Allies Launch Operation Shingle at Anzio, Italy – January 22, 1944

World War II: The USS Shark (SS-314) was lost with all 87 hands in the Bashi Straits after torpedoing the Japanese freighter Arisan Maru. Date: October 24, 1944 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 24 📅 Events on this day in 1944 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1944Battle…

Deportation of Crimean Tatars by the Soviet Union. Date: May 18, 1944 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 18 📅 Events on this day in 1944 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1944Junkers Ju 287 First Jet Flight with Forward-Swept Wings, August 16, 1944World War II: Captain Bobbie Brown…

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 1944Deportation of Crimean Tatars by Soviet…

World War II: The Battle of Osuchy in Osuchy, Poland, one of the largest battles between Nazi Germany and Polish resistance forces, ends with the defeat of the latter. Date: June 26, 1944 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 26 📅 Events on this day in 1944 📅 On This Day…

The Daily Mail becomes the first major London newspaper to be published on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean. Date: January 5, 1944 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 5 📅 Events on this day in 1944 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1944Auschwitz Sonderkommando Revolt Burns Crematorium IV,…

World War II: Navigation errors lead to an accidental American bombing of the Swiss city of Schaffhausen. Date: April 1, 1944 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 1 📅 Events on this day in 1944 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1944World War II: Operation Nordwind Begins, December 31,…