Events in year of 1944
- 01-011st feature-length foreign movie, African Journey, shown on TV, New York City
- 01-01Army defeats Navy 10-7 in football "Arab Bowl, " Oran, North Africa
- 01-01Gen Clark replaces General Patton as commander of 7th Army
- 01-021st use of helicopters during warfare (British Atlantic patrol)
- 01-04Ralph Bunche appointed 1st Negro official in US State Department
- 01-07Air Force announces production of 1st US jet fighter, the Bell P-59
- 01-101st mobile electric power plant delivered, Philadelphia
- 01-10British troops conquer Maungdaw, Burma
- 01-11Crakow-Plaszow Concentration Camp established
- 01-12Churchill and de Gaulle begin a 2-day wartime conference in Marrakesh
- 01-12Failed resistance raid on distribution office of Borgerstraat Amsterd
- 01-14Soviet army begins offensive at Oranienbaum / Wolchow
- 01-15European Advisory Commission decides to divide Germany
- 01-15General Eisenhower arrives in England
- 01-15Vught Concentration Camp puts 74 women in 1 cell, 10 die
- 01-16Gen Eisenhower took command of Allied Invasion Force in London
- 01-17Korvet Violet sinks U-641 in Atlantic Ocean
- 01-181st Chinese naturalized US citizen since repeal of exclusion acts
- 01-20RAF drops 2300 ton bombs on Berlin
- 01-21447 German bombers attack London
- 01-21649 British bombers attack Magdeburg
- 01-22During World War II, Allied forces begin landing at Anzio Italy
- 01-23Detroit Red Wings score 15 goals against New York Rangers and NHL record 37 points, also most consecutive goals and most lopsided game 15-0
- 01-24Allied troops occupy Nettuno Italy
- 01-27Casey Stengel, manager of the Boston Braves since 1938, resigns Lou Perini, Guido Rugo, and Joseph Maney buy control of Boston Braves
- 01-27Leningrad liberated from Germany in 880 days with 600,000 killed
- 01-28683 British bombers attack Berlin
- 01-28U-271 and U-571 sunk off Ireland
- 01-29285 German bombers attack London
- 01-30US invades Majuro, Marshall Islands
People born in year of 1944
- 01-02Peter Eotvos: Composer
- 01-03Christina von Saltza: United States -- Swimmer (1960 Olympics - 3 Gold / Silver Medalist)
- 01-04Volker Hornback: Rocker (Tangerine Dream)
- 01-05Felix Arons: Dutch director / actor (Waaldrecht)
- 01-06Henry Kravis: Author (The Money Machine)
- 01-06Robert Landers: Tarrant County, Texas -- PGA golfer (Ft Worth-1976, 78, 80)
- 01-06Van McCoy: US soul singer / songwriter (Hey Mr DJ, Hustle)
- 01-07Ad [GB] Nijhuis: Dutch MP (VVD)
- 01-08Terry Brooks: United States -- Sci-fi author (Sword of Shannara)
- 01-09Scott Engel: Vocalist (Walker Brothers-Sun Aint Gonna Shine Anymore)
- 01-11York Georg Holler: Composer
- 01-12Vlastimil Hort: Czech / German chess player
- 01-14Graham Vivian Marsh: Kalgoorlie, Australia -- PGA golfer (1977 Heritage)
- 01-16Chris de Marigny: Painter / designer
- 01-18Relus ter Beek: Dutch Minister of Defense (PvdA)
- 01-19Dan Reeves: NFL Coach (New York Giants, Denver Broncos, Atlanta Falcons)
- 01-19Pehr Henrik Nordgren: Composer
- 01-19Richard [Erskine Frere] Leakey: Nairobi, Kenya -- Anthropologist
- 01-20Eddie Shah: English publisher (Today, Post)
- 01-20Isao Okano: Japan -- Middleweight judo (1964 Olympics - Gold Medalist)
- 01-20Lieven Soete: Dutch publicist (Molotov-Ribbentrop-pact)
- 01-21John Kenneth Tavener: Composer
- 01-21Neely Bruce: Composer
- 01-23Jerry Lawson: US singer (Persuasions-Under the Boardwalk)
