1944

Year 1944 () was a (link will display full calendar) of the.

Events of 1944

 * (Below, events of have the "" prefix.)

January

 * - : The begins.
 * Murder of playwright.
 * The  becomes the first transoceanic.
 * - : The Soviet troops start the offensive at and.
 * The recreated, marking the start of  by the Polish.
 * An hits  killing an estimated 10,000 people in the worst  in Argentina's history.
 * forces, in, cross the.
 * Meat Rationing ends in.
 * ceases the production of.
 * - : The drops 2,300 tons of bombs on . The, in Italy, attempts to cross the.
 * - : begin, the assault on , . The  stand their ground at Anzio against violent assaults for 4 months.
 * - : The two year is lifted.
 * - : The takes place.
 * - : troops invade.
 * - : American forces land on and other islands in the ese-held.
 * - : The takes place.
 * - : troops invade.
 * - : American forces land on and other islands in the ese-held.

February

 * - : troops land in the.
 * - : troops capture the.
 * - : In, forces launch a counteroffensive.
 * headquarters established in Britain by General.
 * Anti-ese revolt on.
 * - : - the monastery atop  is destroyed by Allied bombing.
 * - : begins. The battle ended in an American victory on.
 * "Big Week" begins with American bomber raids on  manufacturing centers.
 * The takes  Island.
 * - : The and  are forcibly deported to.
 * - - Shooting begins of the propaganda film,  in.
 * - : The Admiralty Islands are invaded by U.S. forces in the and.
 * - - Shooting begins of the propaganda film,  in.
 * - : The Admiralty Islands are invaded by U.S. forces in the and.

March

 * March - : The Japanese launch an offensive in central and south.
 * and laid down.
 * Anti- in northern.
 * - : stalls inside a railway tunnel outside,  - 426 choke to death
 * - : The and the  were instituted in
 * - In, , the leader of crime syndicate , is executed at.
 * - : Soviet Army planes attack in, destroying almost the entire old town.
 * - : Soviet Army planes attack,.
 * - : In Britain the lifts the ban on women s marrying.
 * - : The Creation of the politic Committee of national liberation in.
 * - aircraft bomb German-held monastery and stage an assault.
 * The National Council of the approves the  programme.
 * - : The hitlerists assassinate at almost 400 prisoners, Soviet citizens and anti- Romanians.
 * - : forces occupy.
 * - The eruption of in  kills 26 and causes thousands to flee their homes.
 * - : Flight Sergeant 's bomber is hit over Germany and he has to bail out without a  from the height of over 4000 meters. Tree branches interrupt his fall and he lands safely on deep snow
 * - : members of the attack  marching in . 33 Nazis are killed.
 * The massacre in Rome, Italy. 335 Italians are killed, including 75 Jews and over 200 members of the  from various groups.
 * In the Polish village of, German police kill Józef and Wiktoria Ulm, their six children and eight Jewish people they were hiding.
 * The massacre in Rome, Italy. 335 Italians are killed, including 75 Jews and over 200 members of the  from various groups.
 * In the Polish village of, German police kill Józef and Wiktoria Ulm, their six children and eight Jewish people they were hiding.
 * In the Polish village of, German police kill Józef and Wiktoria Ulm, their six children and eight Jewish people they were hiding.

April

 * - : The is incorporated.
 * - : 749 American troops are killed in at, ,.

May

 * - : released in.
 * - : In the Ukrainian city of, Soviet troops had completely driven out the German forces. The besieged German troops had been ordered by  to “fight to the last Man.”
 * - : Soviet troops finalize the liberation of.
 * - Germans evacuate and  forces take the stronghold after a struggle that claimed 20,000 lives.
 * Deportation of by the  government.
 * - of, heir to the throne resigns from her rights in favor of her son , later reigning Prince.
 * - of, heir to the throne resigns from her rights in favor of her son , later reigning Prince.

