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)
World War II: In support of the Battle of Hürtgen Forest, the town of Düren is destroyed by Allied aircraft. Date: November 16, 1944 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 16 📅 Events on this day in 1944 📅 On This Day (Today)
World War II: The Royal Air Force sink the German battleship Tirpitz, moored off Tromsø, Norway. Date: November 12, 1944 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 12 📅 Events on this day in 1944 📅 On This Day (Today)
The ammunition ship USS Mount Hood explodes at Seeadler Harbour, Manus, Admiralty Islands, killing at least 432 and wounding 371. Date: November 10, 1944 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 10 📅 Events on this day in 1944 📅 On This Day (Today)
Franklin D. Roosevelt is elected for a record fourth term as President of the United States. Date: November 7, 1944 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 7 📅 Events on this day in 1944 📅 On This Day (Today)
Soviet spy Richard Sorge, a half-Russian, half-German World War I veteran, is hanged by his Japanese captors along with 34 of his ring. Date: November 7, 1944 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 7 📅 Events on this day in 1944 📅 On This Day (Today)
World War II: Operation Pheasant, an Allied offensive to liberate North Brabant in the Netherlands, ends successfully. Date: November 4, 1944 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 4 📅 Events on this day in 1944 📅 On This Day (Today)
World War II: The 7th Macedonian Liberation Brigade liberates Bitola for the Allies. Date: November 4, 1944 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 4 📅 Events on this day in 1944 📅 On This Day (Today)
World War II: Two supreme commanders of the Slovak National Uprising, Generals Ján Golian and Rudolf Viest, are captured, tortured and later executed by German forces. Date: November 3, 1944 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 3 📅 Events on this day in 1944 📅 On This Day (Today)
World War II: Units of the British Army land at Walcheren. Date: November 1, 1944 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 1 📅 Events on this day in 1944 📅 On This Day (Today)