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The Ascq massacre was a massacre of 86 men on 1 April 1944 in Ascq, France, by the Waffen-SS during the Second World War . The 12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend set out by rail for Normandy at the end of March, 1944. On 1 April, their train was approaching the gare d'Ascq, a junction where three railroads intersected, when an explosion blew ...
Bucharest World War II bombings. Part of Western Allied Campaign in Romania and Strategic bombing campaign in Europe. B-24 Liberator bombers of the 455th Bombardment Group over Bucharest on 4 April 1944. Date. April 4 to August 26, 1944. Location. Bucharest, Kingdom of Romania. Belligerents. Fifteenth Air Force.
U.S. presidential election, 1944: Franklin D. Roosevelt wins reelection over Republican challenger Thomas E. Dewey, becoming the only U.S. president elected to a fourth term. A passenger train derails in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, due to excessive speed on a declining hill; 16 are killed, 50 injured.
Apr 7, 2010 · Bonjour. Je me permets de vous adresser ce message pour porter à votre connaissance une publication de ma petite maison d'éditions, relative aux bombardements du 19 avril 1944 -- dont l'anniversaire est proche. Il s'agit d'un journal de mon père, alors âgé de 15 ans, qui relate cette journée dramatique. Avec mes cordiales salutations.
February 1944. 1st. 15th. 1: U.S. Marines mop up on Roi and Namur in the northern part of the Kwajalein atoll in the Marshall Islands. 2: The Narva front near the east border of Estonia is formed between the Soviet and German forces. : Germans defeat American troops in the Battle of Cisterna near Anzio.
1944 – Warner Fusselle, American sportscaster (d. 2012) 1944 – Oshik Levi, Israeli singer and actor; 1944 – Julia Phillips, American film producer and author (d. 2002) 1944 – Gerhard Schröder, German lawyer and politician, 7th Chancellor of Germany; 1944 – Bill Stoneman, American baseball player and manager