June

 * - : The transmits a coded message (the first line of a poem by ) to  fighters in  warning that the invasion of  is imminent.
 * - : The provisional government is established.
 * A hunter-killer group of the captures the  submarine, marking the first time a U.S. Navy vessel had captured an enemy vessel at  since the.
 * falls to the . It is the first capital of an nation to fall.
 * More than 1000 bombers drop 5000 tons of bombs on  gun batteries on the  coast in preparation for.
 * At 10:15 p.m. local time, the transmits the second line of the  poem to the  indicating that the invasion of  is about to begin.
 * - : begins - Operation Overlord, code named, commences with the landing of 155,000  troops on the beaches of  in . The allied soldiers quickly break through the  and push inland in the largest amphibious  operation in history. This operation was used to help liberate  from . It also weakens  hold on.
 * - : liberated by British troops.
 * - : launches an offensive against  with the intent of defeating Finland before pushing for.
 * - : 642 men, women and children are killed in the Massacre in.
 * - : launches a  attack on.
 * The invades.
 * forces push back in, capturing the city.
 * The proclamation of the Republic of.
 * declares full independence from.
 * General attack by forces to clear the  forces from  which resulted in the destruction of the German, possibly the greatest defeat of the Wehrmacht during WWII.
 * The ends in a British victory.
 * - : The between Finnish and Soviet troops begins. Largest battle ever to be fought in the.
 * - : American troops enter.
 * General attack by forces to clear the  forces from  which resulted in the destruction of the German, possibly the greatest defeat of the Wehrmacht during WWII.
 * The ends in a British victory.
 * - : The between Finnish and Soviet troops begins. Largest battle ever to be fought in the.
 * - : American troops enter.
 * - : American troops enter.

July

 * - Start of the at.
 * Soviet troops liberate.
 * Japanese forces call off their advance, ending the battle in a victory.
 * More than 100 children died in one of the worst fire disasters in the history of the.
 * At, Texas, future baseball star and 1st Lt. is arrested and later court-martialed for refusing to move to the back of a segregated  bus. He is eventually acquitted.
 * - : and  forces capture.
 * - : Soviet troops start the operations for occupying the Baltic countries.
 * - : Liberation of.
 * The largest convoy of the war embarks from under  protection.
 * SS E.A.Bryan, loaded with ammunition, explodes in the naval base - 320 dead.
 * - : resigns as  of  due to numerous setbacks in the war effort.
 * - : survives an . See
 * - troops land on  starting the battle (ends on ).
 * The creation of the Polish Committee for national liberation.
 * - End of Bretton Woods conference and signing of Agreements.
 * - : - One of the bloodiest days for s during the war: 18,444 casualties, including 5,021 killed.
 * - troops land on  starting the battle (ends on ).
 * The creation of the Polish Committee for national liberation.
 * - End of Bretton Woods conference and signing of Agreements.
 * - : - One of the bloodiest days for s during the war: 18,444 casualties, including 5,021 killed.

August

 * - : begins.
 * - : ends diplomatic and economic relations with.
 * - : A tip from a informer leads the  to a sealed-off area in an  warehouse where they find ish diarist  and her family.
 * - Holocaust: insurgents liberate a   in, freeing 348 ish prisoners.
 * - dedicates the first program-controlled, the Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator (known best as the ).
 * - The and the  release posters featuring  for the first time.
 * Allies capture,.
 * World's first undersea laid, between  and  in
 * - : lands Allies in southern .  participates in its fourth assault landing at St. Maxime, spearheading the drive for the Belfort Gap.
 * - - : Victorious insurrection in.
 * - : American forces successfully defeat forces at . This victory closed the.
 * - :, prime minister of , is arrested and a new government is established. exits the war against  joining the.
 * - : Allies liberate, therefore ending The.
 * - : decides to continue the war together with.
 * - resumes his mysterious attacks in.
 * - resumes his mysterious attacks in.

September

 * - : In, the government resigns.
 * - : Holocaust: Diarist Anne Frank and her family are placed on the last transport train from Westerbork to Auschwitz. They arrive three days later.
 * - : Allies liberate.
 * The 11th Armored Division liberates the city of  in.
 * Finland breaks off relations with.
 * - : The Soviets declare war on.
 * - : The Belgian government returns from exile in Britain.
 * is hit by a for the first time.
 * The French town of is liberated from.
 * - : Insurrection in.
 * - : Northern and Southern France invasion forces link up near.
 * - : begins.
 * - : Armistice between Finland and Soviet Union signed. (End of the )
 * - :, prime minister in capacity of president of , escapes to . Two days later, is taken over by the.
 * - : The takes the strongly defended city of  before crossing the  and entering the western foothills of the Vosges.
 * - : ends in an Allied withdrawal.
 * - : The takes the strongly defended city of  before crossing the  and entering the western foothills of the Vosges.
 * - : ends in an Allied withdrawal.

