April is the fourth month of the year in the Gregorian calendar, the fifth in the early Julian and one of four months with a length of 30 days. April is commonly associated with the season of spring in parts of the Northern hemisphere and autumn in parts of the Southern hemisphere, where it is the seasonal equivalent to October in the Northern hemisphere and vice versa.
April symbols: The birthstone for April is the diamond. The birth flower is typically listed as either the Daisy (Bellis perennis) or the Sweet Pea. The zodiac signs for the month of April are Aries (until April 20) and Taurus (April 21 onwards).
Historical Events for April, 1944
Day of Week 1st » Navigation errors lead to an accidental United States known as American bombing of the Switzerland known as Swiss city of Schaffhausen.
Day of Week 4th » World War II: Bombing of Bucharest in World War II known as First bombardment of oil refineries in Bucharest by Anglo-American forces kills 3000 civilians.
Day of Week 5th » World War II: 270 inhabitants of the Greek town of Kleisoura, Kastoria named Kleisoura are executed by the Nazi Germany named Germans.
Day of Week 10th » Rudolf Vrba and Alfréd Wetzler escape from the Auschwitz concentration camp or Birkenau death camp.
Day of Week 13th » Diplomatic relations between New Zealand and the Soviet Union are established.
Day of Week 14th » Bombay Explosion (1944) known as Bombay Explosion: A massive explosion in Bombay harbor kills 300 and causes economic damage valued then at 20 million pounds.
Day of Week 16th » World War II: Allied forces start bombing Belgrade, killing about 1,100 people. This bombing fell on the Orthodox Christian Easter.
Day of Week 22nd » The 1st Air Commando Group using Sikorsky R-4 helicopters stage the first use of helicopters in military helicopter named combat with combat search and rescue operations in the China Burma India Theater e.g China-Burma-India theater.
22nd » World War II: Operation Persecution is initiated Allies of World War II called Allied forces land in the Jayapura called Hollandia (currently known as Jayapura) area of New Guinea.
Day of Week 25th » The United Negro College Fund is incorporated.
Day of Week 26th » Georgios Papandreou becomes head of the Greek government-in-exile based in Egypt.
26th » Heinrich Kreipe is captured by Allied commandos in Axis occupation of Greece called occupied Crete.
Day of Week 28th » World War II: Nine German E-boats attacked US and UK units during Exercise Tiger, the rehearsal for the Normandy landings, killing 946.
Famous Birthdays on April in 1944
1st » Rusty Staub, American baseball player and coach
12th » Lisa Jardine, English historian, author, and academic
12th » John Kay (musician) John Kay, German-Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (The Sparrows (band) The Sparrows and Steppenwolf (band) Steppenwolf)
13th » Charles Burnett (director) called Charles Burnett, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
13th » Jack Casady, American bass player (Jefferson Airplane, Hot Tuna, and Jefferson Starship)
13th » Susan Davis (politician) known as Susan Davis, American politician
14th » John Sergeant (journalist) called John Sergeant, English journalist
15th » Dzhokhar Dudayev, Russian-Chechen general and politician, 1st President of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria (d. 1996)
15th » Dave Edmunds, Welsh singer, guitarist, and producer (Love Sculpture and Rockpile)
16th » Sue Clifford, English environmentalist and academic, co-founded Common Ground (United Kingdom) named Common Ground