World War II: Germany begins V-1 and V-2 attacks on Antwerp, Belgium. The German V-1 and V-2 attacks on Antwerp in late 1944 and early…
Tag: 1944
18 October 1944
The state funeral of Field Marshal Erwin Rommel takes place in Ulm, Germany. Field Marshal Erwin Rommel, often known as the Desert Fox, was one…
7 August 1944
IBM dedicates the first program-controlled calculator, the Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator (known best as the Harvard Mark I) The Harvard Mark I, also known as…
21 July 1944
Claus von Stauffenberg and four fellow conspirators are executed for the July 20 plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler. Claus von Stauffenberg was a German army…
17 June 1944
Iceland declares independence from Denmark and becomes a republic. Iceland declared its independence from Denmark and became a republic on June 17, 1944. This significant…
6 July 1944
Jackie Robinson refuses to move to the back of a bus, leading to a court-martial. Jackie Robinson was a legendary African American baseball player who…
7 December 1944
An earthquake along the coast of Wakayama Prefecture in Japan causes a tsunami which kills 1,223 people
6 August 1944
The Warsaw Uprising occurs on August 1. It is brutally suppressed and all able-bodied men in Kraków are detained afterwards to prevent a similar uprising,…