October

 * ends.
 * Holocaust: troops end the.
 * - : pilots shoot down the first   over.
 * - : starts on the  (lasts until ).
 * - The show,  debuts.
 * - : Prime Minister  and  Premier  begin a nine-day conference in  to discuss the future of.
 * - : 800 children are systematically murdered at  death camp
 * - : The Allies land at.
 * - :, the capital of is taken over by the.
 * - :   committed suicide rather than face execution for allegedly conspiring against.
 * - : founded on 's orders.
 * is liberated by Yugoslav Partisans and the.
 * explosion destroys a (2.6 km²) of.
 * - : is the first  city to fall.
 * - : Naval in the  begins (lasts until ).
 * recital in the
 * liberates, the first town in to be liberated from German occupation.
 * - Mass murderer is apprehended in  station
 * recital in the
 * liberates, the first town in to be liberated from German occupation.
 * - Mass murderer is apprehended in  station

November

 * - : Two supreme commanders of the, Generals and  are captured, tortured and later executed by German forces.
 * wins reelection over challenger  to become the only U.S. president to be elected to a fourth term.
 * in, due to excessive speed in a declining hill. 16 killed; 50 injured.
 * - introduces  in  (see ).
 * - The entire territory of is taken over by the.
 * - The entire territory of is taken over by the.

December

 * - : becomes the last  of the  administration, by filling the seat left by.
 * - : breaks out in a newly-liberated, between  and royalists.
 * - Legendary Italian conductor leads a concert performance of the first half of 's  (minus its spoken dialogue) on  radio, starring . He chooses this opera for its political message - a statement against tyranny and dictatorship. Conducting it in German, Toscanini intends it as a tribute to the German people who are being oppressed by Hitler. The second half will be broadcast a week later. The performance will later be released on LP and CD. This is the first of seven operas that the Maestro will conduct on radio.
 * and - : British units attempt to take the hilltop town of Tossignano; they are repulsed.
 * - A private airplane carrying bandleader disappears in heavy fog over the  while flying to.
 * Germany begins the Ardennes offensive, later to become known as.
 * General becomes the first.
 * - : German troops carry out the.
 * - : Brigadier General, commander of the U.S. forces defending , refuses to accept demands for surrender by sending a one-word reply, "Nuts!", to the German command.
 * - : The Bulge reaches its deepest point at.
 * American troops repulse forces at.
 * Premiere of  by.
 * - : King declares a regency, leaving his throne vacant.
 * - : declares war on.
 * - : King declares a regency, leaving his throne vacant.
 * - : declares war on.

Undated

 * In, the law of 1864 that criminalizes homosexuality is abolished.
 * Swedish author of children's books publishes her first book .
 * In, Erik Wallenberg and Ruben Rausing invent a way to package milk in paper and start the company.
 * publishes his paper on
 * established.
 * becomes the first person to successfully navigate the in both directions in a schooner.  He would chronicle the event in his, entitled “The Big Ship”.

Births
For more 1944 births see 

January-February

 * -, President of the
 * - Prince, Cambodian politician
 * , American actress
 * , Swiss immunologist, recipient of the
 * -, English guitarist
 * -, American boxer
 * -, French singer
 * -, twenty-fourth
 * -, American actress and singer
 * -, Dutch actor
 * -, Italian model and actress
 * -, American feminist and activist
 * , Nigerian religious leader
 * , Northern Irish activist, recipient of the
 * , English drummer
 * , American actress
 * , British composer
 * -, British musician
 * -, American musician
 * -, American writer
 * -, American writer
 * -, American politician
 * -, country music singer
 * , American actress
 * , English-born television host
 * , American journalist
 * , English-born film director, actor, and writer
 * -, American writer
 * -, Welsh composer
 * -, Dutch football player and coach
 * , American film director, producer, and writer
 * , Dutch tennis player
 * -, American musician
 * -, British musician (d. )
 * -, American writer (d. )
 * -, German footballer
 * -, American actor
 * , Dutch tennis player
 * -, American musician
 * -, British musician (d. )
 * -, American writer (d. )
 * -, German footballer
 * -, American actor

