana Ross: The Ultimate Collection Diana Ross (born Diane Ernestine Earle Ross [1] on March 26, 1944 in Detroit, Michigan) is an African-American soul, R&B and pop singer and actress. ... March 28 is the 87th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (88th in Leap years). ... Richard Francis Dennis Barry III (born March 28, 1944 in Elizabeth, New Jersey), was a professional basketball player. ... Basketball Basketball is a ball sport in which two teams of five players each try to score points by throwing a ball through a hoop. ... March 29 is the 88th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (89th in Leap years). ... Dennis Dale McLain (born March 29, 1944), commonly known as Denny McLain, was an American professional baseball player. ... A view of the playing field at Busch Stadium in Saint Louis, Missouri. ... April 3 is the 93rd day of the year (94th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 272 days remaining. ... Tony Orlando (born April 4, 1944, New York) is an American singer, of Greek and Puerto Rican ancestery, best known for his time with the group Dawn in the early 1970s. ... April 4 is the 94th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (95th in leap years). ... Craig Theodore Nelson (born April 4, 1944 in Spokane, Washington) is an American actor who has starred in television shows such as Coach and The District. ... April 6 is the 96th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (97th in leap years). ... Felicity Joan Palmer (born April 6, 1944) is an English soprano. ... April 7 is the 97th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (98th in leap years). ... Gerhard Fritz Kurt Schröder [] (born April 7, 1944), a German politician, has been serving since 1998 as Chancellor of Germany. ... The head of government in Germany has traditionally been called Kanzler ( Chancellor). ... 1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... April 11 is the 101st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (102nd in leap years). ... John Milius (born April 11, 1944) is a screenwriter, director, and producer. ... April 22 is the 112th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (113th in leap years). ... Steve Fossett (born April 22, 1944, Tennessee) is a United States millionaire and adventurer. ... April 30 is the 120th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (121st in leap years). ... Jill Clayburgh (born April 30, 1944) is an American actress. ...

May

• May 1 - Suresh Kalmadi, politician
• May 5 - John Rhys-Davies, actor
• May 8 - Gary Glitter, singer
• May 9 - Richie Furay, musician ("Poco", "Buffalo Springfield")
• May 10 - Jim Abrahams, director
• May 13 - Armistead Maupin, author
• May 14 - George Lucas, film director and producer
• May 18 - Justus Frantz, pianist
• May 20 - Joe Cocker, British singer
• May 20 - Boudewijn de Groot, Dutch singer
• May 20 - Dietrich Mateschitz, Austrian businessman and founder of Red Bull
• May 21 - Mary Robinson, first female President of Ireland
• May 25 - Frank Oz, puppeteer, director
• May 28 - Rudy Giuliani, mayor of New York City, 1993-2001
• May 28 - Gladys Knight singer

May 1 is the 121st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (122nd in leap years). ... Suresh Kalmadi (born May 1, 1944, Pune, Maharashtra) is an Indian politician and businessman. ... May 5 is the 125th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (126th in leap years). ... John Rhys-Davies (born May 5, 1944) is a Welsh actor. ... May 8 is the 128th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (129th in leap years). ... Gary Glitter (born May 8, 1944 in Banbury, Oxfordshire, UK) was a British rock and roll performer in the early 1970s, most notable for his hit song Rock and Roll, parts of which have become an almost ubiquitous anthem at many American professional sports events. ... May 9 is the 129th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (130th in leap years). ... Richie Furay is a vocalist/guitarist/songwriter who started his musical career as a solo artist playing folk clubs in the 1960s. ... Poco was a country rock band started by Richie Furay (vocals and rhythm guitar) and Jim Messina (lead guitar and vocals) following the demise of Buffalo Springfield in 1968. ... Buffalo Springfield was an influential folk-rock band which released three albums between 1965 and 1968. ... May 10 is the 130th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (131st in leap years). ... Jim Abrahams is a movie director and writer who is most known for the movies he co-wrote and produced with brothers Jerry Zucker and David Zucker, such as Airplane! and The Naked Gun series. ... May 13 is the 133rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (134th in leap years). ... A gay novelist and San Francisco resident, Armistead Maupin (born May 13, 1944 in Washington D.C.) rose to fame for his hexalogy Tales of the City, the first parts of which where initially published as a newspaper serial in the San Francisco Chronicle. ... May 14 is the 134th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (135th in leap years). ... George Walton Lucas Jr (born May 14, 1944) is an American film director famous for his epic Star Wars and Indiana Jones trilogies. ... May 18 is the 138th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (139th in leap years). ... May 20 is the 140th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (141st in leap years). ... Joe Cocker (born May 20, 1944) is a pop music singer. ... May 20 is the 140th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (141st in leap years). ... May 20 is the 140th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (141st in leap years). ... Dietrich Mateschitz (born May 20, 1944 in St. ... The Republic of Austria (German: Republik Österreich) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. ... For the seventeenth century playhouse in London, see Red Bull Theatre. ... May 21 is the 141st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (142nd in leap years). ... Mary Robinson is also the name of an English poet, see Mary Robinson (poet) Mary Robinson (born 21 May 1944) was the first female President of Ireland, serving from 1990 to 1997, and the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, from 1997 to 2002. ... The President of Ireland (Irish: Uachtarán na hÉireann) is the head of state of the Republic of Ireland. ... May 25 is the 145th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (146th in leap years). ... Richard Frank Oznowicz (born May 25, 1944), better known as Frank Oz, is a film director, actor and puppeteer. ... May 28 is the 148th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (149th in leap years). ... Rudolph William Louis Rudy Giuliani III, KBE (born May 28, 1944) served as the Mayor of New York City from January 1, 1994 through December 31, 2001. ... May 28 is the 148th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (149th in leap years). ... Gladys Knight (born May 28, 1944) is a legendary American pop and soul singer. ...

