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What Happened In March 1944 In History

Historical Events for March, 1944

  • 3rd » The Order of Nakhimov and Order of Ushakov are instituted in USSR as the highest naval awards.
  • 4th » World War II: After the success of Big Week, the USAAF begins a Bombing of Berlin March 1944 to April 1945 or daylight bombing campaign of Berlin.
  • 5th » World War II: The Red Army begins the Uman–Botoşani Offensive in the western Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic or Ukrainian SSR.
  • 9th » World War II: Japanese troops counter-attack American forces on Hill 700 in Bougainville Island known as Bougainville in a battle that would last five days.
  • 9th » World War II: Bombing of Tallinn in World War II known as Soviet Army planes attack Tallinn, Estonia.
  • 10th » Greek Civil War: The Political Committee of National Liberation is established in Greece by the National Liberation Front (Greece) called National Liberation Front.
  • 18th » The eruption of Mount Vesuvius in Italy kills 26 people and causes thousands to flee their homes.
  • 19th » World War II: Nazism called Nazi forces occupy Hungary.
  • 24th » Ardeatine massacre: Nazi Germany known as German troops murder 335 Italian civilians in Rome.
  • 24th » World War II: In an event later dramatized in the movie 'The Great Escape (film) e.g The Great Escape', 76 Allies of World War II e.g Allied prisoners of war begin breaking out of the German camp Stalag Luft III.
  • 30th » World War II: Allies of World War II Allied bombers conduct their most severe Bombing of Sofia in World War II bombing run on Sofia, Kingdom of Bulgaria Bulgaria.
  • 30th » Allied Strategic bombing bombing raid on Nuremberg. Along the English eastern coast 795 aircraft are despatched, including 572 Avro Lancaster Lancasters, 214 Handley Page Halifax Halifaxes and 9 de Havilland Mosquito Mosquitos. The bombers meet resistance

