What Happened In January 1944 In History

Historical Events for January, 1944

• 3rd » World War II: Top Ace Major Pappy Boyington or Greg "Pappy" Boyington is shot down in his Vought F4U Corsair by Captain List of World War II aces from Japan known as Masajiro Kawato flying a Mitsubishi A6M Zero.
• 4th » World War II: Operation Carpetbagger, involving the dropping of arms and supplies to resistance fighters in Europe, begins.
• 5th » The 'Daily Mail' becomes the first transoceanic newspaper.
• 17th » World War II: Allies of World War II e.g Allied forces launch the first of Battle of Monte Cassino or four assaults on Monte Cassino with the intention of breaking through the Winter Line and seizing Rome, an effort that would ultimately take four months
• 22nd » World War II: The Allies of World War II known as Allies commence Operation Shingle, an assault on Anzio, Italy.
• 25th » Florence Li Tim-Oi is ordained in China, becoming the first woman Anglican priest.
• 27th » World War II: The 900-day Siege of Leningrad is lifted.
• 29th » World War II: Approximately 38 people are killed and about a dozen injured when the Polish village of Koniuchy (present-day Kaniūkai, Lithuania) is Koniuchy massacre e.g attacked by Soviet partisan units.
• 29th » In Bologna, Italy, the Anatomical theatre of the Archiginnasio is destroyed in an air-raid.
• 30th » World War II: The Battle of Cisterna, part of Operation Shingle, begins in central Italy.
• 30th » World War II: American troops land on Majuro.
• 31st » World War II: American forces land on Kwajalein Atoll and other islands in the Japanese-held Marshall Islands.