June-October

• June 3 - Edith McGuire, American sprinter
• June 5 - Tommie Smith, American athlete
• June 30 - Raymond Moody, parapsychologist
• July 13 - Ernő Rubik, inventor of Rubik's Cube
• July 21 - Tony Scott, film director
• July 21 - Paul Wellstone, U.S. Senator: a Democrat from Minnesota (d. 2002)
• August 4 - Richard Belzer, actor, comedian
• August 11 - Ian McDiarmid, actor
• August 21 - Peter Weir, film director
• August 26- His Royal Highness Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester
• September 1 - Leonard Slatkin, American conductor
• September 2 - Al Matthews, American actor (d. 2002)
• September 7 - Bora Milutinovic, Serbian football coach
• September 12 - Leonard Peltier, later United States Peace and Freedom Party Presidential candidate
• September 25 - Michael Douglas, American actor
• September 26 - Anne Robinson, British television host
• October 9 - John Entwistle, bassist, The Who (d. 2002)
• October 15 - David Trimble, Ulster Unionist and Nobel Prize winner
• October 28 - Dennis Franz, actor

June 3 is the 154th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (155th in leap years), with 211 days remaining. ... Edith Marie McGuire (born June 3, 1944) , later known as Edith McGuire Duvall, is a former American sprinter. ... June 5 is the 156th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (157th in leap years), with 209 days remaining. ... Tommie Smith (born June 5, 1944) is a former American athlete, winner of 200 m run at the 1968 Summer Olympics. ... June 30 is the 181st day of the year (182nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 184 days remaining. ... Raymond Moody (born June 30, 1944) is a parapsychologist. ... Parapsychology is the study of the evidence involving phenomena where a person seems to affect or gain information about something through a means not currently explainable within the framework of mainstream, conventional science. ... July 13th is the 194th day (195th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 171 days remaining. ... Following is a list of angels in Enochian, an occult language introduced by John Dee and Edward Kelley in the 16th Century. ... Rubiks Cube on a diagonal tilt Rubiks Cube is a mechanical puzzle invented by the Hungarian sculptor and professor of architecture Ernő Rubik in 1974. ... July 21 is the 202nd day (203rd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 163 days remaining. ... Tony Scott (born July 21, 1944) is a film director. ... The film director, on the right, gives last minute direction to the cast and crew, whilst filming a costume drama on location in London. ... July 21 is the 202nd day (203rd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 163 days remaining. ... Paul David Wellstone (July 21, 1944 - October 25, 2002) was a Democratic U.S. senator from Minnesota, who served from his election in 1990 to his death in a plane crash in 2002. ... A senate is a deliberative body, often the upper house or chamber of a legislature. ... The Democratic Party is one of the two major political parties in the United States. ... State nickname: North Star State Other U.S. States Capital Saint Paul Largest city Minneapolis Governor Tim Pawlenty Official languages None Area 225,365 km² (12th)  - Land 206,375 km²  - Water 18,990 km² (8. ... 2002 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... August 4 is the 216th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (217th in leap years), with 149 days remaining. ... Categories: Actor stubs | 1944 births | Connecticut natives ... August 11 is the 223rd day of the year (224th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Ian McDiarmid as Senator Palpatine in The Phantom Menace Ian McDiarmid (born August 11, 1944) is a Scottish actor. ... August 21 is the 233rd day of the year (234th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... for the Northern Ireland politician see Peter Weir (politician) Peter Weir (August 21, 1944- ) is an Australian film director. ... August 26 is the 238th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (239th in leap years). ... HRH The Duke of Gloucester His Royal Highness Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester (Richard Alexander Walter George Windsor), styled HRH The Duke of Gloucester (born August 26, 1944), is a member of the British Royal Family, a grandson of King George V. He has held the title of Duke of... September 1 is the 244th day of the year (245th in leap years). ... Leonard Slatkin (born September 1, 1944) is an American conductor. ... September 2 is the 245th day of the year (246th in leap years). ... Al Matthews (September 2, 1944, Detroit, Michigan – October 6, 2002, American actor. ... 