Battle of Cherbourg Ends, American Forces Capture Port, June 30, 1944

World War II: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt announces the sixth War Loan Drive, aimed at selling US$14 billion in war bonds to help pay for the war effort. Date: November 19, 1944 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 19 📅 Events on this day in 1944 📅 On This Day (Today)…

The United Negro College Fund is incorporated. Date: April 25, 1944 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 25 📅 Events on this day in 1944 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1944World War II: Battle of Narva Ends in German Victory, August 10, 1944Jackie Robinson Bus Protest Leads to…

Holocaust: Anne and Margot Frank are deported from Auschwitz to the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, where they die from disease the following year, shortly before the end of WWII. Date: October 30, 1944 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 30 📅 Events on this day in 1944 📅 On This Day (Today)…

World War II: The United States Fifth Army captures Rome, although much of the German Fourteenth Army is able to withdraw to the north. Date: June 4, 1944 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 4 📅 Events on this day in 1944 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1944Cleveland…

World War II: Operation Carpetbagger, involving the dropping of arms and supplies to resistance fighters in Europe, begins. Date: January 4, 1944 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 4 📅 Events on this day in 1944 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1944World War II: Minsk Offensive Clears German…

World War II: Operation Persecution is initiated: Allied forces land in the Hollandia (currently known as Jayapura) area of New Guinea. Date: April 22, 1944 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 22 📅 Events on this day in 1944 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1944USS Mount Hood Explodes…