Date: January 17, 1944
World War II: The Belgian Troopship Leopoldville was torpedoed and sank with the loss of 763 soldiers and 56 crew. Date: December 24, 1944 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 24 📅 Events on this day in 1944 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1944Jussi Awards Debut in Helsinki…
The Order of Nakhimov and Order of Ushakov are instituted in USSR as the highest naval awards. Date: March 3, 1944 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 3 📅 Events on this day in 1944 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1944Anne Frank Family Deported from Westerbork to Auschwitz,…
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 1944German…
World War II: The United States takes Eniwetok Atoll. Date: February 20, 1944 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 20 📅 Events on this day in 1944 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1944Allied Sledge Patrol Attacks German Bassgeiger Weather Station, April 22, 1944Soviet Red Army and Yugoslav Partisans…
A freight train carrying stowaway passengers stalls in a tunnel shortly after departing from Balvano, Basilicata, Italy just after midnight, with 517 dying from carbon monoxide poisoning. Date: March 3, 1944 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 3 📅 Events on this day in 1944 📅 On This Day (Today) More…
World War II: The Battle of Cisterna, part of Operation Shingle, begins in central Italy. Date: January 30, 1944 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 30 📅 Events on this day in 1944 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1944Lotta Svärd Disbanded in Finland After Continuation War, November 23,…