2002 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... September 7 is the 250th day of the year (251st in leap years). ... Velibor Bora Milutinović (born September 7, 1944 in Yugoslavia) is a football (soccer) coach, the only one to have coached five different teams at the World Cup: Mexico in 1986, Costa Rica in 1990, the United States in 1994, Nigeria in 1998, and China in 2002. ... Serbia and Montenegro (Serbian: Србија и Црна Гора, often abbreviated as SCG) is the name of the union of Serbia and Montenegro, two former Yugoslav republics united since 2003 in a loose confederation. ... The striker (wearing red jersey) has run past the defender (in white jersey) and is about to take a shot at the goal, while the goalkeeper positions himself to stop the ball. ... September 12 is the 255th day of the year (256th in leap years). ... Leonard Peltier behind bars. ... United States Peace and Freedom Party logo The Peace and Freedom Party (PFP) is a United States political party founded in 1967 as a leftist organization opposed to the Vietnam War. ... This is list of candidates for the offices of President of the United States and Vice President of the United States. ... September 25 is the 268th day of the year (269th in leap years). ... Michael Kirk Douglas (born September 25, 1944 in New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA) is an American actor and producer. ... September 26 is the 269th day of the year (270th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 96 days remaining. ... Anne Josephine Robinson (born September 26, 1944) is a British television presenter, most famous for hosting the BBC game show The Weakest Link. ... October 9 is the 282nd day of the year (283rd in Leap years). ... John Alec Entwistle (October 9, 1944 - June 27, 2002) was the bass guitar player for The Who. ... The Who is a British rock band. ... 2002 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... October 15 is the 288th day of the year (289th in Leap years). ... The Right Honourable David Trimble (born October 15, 1944) is a Northern Irish politician, leader of the Ulster Unionist Party and the former First Minister of Northern Ireland. ... The Nobel Prizes (pronounced no-BELL or no-bell) are awarded annually to people who have done outstanding research, invented groundbreaking techniques or equipment, or made outstanding contributions to society. ... October 28 is the 301st day of the year (302nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 64 days remaining. ... Dennis Franz (born October 28, 1944) is an actor best known for his roles as a gritty police detective in the television series NYPD Blue and Hill Street Blues. ... Actors in period costume sharing a joke whilst waiting between takes during location filming. ...

November-December

• November 10 - Silvestre Reyes, American politician
• November 12 - Booker T. Jones, musician, singer, songwriter ("Booker T. and the M.G.'s")
• November 12 - Al Michaels, sportscaster
• November 17 - Danny DeVito, actor
• November 17 - Rem Koolhaas, Dutch architect
• November 17 - Lorne Michaels, producer
• November 17 - Tom Seaver, Baseball Hall of Fame player
• November 25 - Ben Stein, law professor, actor, and author.
• December 7 - Daniel Chorzempa, organist
• December 17 - Jack L. Chalker science fiction novelist (d. 2005)
• December 21 - Michael Tilson Thomas, American conductor
• December 22 - Steve Carlton, Baseball Hall of Famer
• December 23 - Wesley Clark, US General and former NATO Supreme Allied Commander
• December 25 - Jairzinho, football player

