In history, year 1944 has its own importance and known for many memorable events like famous birthdays, inventions, natural disaster, treaties, change of rulers, special days etc. Find below a list of important historical events which happened during the year 1944.
Top Historical Events of the Year 1944:
| Date/Month | Event / Incidence / Incident |
|---|---|
| 22 january | World War II-The Allies commenced Operation Shingle, anamphibious landing against Axis forces in the area of Anzio and Nettuno,Italy. |
| 27 january | World War II-The Soviet Leningrad–Novgorod Offensive successfully lifted the Siege of Leningrad, 872 days after it began. |
| 29 january | World War II: At least 38 people were killed and about a dozen injured when the Polish village of Koniuchy (present-day Kani?kai, Lithuania) was attacked by Soviet partisan units. |
| 23 february | In response to an insurgency in Chechnya, the Soviet Union began the forced deportation of native Chechens and Ingush population of North Caucasus to Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan. |
| 29 february | The Admiralty Islands campaign during the Pacific War of World War II began when American forces assaulted Los Negros Island, the third largest of the Admiralty Islands. |
| 01 march | World War II-American and Australian troops won the Battle of Sio in New Guinea. |
| 04 march | Murder, Inc. leader Louis Buchalter was executed, the onlymajor mob boss to receive the death penalty in the United States afterbeing convicted of murder. |
| 09 march | World War II-As part of the Battle of Narva, the Soviet Air Forces heavily bombed Tallinn, Estonia, killing up to 800 people, mostlycivilians. |
| 24 march | World War II-German occupation troops killed 335 people in Rome as a reprisal for a partisan attack conducted on the previous day against the SS Police Regiment Bozen. |
| 24 march | Second World War-Captured Allied airmen began 'the Great Escape', breaking out of the German prison camp Stalag Luft III. |
| 14 april | The freighter SS Fort Stikine carrying a mixed cargo of cotton bales, gold, and ammunition exploded in the harbour in Bombay, India,sinking surrounding ships and killing about 800 people. |
| 28 april | World War II-During Exercise Tiger, a large-scale rehearsal for the invasion of Normandy, German S-boats attacked an Allied convoy, killing 946 American servicemen. |
| 05 may | Mahatma Gandhi was released after 2 years on May 5, 1944 because of his deteriorating health issues. He was arrested on August 9, 1942 by British authority for refusing to endorse war efforts in India during World War II. |
| 09 may | The first eye bank was founded on May 9, 1944 in New York, United States by two physicians Dr. John MacLean and Dr. Townley Paton to store eyes for cornea transplant. |
| 18 may | The Battle of Monte Cassino was ended on May 18, 1944 after 123 days series of four assaults by the Allies against the Winter Line in Italy held by Axis forces during World War II. Operation Diadem, the fourth battle of Monte Cassino took place on 11th May 1944 and was supported by the air attacks named Operation Strangle; on 18th May German position collapsed. |
| 18 may | World War II-Polish forces under Lieutenant GeneralWladyslaw Anders captured Monte Cassino, Italy, after a four-monthbattle. |
| 18 may | The Soviet Union forcibly deported the entire population ofCrimean Tatars as special settlers to Uzbek SSR and elsewhere in thecountry. |
| 04 june | A United States Navy task group captured German submarine U-505, which survives today as a museum ship at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago. |
| 10 june | Six hundred and forty people including men, women and children were killed in the city of Oradour-sur-Glane during the World War II. Oradour-sur-Glane was a city in France which was attacked by German forces. This incident is known as Oradur-sur-Glane Massacre. |
| 14 june | Second World War-Although the British Army abandoned the attempt to capture Caen, the Germans had been forced to commit their most powerful armoured reserves in a defensive role. |
| 15 june | In the Saskatchewan general election, the Co-operativeCommonwealth Federation led by Tommy Douglas won enough seats in theLegislative Assembly to form the first socialist government in NorthAmerica. |
| 17 june | Iceland declared independence from Denmark and became a republic. Abolishing the monarchy resulted in little change to the Icelandic constitution. The people of Iceland celebrated the end of the long struggle for total independence and praised Jón Sigurðsson for his early independence movement and Sveinn Björnsson, who became the first president of Iceland. |