March-April

 * , U.S. Senator from Louisiana
 * , English musician
 * -, German actress
 * , British engineer and race car designer (d. )
 * , American singer
 * , American singer and songwriter
 * -, New Zealand soprano
 * -, British comedian
 * -, American singer
 * -, American singer and songwriter
 * , Palestinian assassin of
 * -, U.S. Marine and actor
 * -, American singer (The Supremes)
 * -, American basketball player
 * -, baseball player
 * -, American musician
 * -, Belgian politician
 * -, English soprano
 * , American professional basketball player (d.)
 * , Norwegian painter
 * -, American film director, producer, and screenwriter
 * -, American musician ( and )
 * -, Chechen leader, the first President of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria, an unrecognized breakaway state in the North Caucasus.
 * -, American economist, laureate
 * -, American millionaire adventurer
 * -, British TV weatherman
 * -, Belgian politician
 * -, American actor and television director
 * -, American actress
 * -, American economist, laureate
 * -, American millionaire adventurer
 * -, British TV weatherman
 * -, Belgian politician
 * -, American actor and television director
 * -, American actress

May-June

 * -, Indian politician
 * -, American actor (d. )
 * -, Welsh actor
 * -, English singer
 * -, American musician ( and )
 * -, American film director
 * -, British actor
 * -, American author
 * -, American film director and producer
 * , British singer
 * , Dutch singer
 * , Austrian businessman
 * , Australian tennis player
 * , Israeli Professor of Theatre, translator, and political activist
 * -, American singer
 * -, English puppeteer and film director
 * , Mayor of New York City
 * , American singer
 * , Northern Irish actress
 * -, American actress (d. )
 * , Mayor of New York City
 * , American singer
 * , Northern Irish actress
 * -, American actress (d. )


 * -, English actor
 * -, American sprinter
 * -, American singer and actress
 * , American athlete
 * , Irish singer
 * -, American scientist, recipient of the
 * , American actor and singer
 * , baseball player (d. )
 * , British musician
 * , British rock guitarist
 * -, American actor
 * -, parapsychologist
 * , British rock guitarist
 * -, American actor
 * -, parapsychologist

July-August

 * -, American actor
 * -, Hungarian inventor
 * Bulgariаn politician
 * , English film director
 * , U.S. Senator from Minnesota (d. )
 * -, of Sydney, Australian playwright and author (d. )
 * -, English comedian, actor, and musician (d. )
 * , American actress
 * , American economist, laureate
 * -, English comedian, actor, and musician (d. )
 * , American actress
 * , American economist, laureate
 * , American economist, laureate


 * -, British drummer, singer, and songwriter (d. )
 * , American actor and comedian
 * , Turkish musician, baglama virtuoso, composer, singer, arranger, music producer, music director, and actor.
 * -, American actress
 * -, American actor
 * -, Scottish actor
 * -, American actor
 * -, Bulgarian singer
 * -, Swedish writer
 * -, American R&B and dance singer
 * , Australian film director
 * , Finnish Professor of Finance (d. )
 * -, Indian actress
 * -, British artist
 * -, Indian actress
 * -, British artist
 * -, British artist

September-October

 * -, American conductor
 * , American basketball player (d. )
 * , Serbian football coach
 * , U.S. Presidential candidate
 * , American singer (d. )
 * -, American singer (Martha and the Vandellas)
 * -, Italian Mountaineer
 * -, Turkish poet
 * -, Carter's first
 * -, British actor
 * -, American actor
 * -, British television host
 * -, Scottish footballer
 * , English musician (d. )
 * , singer
 * , Jamaican singer and musician (d. )
 * , Northern Irish politician, recipient of the
 * , Turkish film director
 * , American actor
 * , British actor (d. )
 * , Northern Irish politician, recipient of the
 * , Turkish film director
 * , American actor
 * , British actor (d. )
 * , British actor (d. )