- 01-23Marty Russo: (Rep-D-Illinois, 1975- )
- 01-23Sergey Belov: USSR -- Basketball player (1972 Olympics - Gold Medalist)
- 01-24David Gerrold [Jerrold David Friedman]: Author (World of Star Trek)
- 01-27Kevin Coyne: Rocker
- 01-28Brian Keenan: NYC, New York -- Rock drummer (Chamber Bros-Time Has Come Today)
- 01-28James Cran: British MP
People died in year of 1944
- 01-04Henri "Hans" Flu: Indonesian / Dutch family doctor / antifascist, murder
- 01-04Kaj Munk [Harald Leininger]: Anti-fascist writer (Kaj Munk)
- 01-05Adolph Goldschmidt: German / Swiss art historian, dies at 80
- 01-07J Verleun: Dutch resistance fighter, executed
- 01-11Galeazzo Count of Cortellazzo Ciano: Italian politician
- 01-14Mohammed Emin Yurdakul: Turkish poet, dies at about 74
- 01-19Harold Fraser-Simson: Composer, dies at 71
- 01-21Gustaaf DFL Schamelhout: Flemish Physician / writer, dies at 74
- 01-21Heinrich zu Sayn-Wittgenstein: German major / pilot, shot down
- 01-23Edvard Munch: Norwegian Painter (The Scream), dies at 80
- 01-29William Allen White: US journalist (Emporia Gazette), dies at 75
- 02-01Martin Lunssens: Composer, dies at 72
- 02-01Piet Mondrian: Abstract Painter (Composition in Blue), dies at 71
- 02-05Robert E Park: Sociologist (human ecology, marginal man), dies at 79
- 02-11Ivan Sollertinski: Friend of Russian Composer D Sjostakovitsj
- 02-16Edmund von Borck: Composer, dies at 37
- 02-17Fausto Agnelli: Swiss painter, dies at 64
- 02-19Siegfried Garibaldi Kallenberg: Composer, dies at 76
- 02-23Leo Hendrick Baekeland: Inventor (Bakelite)
- 02-24Leo H A Baekeland: Belgian / US chemist (bakeliet), dies at 80
- 03-01Formans: Director Milos Formans mother, dies in Auschwitz
- 03-05Max Jacob: French writer, dies in Nazi concentration camp at 67
- 03-10David Vogel: Ukrainian author, dies in Auschwitz at 52
- 03-11Hendrik W van Loon: Neth / US radio commentator / writer, dies at 62
- 03-15Otto von Below: German Commandant (WWI), dies at 86
- 03-18Benjamin Delmonte: Theater director / actor, dies at 79
- 03-20Felix Woyrsch: Composer, dies at 83
- 03-22Pucheu: French Internal Minister to Vichy, executed
- 03-23O C Wingate: British General Major (Burma), dies in air crash
- 03-28Chayyim Most: Rabbi / Maggid of Kovono, killed by Nazis
Events in year of 1945
- 01-01France joins the UN
- 01-01German air raid on allied airports at Eindhoven / Saint-Trond / Brussels
- 01-02Allied air raid on Neurenberg
- 01-02Kentucky begins 130 home basketball game win streak, ends in 1955
- 01-02Radio Orange ends cooperation at Liese-Aktion
- 01-03Allies land on west coast of Burma, conquer Akyab
- 01-03British Premier Winston Churchill visits France
- 01-03Cato-Meridian School, NY, installs germicidal lamps in every room
- 01-03Greek General Plastiras forms government
- 01-03US aircraft carriers attack Okinawa
- 01-04Germans execute resistance fighters in Amsterdam
- 01-04US jeep-aircraft carrier Ommaney Bay sinks after kamikaze attack
- 01-05Pepe LePew debuts in Warner Bros cartoon "Odor-able Kitty"
- 01-05Surprise attack on Liese-Aktion-office on Marnix St, Amsterdam
- 01-06Future President George Bush marries Barbara Pierce in Rye, New York
- 01-07Lord Haw-Haw reports total German victory at Ardennen
- 01-08"Youth for Christ" organizes
- 01-09US soldiers led by General Douglas MacArthur invades Philippines
