What Happened In July 1944 In History

Historical Events for July, 1944

• 3rd » World War II: Minsk is liberated from Nazi control by Red Army or Soviet troops during Operation Bagration.
• 6th » Jackie Robinson refuses to move to the back of a bus, leading to a court martial.
• 7th » World War II: Largest Banzai charge of the Pacific War at the Battle of Saipan.
• 9th » World War II: Invasion of Normandy called Battle of Normandy British and Canadian forces capture Caen, France.
• 9th » World War II: Battle of Saipan American forces take Saipan in the Mariana Islands.
• 9th » World War II: Battle of Tali-Ihantala Finland wins the Battle of Tali-Ihantala, the largest battle ever fought in northern Europe. The Red Army withdraws its troops from Ihantala and digs into a defensive position, thus ending the Vyborg–Petrozavodsk Offe
• 17th » Port Chicago disaster: Near the San Francisco Bay, two ships laden with ammunition for the war explode in Port Chicago, California, killing 320.
• 17th » World War II: Napalm incendiary bombs are dropped for the first time by American Lockheed P-38 Lightning named P-38 pilots on a fuel depot at Coutances, near Saint-Lô, France.
• 18th » World War II: Hideki Tōjō resigns as Prime Minister of Japan because of numerous setbacks in the war effort.
• 20th » World War II: Adolf Hitler survives 20 July plot or an assassination attempt led by German Army Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg.
• 21st » World War II: Battle of Guam (1944) e.g Battle of Guam American troops land on Guam starting the battle. It would end on August 10.
• 21st » World War II: Claus von Stauffenberg and fellow conspirators are executed in Berlin named Berlin, Germany for the 20 July plot e.g July 20 plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler.
• 25th » World War II: Operation Spring one of the bloodiest days for the First Canadian Army during the war: One thousand five hundred casualties, including 500 killed.
• 26th » World War II: the Soviet Army enters Lviv, a major city in western Ukraine, capturing it from the Nazism named Nazis. Only 300 Jews survive out of 160,000 living in Lviv prior to occupation.
• 26th » The first German V-2 rocket hits the United Kingdom.

Famous Birthdays on July in 1944

• 1st » Geoffrey Filkin, Baron Filkin, English politician
• 1st » Lew Rockwell, American author and activist
• 3rd » Michel Polnareff, French singer-songwriter
• 3rd » Paul Young (actor) known as Paul Young, Scottish actor
• 4th » Jaimy Gordon, American author and academic
• 4th » Ray Meagher, Australian actor
• 4th » Susan Kellermann, American actress
• 6th » Byron Berline, American fiddler (The Flying Burrito Brothers)
• 6th » Pierre Creamer, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 6th » Gunhild Hoffmeister, German runner
• 7th » Tony Jacklin, English golfer and sportscaster
• 7th » Glenys Kinnock, Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead, English educator and politician, Minister of State for Europe
• 7th » Emanuel Steward, American boxer and trainer (d. 2012)
• 7th » Sir David Philip Tweedie, Scottish accountant
• 7th » Michael Walker, Baron Walker of Aldringham, Zimbabwean-English field marshal
• 7th » Ian Wilmut, English-Scottish embryologist and academic
• 8th » Jai Johanny Johanson, American drummer (The Allman Brothers Band)
• 8th » Jeffrey Tambor, American actor and singer
• 9th » Judith M. Brown, Indian-English historian and academic
• 9th » John Cunniff, American ice hockey player and coach (d. 2002)
• 10th » K. S. Balachandran, Sri Lankan-Canadian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 10th » Norman Hammond, English archaeologist and academic
• 11th » Lou Hudson, American basketball player (d. 2014)
• 11th » Michael Levy, Baron Levy, English philanthropist
• 11th » Patricia Polacco, American author and illustrator
• 12th » Simon Blackburn, English philosopher and academic
• 12th » Delia Ephron, American author, playwright, and screenwriter
• 12th » Kent Finell, Swedish radio host (d. 2013)
• 12th » Denise Nicholas, American actress, screenwriter, and activist
• 13th » Cyril Knowles, English footballer and manager (d. 1991)
• 14th » Billy McCool, American baseball player (d. 2014)
• 15th » Millie Jackson, American singer-songwriter
• 15th » Jan-Michael Vincent, American actor
• 16th » Angharad Rees, English actress (d. 2012)
• 17th » Mark Burgess (cricketer) known as Mark Burgess, New Zealand cricketer and footballer
• 17th » Craig Sams, American-English banker and businessman
• 17th » Catherine Schell, Hungarian-English actress
• 17th » Carlos Alberto Torres, Brazilian footballer and manager
• 18th » David Hemery, English hurdler
• 19th » Tim McIntire, American actor and singer (d. 1986)
• 19th » Andres Vooremaa, Estonian chess player
• 20th » Olivier de Kersauson, French sailor
• 20th » Francis Ray, American author (d. 2013)
• 21st » John Atta Mills, Ghanaian lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Ghana (d. 2012)
• 21st » Buchi Emecheta, Nigerian author and academic
• 21st » Paul Wellstone, American academic and politician (d. 2002)
• 22nd » Rick Davies, English singer-songwriter and keyboard player (Supertramp)
• 22nd » Dennis Firestone, Australian race car driver
• 22nd » Sparky Lyle, American baseball player and manager
• 22nd » Anand Satyanand, New Zealand lawyer, judge, and politician, 19th Governor-General of New Zealand
• 23rd » Dino Danelli, American drummer (The Rascals and Fotomaker)
• 23rd » Maria João Pires, Portuguese pianist
• 24th » Jim Armstrong (guitarist) named Jim Armstrong, Irish guitarist (Them (band) known as Them)
• 25th » Peter Duncan (alpine skier) known as Peter Duncan, Canadian skier
• 25th » Sally Beauman, English journalist and author
• 26th » Kiel Martin, American actor (d. 1990)
• 27th » Tony Capstick, English actor and singer (d. 2003)
• 27th » Bobbie Gentry, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 27th » Jean-Marie Leblanc, French cyclist
• 27th » Barbara Thompson (musician) named Barbara Thomson, English saxophonist and composer (Colosseum (band) e.g Colosseum and New Jazz Orchestra)
• 30th » Gerry Birrell, Scottish race car driver (d. 1973)
• 30th » Peter Bottomley, English politician
• 30th » Frances de la Tour, English actress
• 31st » Geraldine Chaplin, American actress
• 31st » Jonathan Dimbleby, English journalist
• 31st » Sherry Lansing, American actress and producer
• 31st » Robert C. Merton, American economist and academic, Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences called Nobel Prize laureate

Famous Deaths for July 1944

• 1st » Carl Mayer, Austrian screenwriter (b. 1894)
• 1st » Tanya Savicheva, Russian author (b. 1930)
• 12th » Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., American general and politician, Governor of Puerto Rico (b. 1887)
• 14th » Emil Fjellström, Swedish actor (b. 1884)
• 15th » Marie-Victorin Kirouac, Canadian botanist and academic (b. 1885)
• 17th » William James Sidis, American mathematician and anthropologist (b. 1898)
• 18th » Thomas Sturge Moore, English poet and author (b. 1870)
• 20th » Ludwig Beck, German general (b. 1880)
• 20th » Mildred Harris, American actress (b. 1901)
• 21st » Claus von Stauffenberg, German soldier, leaded the 20 July plot (b. 1907)
• 31st » Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, French pilot and poet (b. 1900)

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