| 19 june | World War II-The navies of the United States and Imperial Japan engaged each other off the Mariana Islands in the Philippine Sea. |
| 25 june | World War II-United States Navy and Royal Navy ships bombardedCherbourg, France, to support U.S. Army units engaged in the Battle ofCherbourg. |
| 03 july | World War II: Minsk was liberated from German control by Soviet troops during Operation Bagration. Operation Bagration was the codename for the Soviet 1944 Belorussian Strategic attack Operation during World War II. It cleared German forces from the eastern Poland and Belorussian SSR. |
| 07 july | Biggest Benzai charge was used by Japanese army against US in the battle of Saipan. The battle of Saipan took place during 2nd world war. This battle took place at the Mariana Islands. The battle resulted in victory of USA with lots of casualties on both the sides. |
| 09 july | Forces of Britain and Canada captured Caen, a city in France during 2nd world war. The city was controlled by Nazi Germans after the invasion of France. The battle was known as Battle of Normandy. |
| 09 july | Saipan was taken under control by US. This event occurred during 2nd world war. The Saipan Island of marina island groups was captured by Japanese forces. US allied with Canada together started campaign to take over the Islands. |
| 09 july | The battle of Tali-Ihantala ended. The battle was won by Finland against soviets. This war was fought during 2nd world war. It was the largest battle ever fought in northern part of Europe. Finnish forces succeed in stopping soviet forces to enter through Finland. The Finland was supported by Germany. |
| 17 july | Two ships laden with ammunition for World War II exploded atthe Port Chicago Naval Magazine in Port Chicago, California, killing 320 sailors and civilians, and injuring more than 400 others. |
Famous birthdays in the year 1944:
| Date/Month | Name / Profession / Country |
|---|---|
| 04 May | John Rhys-Davies / Actor / United Kingdom |
| 05 September | Gareth Evans / Politician / Australia |
| 06 June | Edgar Froese / Writer / Russia |
| 07 July | Emanuel Steward / Boxer / United States of America |
| 07 September | Forrest Blue / Footballer / United States of America |
| 17 September | Jean Taylor / Academic / United States of America |
| 17 March | Cito Gaston / Baseball Player / United States of America |
| 20 March | Camille Cosby / Author / United States of America |
| 20 November | Donald DiFrancesco / Politician / United States of America |
| 21 September | Bobby Tench / Writer / United Kingdom |
| 22 February | Robert Kardashian / Business Man / United States of America |
| 22 September | Brian Gibson / Director / United Kingdom |
| 23 September | Eric Bogle / Writer / Australia |
| 23 February | Florian Fricke / Composer / Germany |
| 23 July | Maria João Pires / Pianist / Portugal |
| 25 October | Azizan Abdul Razak / Politician / Malaysia |
| 27 March | Jesse Brown / Politician / United States of America |
| 29 March | Denny McLain / Baseball Player / United States of America |
| 29 October | Mehmet Haberal / Academic / Turkey |
| 30 March | Brian Wilshire / Radio Host / Australia |
Famous Indian Personalities Birthdays in the year 1944:
| Year | Name / Profession / Country |
|---|---|
| NA NA | Tej P. Singh / Scientist / India |
| 25 December | Mani Kaul / Director / India |
| 11 January | Shibu Soren / Politician / India |
| 16 October | Lachhu Maharaj / Instrumentalist / India |
| 04 November | Dr Padmavathy Bandopadhyay / Flying Officer / India |
| 11 January | Shibu Soren / Politician / India |
| 24 December | Oswald Gracias / Cardinal / India |
| 01 March | Buddhadev Bhattacharya / Politician / India |
| 21 March | Pinarayi Vijayan / Politician / India |
| 20 August | Rajiv Gandhi / Politician / India |
| 09 July | Tabassum / Actress / India |
| 04 August | Dilip Prabhavalkar / Actor / India |
| 09 November | Chitresh Das / Choreographer / India |
| 21 October | Kulbhushan Kharbanda / Actor / India |
| 01 January | Parikshit Sahni / Actor / India |
| 20 August | Rajeev Gandhi / Politician / India |
| 06 October | Jitranram Manjhi / Politician / India |
| 13 July | Pu Zoramthanga / Politician / India |
| 20 August | Rajiv Gandhi / Politician / India |
| 30 November | Rameshchandra Agrawal / Journalist / India |