November 10 is the 314th day of the year (315th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 51 days remaining. ... Silvestre Reyes (born November 10, 1944) is a politician from the state of Texas. ... November 12 is the 316th day of the year (317th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 49 days remaining. ... Booker T. Jones (born November 12, 1944) is a multi_instrumentalist, songwriter, producer and arranger, most well known for fronting the band Booker T. and the MGs. ... Booker T. & the M.G.s is a soul band, most prominent in the 1960s and 1970s. ... November 12 is the 316th day of the year (317th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 49 days remaining. ... Alan Richard Michaels (born November 12, 1944 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American television sportscaster and sports journalist. ... November 17 is also the name of a Marxist group in Greece. ... Danny DeVito as Louie in Taxi. ... November 17 is also the name of a Marxist group in Greece. ... Seattle Central Library, designed by Koolhaas Rem Koolhaas (born November 17, 1944 in Rotterdam, Netherlands) is a Dutch architect, former journalist and screenwriter who studied architecture at the Architectural Association School of Architecture in London. ... November 17 is also the name of a Marxist group in Greece. ... Lorne Michael Lipowitz, aka Lorne Michaels (born November 17, 1944) is a television producer and writer, from Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ... November 17 is also the name of a Marxist group in Greece. ... George Thomas Seaver (born November 17, 1944 in Fresno, California) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher for four different teams, primarily the New York Mets, from 1967 to 1986. ... The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, located at 25 Main Street in Cooperstown, New York, United States, is a semi-official museum operated by private interests that serves as the central point for the study of the history of baseball in North America, the display of baseball-related... November 25 is the 329th (in leap years the 330th) day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Ben Stein Benjamin Jeremy Stein (born November 25, 1944, in Washington, D.C.,) is an American attorney, former game show host, actor, screenwriter, former political speechwriter, law professor, economist, author, columnist, as well as a commercial personality. ... December 7 is the 341st day (342nd on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Daniel Walter Chorzempa (born December 7, 1944) is an American organist. ... December 17 is the 351st day of the year (352nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Jack Laurence Chalker (born December 17, 1944) is a science fiction author. ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... December 21 is the 355th day of the year (356th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Michael Tilson Thomas (born December 21, 1944), nicknamed MTT, is an American conductor, pianist and composer. ... December 22 is the 356th day of the year (357th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Steven Norman Carlton (born December 22, 1944 in Miami, Florida) is a former left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball, from 1965 to 1988, who retired as one of the most successful pitchers to ever play the game. ... The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, located at 25 Main Street in Cooperstown, New York, United States, is a semi-official museum operated by private interests that serves as the central point for the study of the history of baseball in North America, the display of baseball-related... December 23 is the 357th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (358th in leap years). ... Wesley Kanne Clark (born December 23, 1944) is a retired four-star general in the U.S. Army. ... NATO military is divided into two commands, Atlantic and Europe. ... December 25 is the 359th day of the year (360th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 6 days remaining. ... Jair Ventura Filho, (born December 25, 1944), is a former Brazilian football player, he was voted by World Soccer magazine as the 27th greatest player of the 20th century. ...

Deaths

For more 1944 deaths see Category:1944 deaths

January-May

• January 1 - Charles Turner, Australian cricketer (b. 1862)
• January 11 - Edgard Potier, Belgian MI9 agent (b. 1903)
• January 20 - James McKeen Cattell, first professor of psychology in U.S.
• January 23 - Edvard Munch, Norwegian painter
• January 31 - William Allen White, journalist (b. 1868)
• February 1 - Piet Mondriaan, Dutch painter
• February 4 - Yvette Guilbert, French singer and actress (b. 1867)
• February 11 - Carl Meinhof, German linguist
• February 11 - Ivan Sollertinsky, friend of Dmitri Shostakovich
• February 21 - Ferenc Szisz, Hungarian-born French race car driver (b. 1873)
• March 5 - Max Jacob, French poet (b. 1876)
• March 12 - Werner Drechsler, of U-118
• March 22 - Pierre Brossolette, journalist, French Resistance fighter
• March 24 - Orde Wingate, British soldier
• April 9 - Evgeniya Rudneva, Soviet World War II heroine (executed)
• April 17 - J.T. Hearne Middlesex medium-fast bowler and fourth highest first-class wicket-taker (b. 1867)
• April 19 - Thomas Hitchcock Jr, polo player
• April 28 - Paul Poiret, French couturier
• May 12 - Max Brand, author
• May 12 - Q, British writer
• May 16 - George Ade, author