Famous Birthdays on March in 1944

  • 1st » Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee Indian politician, Chief Minister of West Bengal
  • 1st » John Breaux, American politician
  • 1st » Roger Daltrey, English singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (The Who, No Plan B (band) e.g No Plan B, and The RD Crusaders)
  • 1st » Deian Hopkin, Welsh historian and academic
  • 1st » John Napier (designer) e.g John Napier, English set designer
  • 2nd » Uschi Glas, German actress
  • 3rd » Lee Holdridge, Haitian-American composer and conductor
  • 4th » Glen Baxter (cartoonist) named Glen Baxter, English cartoonist
  • 4th » Harvey Postlethwaite, English engineer (d. 1999)
  • 4th » Ulrich Roski, German singer-songwriter (d. 2003)
  • 4th » Anthony Ichiro Sanda, Japanese-American physicist
  • 4th » Len Walker, English footballer and manager
  • 4th » Greg Weld, American race car driver (d. 2008)
  • 4th » Bobby Womack, American singer-songwriter (The Valentinos) (d. 2014)
  • 5th » Peter Brandes, Danish painter and sculptor
  • 5th » Roy Gutman, American journalist
  • 6th » Richard Corliss, American journalist and critic
  • 6th » David Forbes Hendry, English economist and academic
  • 6th » Kiri Te Kanawa, New Zealand soprano
  • 6th » Mary Wilson (singer) named Mary Wilson, American singer (The Supremes)
  • 7th » Ranulph Fiennes, English soldier and explorer
  • 7th » Zhiuli Shartava, Georgian politician (d. 1993)
  • 7th » Stanley Schmidt, American author and journalist
  • 7th » Townes Van Zandt, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1997)
  • 8th » Buzz Hargrove, Canadian union leader
  • 8th » Sergey Nikitin (musician) e.g Sergey Nikitin, Russian singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 8th » Pepe Romero, Spanish guitarist (The Romeros)
  • 9th » Lee Irvine, South African cricketer
  • 9th » Paul C. P. McIlhenny, American businessman (d. 2013)
  • 11th » Don Maclean, English actor and comedian
  • 13th » Terence Burns, Baron Burns, English economist and academic
  • 14th » Boris Brott, Canadian composer and conductor
  • 14th » Mariza Koch, Greek singer and songwriter
  • 14th » Václav Nedomanský, Czech ice hockey player and manager
  • 14th » Bobby Smith (footballer born 1944) or Bobby Smith, English footballer and manager
  • 14th » Tom Stannage, Australian historian and academic (d. 2012)
  • 15th » Chi Cheng (athlete) e.g Chi Cheng, Taiwanese runner and politician
  • 15th » Jacques Doillon, French director and screenwriter
  • 15th » Francis Mankiewicz, Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1993)
  • 16th » Andrew S. Tanenbaum, American computer scientist and author
  • 17th » Pattie Boyd, English model, author, and photographer
  • 17th » Cito Gaston, American baseball player and manager
  • 17th » John Lill, English pianist
  • 18th » Amnon Lipkin-Shahak, Israeli general and politician, 22nd Ministry of Transport and Road Safety called Transportation Minister of Israel (d. 2012)
  • 18th » Dick Smith (entrepreneur) known as Dick Smith, Australian publisher and businessman, founded Dick Smith (retailer) named Dick Smith Electronics and 'Australian Geographic'
  • 19th » Said Musa, Belizean lawyer and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Belize
  • 19th » Sirhan Sirhan, Palestinian-Jordanian assassin of Robert F. Kennedy
  • 20th » John Cameron (musician) or John Cameron, English composer and conductor
  • 20th » Alan Harper (bishop) called Alan Harper, English-Irish archbishop
  • 21st » Marie-Christine Barrault, French actress
  • 21st » Janet Daley, American-English journalist
  • 21st » Timothy Dalton, Welsh-English actor
  • 21st » Mike Jackson, English general
  • 21st » David Lindley (musician) named David Lindley, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (Kaleidoscope (US band) e.g Kaleidoscope)
  • 21st » Gaye Adegbalola, American singer and guitarist (Saffire – The Uppity Blues Women)
  • 23rd » B. P. Gavrilov, Russian rugby player (d. 2006)
  • 23rd » Tony McPhee, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Groundhogs)
  • 23rd » Michael Nyman, English pianist and composer
  • 24th » R. Lee Ermey, American actor
  • 24th » Vojislav Koštunica, Serbian politician, 8th Prime Minister of Serbia
  • 26th » Diana Ross, American singer and actress (The Supremes)
  • 27th » Enrique Barón Crespo, Spanish economist, lawyer, and politician, 16th President of the European Parliament
  • 27th » Bryan Campbell, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 27th » Miguel Enríquez (politician) known as Miguel Enríquez, Chilean politician, physician and activist (d. 1974)
  • 27th » Judi Garman, American-Canadian softball player and coach
  • 27th » Khosrow Shakibai, Iranian actor (d. 2008)
  • 27th » Bebu Silvetti, Argentinian pianist and composer (d. 2003)
  • 27th » Lorenzo Zambrano, Mexican businessman and philanthropist (d. 2014)
  • 28th » Rick Barry, American basketball player and sportscaster
  • 28th » Ken Howard, American actor
  • 29th » Terry Jacks, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (The Poppy Family)
  • 29th » Denny McLain, American baseball player
  • 31st » Pascal Danel, French singer-songwriter
  • 31st » Mick Ralphs, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Mott the Hoople and Bad Company)

Famous Deaths for March 1944

  • 4th » Fannie Barrier Williams, American educator and activist (b. 1855)
  • 4th » Louis Buchalter, American mobster (b. 1897)
  • 4th » Louis Capone, Italian-American gangster (b. 1896)
  • 4th » René Lefebvre, French businessman (b. 1879)
  • 4th » Emanuel Weiss, American gangster (b. 1906)
  • 5th » Max Jacob, French poet and author (b. 1876)
  • 9th » Jaan Kikkas, Estonian weightlifter (b. 1892)
  • 11th » Hendrik Willem van Loon, Dutch-American journalist and historian (b. 1882)
  • 12th » Artur Gavazzi, Croatian geographer (b. 1861)
  • 19th » William Hale Thompson, American politician, 41st Mayor of Chicago (b. 1869)
  • 24th » Orde Wingate, Indian-English general (b. 1903)
  • 28th » Stephen Leacock, English-Canadian political scientist and author (b. 1869)
  • 31st » Mineichi Koga, Japanese admiral (b. 1885)

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