- 01-10Baseball writers again fail to elect a new Hall of Famer
- 01-10LA Railway (with 5 streetcar lines) forced to close
- 01-12German forces in Belgium retreat in Battle of Bulge
- 01-12US Task Force 38 destroys 41 Japanese ships in Battle of South China Sea
- 01-15"Make Mine Manhattan" opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 429 performances
- 01-15Every Amsterdammer gets 3 kg sugar beets
- 01-15Red Army frees Crakow-Plaszow concentration camp
- 01-16Scottish 52nd land division / 1st Commando brigade-assault at Heinsberg
- 01-16US 1st and 3rd army meet at Houffalise
- 01-17Auschwitz concentration camp begins evacuation
- 01-17Gilbert Dodds, record miler (4:05.3), retires to do gospel work
- 01-17Liberation of Warsaw by Soviet troops (end of Nazi occupation)
People born in year of 1945
- 01-01Jacques Ickx: Belgium -- Le Mans auto race (6-time winner)
- 01-04Jay Dee Maness: Loma Linda, California -- Singer (Desert Rose Band-Love Reunited)
- 01-05Sam Wyche: NFL coach (Cincinnati Bengals)
- 01-06Barry Holstein Lopez: US author (Of Wolves & Men)
- 01-06Barry John: Welsh international rugby player
- 01-07Tony Conigliaro: Massachusetts, United States -- Baseball outfielder (Boston Red Sox)
- 01-08John Peters: Rock drummer (Harpers Bizarre)
- 01-09Frank J Biondi, Jr.: President (HBO)
- 01-09Harun Farocki: Actor / director (Nicht loeschbares Feur)
- 01-11Christine Kaufmann: Austria -- Actress (Town Without Pity, Red Lips)
- 01-12Maggie Bell: Glasgow, Scotland -- Rocker
- 01-13[Eileen] Joy[ce] Chant [Rutter]: United Kingdom -- Sci-fi author (High Kings)
- 01-16Kabir Bedi: Actor (Thief of Baghdad, Terminal Entry)
- 01-19Charles Amirkhanian: Composer
- 01-19Rod Evans: Rocker (Deep Purple-Come Taste the Band)
- 01-19Vadim Abdrashitov: Director (Fox Hunt, Parade of Planets)
- 01-20Peter Beckwith: English real estate developer / multi-millionaire
- 01-21Andrew Stein: President of NYC council (D)
- 01-22Michael Cristofer: Actor / writer (Little Drummer Girl)
- 01-25Leigh Taylor-Young: Washington, DC -- Actress (Peyton Place, Alice B Toklas)
- 01-27Mairead Corrigan-Maguire: North Irish peace activist (Nobel 1976)
- 01-27Nicholas Berkeley Mason: Drummer (Pink Floyd-Brick in the Wall)
- 01-28Nick Raynsford: British MP
- 01-29Donna Marie Caponi Young: Detroit, Michigan -- LPGA golfer (US Open 1969, 70)
- 01-29James Nicholson: British MEP
- 01-30Michael Dorris: Writer
- 01-30Robert Wittinger: Composer
- 01-31Noah Creshevsky: Composer
- 02-01Ole Buck: Composer
- 02-02Ronnie Goodson: Rocker
People died in year of 1945
- 01-01Vit Nejedly: Composer, dies at 33
- 01-02Betram Home Ramsay: English Admiral / Cmdr Naval Forces (Normandy), dies at 61
- 01-03Fyodor Akimenko: Composer, dies at 68
- 01-08Jac[obus] P Thijsse: Dutch biologist (Omgang met planten), dies at 79
- 01-10Rudolf Borchardt: Writer, dies at 67
- 01-14Sandor Vandor: Composer, dies at 43
- 01-16Dennis Donnini: British rifleman (Victoria Cross), dies in battle at 19
- 01-19Ernest B Allo: French theologist, dies at 71
- 01-22A Wolfenstein: Writer, dies at 61
- 01-22Carlo Felice Boghen: Composer, dies a day before 76th birthday
- 01-22Johan Eykman: Theologist (World Church), dies at 52
- 01-23Helmuth J Moltke: German politician ("July 20th Plot"), executed at 37
- 01-28Philip "Felix" Bekkers: Actor (We Go on Trip), dies at 37
- 01-30Gottlieb J Haberlandt: Hungarian / German botanist, dies at 90