January 1 is the first day of the calendar year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. ... Charles Turner (Charles Thomas Biass Turner; born November 16, 1862, Bathurst, Australia; died January 1, 1944, Manly, New South Wales, Australia) was a bowler who is regarded as one of the finest ever produced by Australia. ... Events January-March January 10 - End of term for John Gately Downey, 7th Governor of California. ... January 11 is the 11th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Dominique Edgard Potier was a Belgian Air Force officer, who escaped to England, via France, Spain and Portugal, arriving in March 1942. ... 1903 has the latest occurring solstices and equinoxes for 400 years, because the Gregorian calendar hasnt had a leap year for seven years or a century leap year since 1600. ... January 20 is the 20th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... James McKeen Cattell (May 25, 1860-January 20, 1944), American psychologist, was the first professor of psychology in the United States. ... January 23 is the 23rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Self portrait, 1895 Edvard Munch (Løten, December 12, 1863 - Ekely (near Oslo), January 23, 1944) was a Norwegian Expressionist painter and printmaker. ... January 31 is the 31st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... William Allen White Born in Emporia, Kansas on February 10, 1868, William Allen White was a nationally-known newspaper editor for much of his life, having purchased The Emporia Gazette in 1895 and continuing as its editor until his death on January 31, 1944. ... 1868 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... February 1 is the 32nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Piet Mondrian (March 7, 1872 - February 1, 1944) was a Dutch painter and an important contributor of the De Stijl art movement, which was founded by Theo van Doesburg. ... February 4 is the 35th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Yvette Guilbert, born January 20, 1867 in Paris, France – died February 4, 1944 in Aix-en-Provence, was a music-hall singer and actress. ... 1867 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... February 11 is the 42nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Carl Friedrich Michael Meinhof (July 23, 1857_February 11, 1944) was a German linguist. ... February 11 is the 42nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Ivan Ivanovich Sollertinsky (1902 - 1944) was a Russian polymath of the Soviet period. ... Dmitri Dmitrievich Shostakovich (Russian Дмитрий Дмитриевич Шостакович) (September 25, 1906 – August 9, 1975) was a Russian composer of the Soviet period. ... February 21 is the 52nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Ferenc Szisz, born September 20, 1873 - died February 21, 1944, was a French race car driver and the winner of the first ever Grand Prix motor racing event. ... 1873 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... March 5 is the 64th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (65th in leap years). ... Max Jacob (July 12, 1876 - March 5, 1944) was a French poet, painter, writer and critic. ... 1876 is a leap year starting on Saturday. ... March 12 is the 71st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (72nd in Leap years). ... March 22 is the 81st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (82nd in Leap years). ... Pierre Brossolette (June 25, 1903 - March 22, 1944) was a French socialist, journalist and member of French Resistance. ... The French Resistance is the name used for resistance movements that fought military occupation of France by Nazi Germany and the resulting Vichy France during World War II after France surrendered in 1940. ... March 24 is the 83rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (84th in Leap years). ... Major General Charles Orde Wingate (1903-1944) was a British major general and creator of two special military units during the World War II. Beginnings Charles Orde Wingate was born February 23 1903 in India to a military family. ... April 9 is the 99th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (100th in leap years). ... Evgeniya Maksimovna Rudneva (Russian: Евгения Максимовна Руднева) (December 24, 1920 in Berdyansk – April 9, 1944 near Kerch) was a Soviet military navigator, Hero of the Soviet Union, a member of Moscow branch of the Astronomical-Geodesical Society of the USSR, head of the Solar Department. ... April 17 is the 107th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (108th in leap years). ... John Thomas Hearne (born May 3, 1867; died April 17, 1944) (known either as Jack Hearne or J.T. Hearne to avoid confusion with J.W. Hearne to whom he was only distantly related) was a Middlesex and England medium-fast bowler. ... A bowler in the sport of cricket is usually a player whose speciality is bowling. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... 1867 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... April 19 is the 109th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (110th in leap years). ... April 28 is the 118th day of the year (119th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 247 days remaining. ... Categories: People stubs | 1879 births | 1944 deaths | French people ... May 12 is the 132nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (133rd in leap years). ... Frederick Schiller Faust (May 29, 1892 - May 12, 1944) was an American western fiction author. ... May 12 is the 132nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (133rd in leap years). ... Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch (November 21, 1863 - May 12, 1944) was a British writer, who published under the pen name of Q. Born in Cornwall, he was educated at Newton Abbot College, at Clifton College, and Trinity College, Oxford and later became a lecturer there. ... May 16 is the 136th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (137th in leap years). ... George Ade (February 9, 1866 - May 16, 1944) was an American writer, newspaper columnist, and playwright. ...

