Battle of Leyte Gulf: Japan’s Center Force Repulsed, October 24, 1944

The Jussi Awards, the Finnish film award ceremony, is held for the first time at Restaurant Adlon in Helsinki. Date: November 16, 1944 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 16 📅 Events on this day in 1944 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1944Operation Overlord D-Day Normandy Invasion Begins…

World War II: The 872-day Siege of Leningrad is lifted. Date: January 27, 1944 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 27 📅 Events on this day in 1944 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1944Soviet Union Begins Liberation of Czechoslovakia from Nazi Germany, October 18, 1944World War II: German…

Rudolf Vrba and Alfréd Wetzler escape from Birkenau death camp. Date: April 10, 1944 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 10 📅 Events on this day in 1944 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1944World War II: American Bombing of Dutch Towns, February 22, 1944Tuvan People’s Republic Annexed by…

USS Missouri, the last battleship built by the United States Navy and future site of the signing of the Japanese Instrument of Surrender, is commissioned. Date: June 11, 1944 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 11 📅 Events on this day in 1944 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1944First…

World War II: The Soviet Red Army recaptures Krivoi Rog. Date: February 22, 1944 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 22 📅 Events on this day in 1944 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1944World War II: Battle of Cisterna, Darby’s Rangers Destroyed January 31, 1944Georgios Papandreou Becomes Greek…

World War II: American forces take Saipan, bringing the Japanese archipelago within range of B-29 raids, and causing the downfall of the Tojo government. Date: July 9, 1944 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 9 📅 Events on this day in 1944 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1944Albania…