Famous Birthdays on January in 1944

• 1st » Omar al-Bashir, Sudanese politician, 7th List of heads of state of Sudan or President of Sudan
• 1st » Jimmy Hart, American wrestling manager and singer (The Gentrys)
• 1st » Jeremy Hindley, British horse trainer (d. 2013)
• 1st » Zafarullah Khan Jamali, Pakistani politician, 13th Prime Minister of Pakistan
• 1st » Teresa Torańska, Polish journalist (d. 2013)
• 1st » Mati Unt, Estonian director (d. 2005)
• 2nd » Péter Eötvös, Hungarian composer and conductor
• 2nd » Norodom Ranariddh, Cambodian politician
• 3rd » David Atherton, English conductor
• 4th » Angela Harris, Baroness Harris of Richmond known as Angela Harris, British politician
• 4th » Charlie Manuel, American baseball player and manager
• 5th » Jo Ann Kelly, English singer and guitarist (d. 1990)
• 5th » Ed Rendell, American politician, 45th List of Governors of Pennsylvania named Governor of Pennsylvania
• 5th » Louis Stewart (guitarist) e.g Louis Stewart, Irish jazz guitarist
• 6th » Bonnie Franklin, American actress and singer (d. 2013)
• 6th » Rolf M. Zinkernagel, Swiss immunologist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine e.g Nobel Prize laureate
• 7th » Arne Scheie, Norwegian sportscaster
• 7th » Kotaro Suzumura, Japanese economist
• 7th » Tony Whitlam, Australian lawyer, judge, and politician
• 8th » Terry Brooks, American author
• 9th » Ian Hornak, American painter and sculptor (d. 2002)
• 9th » Jimmy Page, English guitarist, songwriter, and producer (The Yardbirds, Led Zeppelin, The Honeydrippers, The Firm (rock band) e.g The Firm, and XYZ (UK band) e.g XYZ)
• 9th » Mihalis Violaris, Cypriot singer-songwriter
• 10th » Rory Byrne, South African engineer
• 10th » Bernard Derome, Canadian journalist
• 10th » William Sanderson, American actor
• 10th » Frank Sinatra, Jr., American singer-songwriter and actor
• 11th » Mohammed Abed Elhai, Sudanese poet and academic (d. 1989)
• 11th » Shibu Soren, Indian politician, 3rd Chief Minister of Jharkhand
• 12th » Hans Henning Atrott, Prussian author and theorist
• 12th » Joe Frazier, American boxer (d. 2011)
• 12th » Vlastimil Hort, Czech chess player
• 12th » Viktoria Postnikova, Russian pianist
• 12th » Carlos Villagrán, Mexican actor
• 14th » Marjoe Gortner, American actor
• 14th » Graham Marsh, Australian golfer
• 14th » Nina Totenberg, American journalist
• 15th » Jenny Nimmo, English author
• 16th » Gerd Klier, German footballer (d. 2011)
• 16th » Jim Stafford, American singer-songwriter
• 17th » Françoise Hardy, French singer and actress
• 19th » Shelley Fabares, American actress
• 19th » Laurie London, English singer
• 19th » Peter Lynch, American businessman
• 19th » Dan Reeves, American football player and coach
• 20th » José Luis Garci, Spanish director and producer
• 20th » Farhad Mehrad, Iranian singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2002)
• 22nd » Khosrow Golsorkhi, Iranian journalist, poet, and activist (d. 1974)
• 23rd » Rutger Hauer, Dutch actor
• 24th » David Gerrold, American author and screenwriter
• 24th » Klaus Nomi, German singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1983)
• 26th » Angela Davis, American activist and author
• 26th » Jerry Sandusky, American football player and coach and convicted serial child molester
• 27th » Peter Akinola, Nigerian archbishop
• 27th » Mairead Maguire, Irish activist, Nobel Peace Prize named Nobel Prize laureate
• 27th » Nick Mason, English drummer, songwriter, and producer (Pink Floyd)
• 28th » Bobby Ball, English comedian, actor, and singer
• 28th » Tim Heald, English journalist and author
• 28th » Susan Howard, American actress
• 28th » Rosalía Mera, Spanish businesswoman, co-founded Inditex and Zara (retailer) known as Zara (d. 2013)
• 28th » John Tavener, English composer (d. 2013)
• 29th » Andrew Loog Oldham, English record producer and manager
• 29th » Patrick Lipton Robinson, Jamaican judge
• 29th » Pauline van der Wildt, Dutch swimmer
• 30th » Lynn Harrell, American cellist
• 30th » Colin Rimer, English judge
• 30th » Gad Tsobari, Israeli wrestler
• 31st » Connie Booth, American-English actress and psychotherapist
• 31st » Charlie Musselwhite, American singer-songwriter and harmonica player

Famous Deaths for January 1944

• 1st » Edwin Lutyens, British architect, designed the Castle Drogo and Thiepval Memorial (b. 1869)
• 1st » Charles Turner (cricketer) e.g Charles Turner, Australian cricketer (b. 1862)
• 3rd » Jurgis Baltrušaitis, Lithuanian poet (b. 1873)
• 4th » Kaj Munk, Danish playwright and pastor (b. 1898)
• 6th » Jacques Rosenbaum, Estonian-German architect (b. 1878)
• 6th » Ida Tarbell, American journalist (b. 1857)
• 7th » Lou Henry Hoover, American wife of Herbert Hoover, 33rd First Lady of the United States (b. 1874)
• 7th » Napoleon Lapathiotis, Greek poet (b. 1888)
• 8th » William Kissam Vanderbilt II, American businessman (b. 1878)
• 12th » Lance C. Wade, American pilot (b. 1915)
• 15th » Robert J. Kirby, American police officer (b. 1890)
• 20th » James McKeen Cattell, American psychologist (b. 1860)
• 23rd » Viktor Gusev, Russian poet (b. 1909)
• 23rd » Edvard Munch, Norwegian painter (b. 1863)
• 28th » Gregory Jarvis, American captain, engineer, and astronaut (b. 1944)
• 29th » William Allen White, American journalist and author (b. 1868)
• 31st » Jean Giraudoux, French author and playwright (b. 1882)

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