July-August

• July 1 - Tanya Savicheva, young Russian girl
• July 6 - Andrée Borrel, SOE agent, WW II heroine executed by the Nazis
• July 6 - Vera Leigh, SOE agent, WW II heroine executed by the Nazis
• July 6 - Sonia Olschanezky, SOE recruit, WW II heroine executed by the Nazis
• July 6 - Diana Rowden, SOE agent, WW II heroine executed by the Nazis
• July 26 - Reza Pahlavi, deposed Shah of Iran
• July 31 - Antoine de Saint-Exupery, French pilot and writer
• August 8 - Chaim Soutine, painter
• August 12 - Suzanne Spaak, Belgian heroine of WW II, executed by the Nazis
• August 23 - Abdul Mejid II, Deposed Caliph of the Ottoman Empire
• August 26 - Adam von Trott zu Solz, lawyer, diplomat executed by the Nazis
• August 27 - Princess Mafalda Maria Elisabetta of Savoy, executed by the Nazis

July 1 is the 182nd day of the year (183rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 183 days remaining. ... Among the documents presented at the Nuremberg trials by the prosecutors was a small notebook that once belonged to a Leningrad schoolgirl Tanya Savicheva. ... July 6 is the 187th day of the year (188th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 178 days remaining. ... Andrée Raymonde Borrel, born in France on November 18, 1919 - died July 6, 1944 at Natzwiller, Bas-Rhin, France. ... The Special Operations Executive (SOE), often called the Baker Street Irregulars after Sherlock Holmess fictional group of spies, was a World War II organisation initiated by Winston Churchill in July of 1940 as a mechanism for conducting warfare by means other than direct military engagement. ... July 6 is the 187th day of the year (188th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 178 days remaining. ... Vera Leigh was born Vera Glass on March 17, 1903 in Leeds, England. ... The Special Operations Executive (SOE), often called the Baker Street Irregulars after Sherlock Holmess fictional group of spies, was a World War II organisation initiated by Winston Churchill in July of 1940 as a mechanism for conducting warfare by means other than direct military engagement. ... July 6 is the 187th day of the year (188th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 178 days remaining. ... The Special Operations Executive (SOE), often called the Baker Street Irregulars after Sherlock Holmess fictional group of spies, was a World War II organisation initiated by Winston Churchill in July of 1940 as a mechanism for conducting warfare by means other than direct military engagement. ... July 6 is the 187th day of the year (188th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 178 days remaining. ... Diana Hope Rowden (January 31, 1915 - July 6, 1944) was an SOE member who was killed in a Nazi concentration camp. ... The Special Operations Executive (SOE), often called the Baker Street Irregulars after Sherlock Holmess fictional group of spies, was a World War II organisation initiated by Winston Churchill in July of 1940 as a mechanism for conducting warfare by means other than direct military engagement. ... July 26 is the 207th day (208th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 158 days remaining. ... Shah Reza Pahlavi Reza Pahlavi (Persian: رضا پهلوی), (March 16, 1877–July 26, 1944), called Reza Shah the Great after his death, was Shah of Persia (later Iran) from December 15, 1925 to September 16, 1941. ... One of the worlds longest-lasting monarchies, the Iranian monarchy went through many transformations over the centuries, from the days of Persia to the creation of what is now modern day Iran. ... July 31 is the 212th day (213th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 153 days remaining, as the final day of July. ... Antoine de Saint-Exup ry in Toulouse Antoine de Saint-Exup ry (June 29, 1900 – July 31, 1944) was a French writer and aviator. ... August 8 is the 220th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (221st in leap years), with 145 days remaining. ... Chaim Soutine ( 1894 – August 8, 1944) was an expressionist painter. ... August 12 is the 224th day of the year (225th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Suzanne Spaak (c. ... August 23 is the 235th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (236th in leap years), with 130 days remaining. ... Abd-ul-Mejid II (lived May 29, 1868 – August 23, 1944, reigned November 19, 1922 – March 3, 1924). ... An Anglicized/Latinized version of the Arabic word خليفة or Khalīfah, Caliph (  listen?) is the term or title for the Islamic leader of the Ummah, or community of Islam. ... The Ottoman Empire at the height of its power Imperial motto El Muzaffer Daima The Ever Victorious (as written in tugra) Official language Ottoman Turkish Capital İstanbul ( Constantinople/Asitane/Konstantiniyye ) Sovereigns Sultans of the Osmanli Dynasty Population ca 40 million Area 12+ million km² Establishment 1299 Dissolution October 29, 1923... August 26 is the 238th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (239th in leap years). ... Adam von Trott zu Solz (born August 9, 1909 in Potsdam, Germany - died August 26, 1944 in Berlin, Germany) was a lawyer and diplomat who opposed the Nazi regime. ... August 27 is the 239th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (240th in leap years), with 126 days remaining. ... Mafalda Maria Elisabetta Anna Romana, born November 2, 1902 in Rome, Italy – died August 27, 1944 near Weimar, Germany, was a Princess of the House of Savoy. ...