- 01-30William Busch: Composer, dies at 43
- 01-31Eddie Slovik: 1st US executed for desertion since Civil War at 25
- 02-01Johan Huizinga: Dutch culture Historian (Homo Ludens), dies at 72
- 02-02Karl F Goerdeler: Mayor (Leipzig) / "July 20th plot", hanged at 60
- 02-03Jose Rolon: Composer, dies at 61
- 02-03Roland Freisler: German Nazi judge (July 20th plotter case)
- 02-06Jan Bos: Dutch resistance fighter, executed
- 02-06Paul Bos: Dutch resistance fighter, executed
- 02-09George J L Maduro: Resistance fighter (Madurodam), dies in Dachau
- 02-09Jan Bakker: Resistance fighter, executed at 26
- 02-10Juan de Hernandez: Composer, dies at 63
- 02-11Al Dubin: Swiss songwriter (Tiptoe Thru The Tulips), dies at 53
- 02-11J S H Lokerman: Dutch resistance fighter, dies in Neugengamme
- 02-12de Jong: Dutch vicar / resistance fighter, executed
- 02-12Henrietta Szold: Founder (Hadassah, Youth Aliyah)
- 02-12Walraven [Wally] van Hall: Dutch banker / resisted Nazis, executed at 39
Events in year of 1946
- 01-01Emperor Hirohito of Japan announces he is not a god
- 01-01ENIAC, US 1st computer finished by Mauchly / Eckert
- 01-01National Assembly proclaims Hungary a Republic
- 01-05"Show Boat" opens at Ziegfeld Theater NYC for 417 performances
- 01-06Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Quemadmodum
- 01-07Cambodia becomes autonomous state inside French Union
- 01-09"Would-Be Gentleman" opens at Booth Theater NYC for 77 performances
- 01-101st radar contact with Moon
- 01-10UN General Assembly meets for 1st time (London)
- 01-10US Army establishes 1st radar contact with Moon, Belmar, New Jersey
- 01-11Bert Bell becomes 2nd NFL commissioner, moves Chicago HQ to Philadelphia
- 01-12"Polonaise" closes at Alvin Theater NYC after 113 performances
- 01-12NFL champs Cleveland Rams given permission to move to Los Angeles
- 01-142 jetties collapse in Ganges-160 Hindu pilgrims are crushed
- 01-17United Nations Security Council holds its 1st meeting
- 01-20F Gouin follows De Gaulle as temporary leader of French government
- 01-21"Nellie Bly" opens at Adelphi Theater NYC for 16 performances
- 01-22US President sets up CIA, Central Intelligence Agency
- 01-23Rear Admiral Sidney W Souers, USNR, becomes 1st Director of CIA
- 01-25United Mine Workers union rejoins American Federation of Labor
- 01-301st issue of Franklin Roosevelt dime
- 01-31Yugoslavia adopts new constitution, becomes a Federal Republic
- 02-01Republic of Hungary proclaimed, Zolt n Tildy as communist President
- 02-01Trygve Lie, a Norwegian socialist, becomes 1st Secretary General of UN
- 02-02"Nellie Bly" closes at Adelphi Theater NYC after 16 performances
- 02-06"Lute Song" opens at Plymouth Theater NYC for 142 performances
- 02-07Filibuster in US Senate kills FEPC bill
- 02-08Premier Salazar of Portugal forbids opposition parties
- 02-09Dutch Labor Party (Dutch Social Democratic Party) forms
- 02-101st black pro-baseball player Jackie Robinson marries Rachel Isum
People born in year of 1946
- 01-01Manfred Stengl: Austria -- 2 man lugist (1960 Olympics - Gold Medalist)
- 01-04Bernard Sumner: Rocker (New Order-Round & Round)
- 01-05"Crazy Barret Diamond" Syd: Rocker (Pink Floyd)
- 01-06Harold Jackson: Hattiesburg, Mississippi -- NFL wide receiver (LA, New Engl)
- 01-06Roger Keith [Syd] Barrett: Lead guitarist (Pink Floyd-Brick in Wall)