November-December

 * -, baseball player (d. )
 * -, American politician
 * -, a master of comedy in the Turkish history of cinema
 * , American musician, singer, and songwriter
 * , American sportscaster
 * , American actor
 * , Dutch architect
 * , Canadian film producer
 * , baseball player
 * -, German artist, fashion designer and art collector
 * -, American politician
 * -, Nigerian scholar and diplomat
 * -, American law professor, actor, and author
 * -, Nigerian scholar and diplomat
 * -, American law professor, actor, and author


 * -, first (d. )
 * -, British music producer
 * -, American organist
 * -, Scottish born actor
 * , American conductor
 * , English footballer
 * -, baseball player
 * , U.S. general and NATO Supreme Allied Commander
 * , Norwegian writer
 * -, Brazilian football player
 * -, American chemist, laureate
 * -, Brazilian football player
 * -, American chemist, laureate

Deaths
For more 1944 deaths see

January - March

 * -, Australian cricketer (b. )
 * -, American journalist (b. )
 * -, American biologist (b. )
 * -, Belgian spy (b. )
 * -, American psychologist (b. )
 * -, Norwegian painter (b. )
 * , French writer (b. )
 * , American journalist (b. )
 * -, Dutch painter (b. )
 * -, French singer and actress (b. )
 * -, German linguist (b. )
 * -, Hungarian-born race car driver (b. )
 * -, Jewish American mobster, head of Murder, Inc. (b. )
 * -, French poet (b. )
 * -, journalist and French Resistance fighter (b. )
 * -, British soldier (b. )
 * -, British soldier (b. )

April - June

 * -, Soviet World War II heroine (b. )
 * - English cricketer (b. )
 * -, American cartoonist (b. )
 * -, French couturier (b. )
 * -, (b. )
 * -, American author (b. )
 * -, British writer (b. )
 * -, American author (b. )
 * June -, Northern Irish poet and lyricist (b. )
 * -, Slovak politician, champion of regional integration in Europe (b. )

July - September

 * , French World War II heroine (executed) (b. )
 * , English World War II heroine (executed) (b. )
 * , German World War II heroine (executed) (b. )
 * , English World War II heroine (executed) (b. )
 * -, French politician and World War II hero (executed) (b. )
 * -, (b. )
 * -, French pilot and writer (b. )
 * -, Philippine president (b. )
 * -, Polish poet,
 * -, Russian painter (b. )
 * -, Belgian World War II heroine (executed)
 * -, British conductor (b. )
 * -, Caliph of the Ottoman Empire (b. )
 * , German diplomat (executed) (b. )
 * , Estonian general (b. )
 * - (executed) (b. )
 * , Estonian general (b. )
 * - (executed) (b. )


 * , Swiss World War II hero (executed) (b. )
 * , Polish RC priest, executed during the
 * Bishop, American religious and leader (b. )
 * -, French race car driver and war hero (executed) (b. )
 * , French World War II heroine (executed) (b. )
 * , French World War II heroine (executed) (b. )
 * , Indian princess and World War II heroine (executed) (b. )
 * -, British cartoonist and illustrator (b. )
 * , Canadian World War II hero (executed) (b. )
 * , Canadian World War II hero (executed) (b. )
 * , Canadian World War II hero (executed) (b. )
 * -, (b. )
 * -, Polish athlete, gymnast and photographer,
 * , Canadian World War II hero (executed) (b. )
 * -, (b. )
 * -, Polish athlete, gymnast and photographer,

October - December

 * -, American politician (b. )
 * -, American politician (b. )
 * -, German Field Marshal (b. )
 * -, German missionary (b. )
 * -, English physicist, laureate (b. )
 * -, Japanese (b. )
 * , youngest and last living child of (b. )
 * , (b. )
 * -, American chemist and inventor (b. )
 * -, French surgeon and biologist, recipient of the (b. )
 * -, Hungarian World War II heroine (executed) (b. )
 * -, Russian pianist (b. )
 * -, baseball player (b. )
 * -, Russian-born artist (b. )
 * -, French writer, laureate (b. )
 * date unknown - secretary and lover of the famous novelist and playwright  (b. )
 * date unknown - secretary and lover of the famous novelist and playwright  (b. )

Nobel prizes

 * - International Committee of the.
 * - International Committee of the.
 * - International Committee of the.
 * - International Committee of the.
 * - International Committee of the.