September-December

• September 6 - Gustave Biéler, heroic SOE agent (executed)
• September 8 ? Lela Carayannis, Greek resistance fighter during World War II (executed)
• September 9 - Robert Benoist, Grand Prix driver/war hero (executed)
• September 11 - Madeleine Damerment, WW II heroine (executed)
• September 11 - Eliane Plewman, WW II heroine (executed)
• September 11 - Noor Inayat Khan, WW II heroine (executed)
• September 11 - Yolande Beekman, WW II heroine (executed)
• September 13 - Heath Robinson, British cartoonist and illustrator
• September 14 - John Kenneth Macalister, SOE agent (executed)
• September 14 - Frank Pickersgill, SOE agent (executed)
• September 14 - Roméo Sabourin, SOE agent (executed)
• October 14 - Erwin Rommel, German Feldmarschall (b. 1891)
• October 21 - Alois Kayser, German missionary in Nauru
• November 2 - Thomas Midgley, chemist and inventor
• November 7 - Hannah Szenes, WW II heroine (executed)
• December 2 - Josef Lhévinne, pianist
• December 4 - Roger Bresnahan, baseball Hall of Famer
• December 30 - Romain Rolland, French writer
• William Temple, Archbishop of Canberbury (b. 1881)

September 6 is the 249th day of the year (250th in leap years). ... Gustave Daniel Alfred Biéler, born in 1904 in Lutry, Vaud, Switzerland - died September 6, 1944 in Bavaria, was a Special Operations Executive agent during World War II. Gustave Biéler At the age of twenty, Gustave Biéler emigrated to Canada where he settled in the city of Montreal... The Special Operations Executive (SOE), often called the Baker Street Irregulars after Sherlock Holmess fictional group of spies, was a World War II organisation initiated by Winston Churchill in July of 1940 as a mechanism for conducting warfare by means other than direct military engagement. ... September 8 is the 251st day of the year (252nd in leap years). ... September 9 is the 252nd day of the year (253rd in leap years). ... Robert Marcel Charles Benoist, (March 20, 1895 - September 9, 1944) was a French Grand Prix motor racing driver and war hero. ... Georges Boillot winning the 1912 French Grand Prix in Dieppe, France Grand Prix motor racing has its roots in organized automobile racing that began in France as far back as 1894. ... September 11 is the 254th day of the year (255th in leap years). ... Madeleine Zoe Damerment (November 11, 1917 - September 11, 1944) is a heroine of World War II. Madeleine Damerment was born in the city Lille in the Nord département of France. ... September 11 is the 254th day of the year (255th in leap years). ... September 11 is the 254th day of the year (255th in leap years). ... Noor Inyat Khan (January 1, 1914 - September 11, 1944) was born of an Indian father (Inayat Khan) and an American mother (Ora Ray Baker, who was a relative of Mary Baker Eddy, founder of Christian Science). ... September 11 is the 254th day of the year (255th in leap years). ... Yolande Beekman (1911 - September 11, 1944) is a heroine of World War II. Born as Yolande Elsa Maria Unternahrer to an educated family in Paris, Beekman moved as a child to London and grew up fluent in the English, German, and French languages. ... September 13 is the 256th day of the year (257th in leap years). ... William Heath Robinson (May 31, 1872 - September 13, 1944) was a British cartoonist and illustrator, who signed himself W. Heath Robinson. ... September 14 is the 257th day of the year (258th in leap years). ... John Kenneth Macalister (July 19, 1914, Guelph, Ontario, Canada - September 14, 1944, Buchenwald) was a Canadian hero of World War II. John Macalister graduated from the University of Toronto, then as a Rhodes Scholar studied at Oxford University. ... The Special Operations Executive (SOE), often called the Baker Street Irregulars after Sherlock Holmess fictional group of spies, was a World War II organisation initiated by Winston Churchill in July of 1940 as a mechanism for conducting warfare by means other than direct military engagement. ... September 14 is the 257th day of the year (258th in leap years). ... Frank Herbert