- 01-06Syd Barrett: Cambridge, England -- Rocker (Pink Floyd-Wall)
- 01-07Andy Brown: Rock drummer (Fortunes Birmingham)
- 01-08Kathleen Noone: Actress (All My Children, Party of 5, Knots Landing)
- 01-08Robbie Kreiger: Los Angeles, California -- Guitarist (Doors-Come on Baby Light My Fire)
- 01-08Tod Brannan: VP (Logos Network Corp)
- 01-09Leo Gullotta: Actor (Sinbad of the 7 Seas)
- 01-10Alexis Nihon, Jr.: Bahamas -- Wrestler (1968 Olympics)
- 01-10Aynsley Dunbar: Rocker (Journey, Jefferson Starship)
- 01-10Bob Lang: Rock bassist (Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders)
- 01-11Ludmila Poradnik: USSR -- Team handball (1976, 80 Olympics - Gold Medalist)
- 01-11Tony Kaye: Rocker (Yes)
- 01-12Cynthia Robinson: Rock trumpeteer (Sly & Family Stone-Everyday People)
- 01-12George Duke: San Rafael, California -- Rocker
- 01-16Michael L Coats: Sacramento, California -- Captain US Navy / astr (STS 41-D, 29, 39)
- 01-18Katia Ricclarelli: Actress (Falstaff, Otello, Turandot)
- 01-19Alexandr Vladimirovich Shchukin: Russian Cosmonaut
- 01-19Julian Barnes: England, United Kingdom -- Writer (Before She Met Me)
- 01-24Hubert M "Jubi" Kirindongo: Curacaos sculptor / painter
- 01-24John Harrison: South Africa correspondent (BBC)
- 01-24Michael Ontkean: Vancouver, British Columbia -- Actor (Rookies, Slap Shot, Twin Peaks)
- 01-25Josephine M Verspaget: Sociologist / Dutch MP (PvdA)
- 01-25Ronnie Brandon: Rocker (McCoys)
- 01-25Silvio Blatter: Writer
- 01-26Christopher Hampton: Azores -- Playwright (Oviri, Hotel du Lac)
- 01-26Timothy Clifford: Director (National Galleries of Scotland)
People died in year of 1946
- 01-03William Joyce: (Lord Haw Haw), hanged in Britain for treason
- 01-04Barney Oldfield: Daredevil, dies at 67
- 01-09Countee Cullen: US Poet (Black Christ, One Way to Heaven), dies at 42
- 01-16Johanna HC Albregt: Actress / Wife of Henri Dons (Paradise), dies at 71
- 01-17Gottfried Rudinger: Composer, dies at 59
- 01-23Feliks Nowowiejski: Composer, dies at 68
- 01-23Matteo Giulio Bartoli: Linguist, dies at 72
- 01-29Harry L Hopkins: US Minister of Business (Loan & Lease law), dies at 55
- 01-29Sidney James Jones: Composer, dies at 84
- 02-01Hans Betghe: Writer, dies at 70
- 02-04Margarete Boie: Writer
- 02-05George Arliss: Actor / writer (Dr Syn, Voltaire), dies at 77
- 02-08Miles Mander: Actor / director (Murder, 3 Musketeers), dies at 57
- 02-20Hugh Allen: Musician
- 03-12Philip Merivale: Dies at 59
- 03-13Abraham Bredius: Dutch art Historian (Rembrandt), dies at 90
- 03-13Thomas Frederick Dunhill: Composer, dies at 69
- 03-13Werner von Blomberg: German Minister of Reichswehr, dies at 67
- 03-16Marius HLW "Max" Blokzijl: Dutch Nazi propagandist, executed at 61
- 03-19Amir Hamzah: Indonesian Poet (Buah Rindu), dies at 35
- 03-22Clemens A von Galen: Bishop of Munster / anti fascist, dies at 68
- 03-23Alexandru Zirra: Composer, dies at 62
- 03-24Alexander A Aljechin: World chess champ (1927-35, 37-46), dies at 53
- 03-24Gustaf Heintze: Composer, dies at 66
- 03-30John S S P V Gort: Viscount of Limerick / Hamsterley, dies at 59
- 04-01Noah Beery: Actor (Beau Geste, Cimarron Kid, Mammy), dies at 62
- 04-03Masaharu Homma: Lieutenant General (responsible for Bataan Death March), executed
- 04-05Vincent Millie Youmans: US Composer (Tea For Two), dies at 47
- 04-12August Borms: Flemish Nazi collaborator, executed at 67
- 04-12F Guicciardi: Writer