Dedrick Pickersgill (May 28, 1915, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada - September 14, 1944, Weimar, Thuringia, Germany) is a Canadian hero of World War II. Captain Pickersgill joined the Canadian Intelligence Corps then, because he was fluent in the French language, he was recruited into the Special Operations Executive. ... The Special Operations Executive (SOE), often called the Baker Street Irregulars after Sherlock Holmess fictional group of spies, was a World War II organisation initiated by Winston Churchill in July of 1940 as a mechanism for conducting warfare by means other than direct military engagement. ... September 14 is the 257th day of the year (258th in leap years). ... Roméo Sabourin (January 1, 1923, Montreal, Quebec, Canada - September 14, 1944, Weimar, Thuringia, Germany) is a Canadian hero of World War II. Lieutenant Sabourin joined the Canadian Army, serving in the Canadian Intelligence Corps. ... The Special Operations Executive (SOE), often called the Baker Street Irregulars after Sherlock Holmess fictional group of spies, was a World War II organisation initiated by Winston Churchill in July of 1940 as a mechanism for conducting warfare by means other than direct military engagement. ... October 14 is the 287th day of the year (288th in Leap years). ... Field Marshal Erwin Rommel Erwin Johannes Eugen Rommel (November 15, 1891–October 14, 1944) was one of the most distinguished German Field Marshals and commander of the Deutsches Afrika Korps in World War II. He is also known by his nickname The Desert Fox (Wüstenfuchs). ... The Federal Republic of Germany (German: Bundesrepublik Deutschland) is one of the worlds leading industrialised countries, located in the heart of Europe. ... 1891 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... October 21 is the 294th day of the year (295th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 71 days remaining. ... Alois Kayser (born 1877 in Alsace, died October 21, 1944 in Chuuk) was a German Nauru and wrote a Nauruan grammar (and possibly a Nauruan dictionary). ... The Federal Republic of Germany (German: Bundesrepublik Deutschland) is one of the worlds leading industrialised countries, located in the heart of Europe. ... The Republic of Nauru (pronounced nah-OO-roo), formerly known as Pleasant Island, is an island republic in the South Pacific Ocean. ... November 2 is the 306th day of the year (307th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 59 days remaining. ... Thomas Midgley, Jr. ... November 7 is the 311th day of the year (312th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 54 days remaining. ... Hannah Szenes (or Chana Senesh) (July 17, 1921 - November 7, 1944) was a Hungarian Jewish woman who became a partisan. ... December 2 is the 336th day (337th on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Josef Lhévinne ( December 13, 1874 – December 2, 1944) was a Russian pianist and piano teacher. ... December 4 is the 338th day (339th on leap years) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Roger Philip Bresnahan (June 11, 1879 - December 4, 1944), nicknamed The Duke of Tralee, was an American player in Major League Baseball who starred primarily as a catcher. ... December 30 is the 364th day of the year (365th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 1 day remaining. ... Romain Rolland (January 29, 1866 - December 30, 1944) was a French writer. ... William Temple (1881 - 1944), Archbishop of Canterbury (1942 - 1944) was the second son of Archbishop Frederick Temple (1821-1902). ... Events January - April January 16-24 ? Siege of Geok Tepe ? Russian troops under general Skobeleff defeat Turkomans January 25 - Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell form the Oriental Telephone Company February 5 - Phoenix, Arizona is incorporated. ...

Nobel Prizes

• Physics - Isidor Isaac Rabi
• Chemistry - Otto Hahn
• Medicine - Joseph Erlanger, Herbert Spencer Gasser
• Literature - Johannes Vilhelm Jensen
• Peace - International Committee of the Red Cross.