543 notable events from 1944 — massacres, wars and murders. Page 1 of 6.
- Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Jul 31, 1944 · France · War & armed conflict
- 20 July plot
Jul 20, 1944 · Poland · War & armed conflict
- Warsaw Uprising
Aug 1, 1944–Oct 2, 1944 · Poland · War & armed conflict
- Glenn Miller
Dec 15, 1944 · France · War & armed conflict
- Oradour-sur-Glane massacre
Jun 10, 1944 · France · Massacre
- Malmedy massacre
Dec 17, 1944 · Belgium · Massacre
- Deportation of the Crimean Tatars
May 18, 1944–May 20, 1944 · Ukraine · Genocide & ethnic violence
- Liberation of Paris
Aug 19, 1944–Aug 25, 1944 · France · War & armed conflict
- Marocchinate
Apr 1944–Jun 1944 · Italy · War & armed conflict
- Herschel Grynszpan
Aug 18, 1944 · Germany · Genocide & ethnic violence
- Ardeatine massacre
Mar 24, 1944 · Italy · Murder & homicide
- Siege of Budapest
Dec 29, 1944–Feb 13, 1945 · Hungary · War & armed conflict
- Deportation of the Chechens and Ingush
Mar 1, 1944 · Russian Federation · Genocide & ethnic violence
- Marzabotto massacre
Sep 29, 1944–Oct 5, 1944 · Italy · Massacre
- John Haigh
Jan 1, 1944–Jan 1, 1949 · United Kingdom · Murder & homicide
- Slovak National Uprising
Aug 29, 1944–Oct 28, 1944 · Slovakia · War & armed conflict
- Operation Hailstone
Feb 17, 1944 · Micronesia · War & armed conflict
- Port Chicago disaster
Jul 17, 1944 · United States · Bombing & explosion
- Battle for Caen
Jun 6, 1944–Aug 6, 1944 · France · War & armed conflict
- Anton Dostler
Mar 26, 1944 · Italy · Massacre
- Wola massacre
Aug 5, 1944–Aug 8, 1944 · Poland · War & armed conflict
- Dutch famine of 1944–1945
Sep 1944–Apr 1945 · Netherlands · Natural disaster
- Thiaroye massacre
Dec 1, 1944 · Senegal · Massacre
- Nemmersdorf massacre
Oct 21, 1944 · Russian Federation · Massacre
- Destruction of Warsaw
Oct 1944–Jan 1945 · Poland · Genocide & ethnic violence
- Hartford circus fire
Jul 6, 1944 · United States · Fire
- Sant'Anna di Stazzema massacre
Aug 12, 1944 · Italy · War & armed conflict
- Operation Panzerfaust
Oct 15, 1944–Oct 16, 1944 · Hungary · War & armed conflict
- Jewish insurgency in Mandatory Palestine
Feb 1, 1944–May 14, 1948 · Palestine · War & armed conflict
- Via Rasella attack
Mar 23, 1944 · Italy · Terrorism
- 1944 Romanian coup d'état
Aug 23, 1944 · Romania · War & armed conflict
- Anti-Soviet resistance by the Ukrainian Insurgent Army
1944–1960 · Ukraine · War & armed conflict
- Guatemalan Revolution
Oct 20, 1944 · Guatemala · War & armed conflict
- Tulle massacre
Jun 9, 1944 · France · Murder & homicide
- Nazi roundup of the children of Izieu (1944)
Apr 6, 1944 · France · Murder & homicide
- Sahryń massacre
Mar 10, 1944 · Poland · Massacre
- Operation Bulbasket
Jun 6, 1944–Jul 24, 1944 · France · War & armed conflict
- Verona trial
Jan 8, 1944–Jan 10, 1944 · Italy · Crime & justice
- Cowra breakout
Aug 5, 1944 · Australia · Crime & justice
- Eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 1944
Mar 18, 1944–Mar 24, 1944 · Italy · Natural disaster
- RAF Fauld explosion
Nov 27, 1944 · United Kingdom · Bombing & explosion
- German invasion of Hungary (1944)
Mar 19, 1944 · Hungary · War & armed conflict
- 1944 Tōnankai earthquake
Dec 7, 1944 · Japan · Earthquake
- Dekemvriana
Dec 3, 1944–Jan 11, 1945 · Greece · War & armed conflict
- Polish population transfers in 1944–1946
1944–1946 · Ukraine · Genocide & ethnic violence
- Palawan massacre
Dec 14, 1944 · Philippines · Massacre
- Balvano train disaster
Mar 3, 1944 · Italy · Rail accident
- Ascq massacre
Apr 1, 1944 · France · Massacre
- Hikarigoke Incident
1944 · Japan · Incident
- Curt Bruns
Dec 20, 1944 · Germany · Suicide & execution
- Stalag Luft III murders
Jan 1, 1944 · Murder & homicide
- Operation Steinbock
May 29, 1944 · United Kingdom · War & armed conflict
- Operation PX
Dec 1, 1944 · Japan · War & armed conflict
- Bombing of Nagoya
Jan 1, 1944–Jan 1, 1945 · Japan · War & armed conflict
- 1944 Bulgarian coup d'état
Sep 9, 1944 · Bulgaria · War & armed conflict
- Soviet occupation of Romania
1944–Aug 1, 1958 · Romania · War & armed conflict
- Bombing of Munich in World War II
Apr 25, 1944 · Germany · War & armed conflict
- Putten raid
Oct 1, 1944 · Netherlands · War & armed conflict
- Naval Otsu incident
Mar 31, 1944 · War & armed conflict
- Lithuanian partisans
Jul 1, 1944–May 1, 1953 · Lithuania · War & armed conflict
- Piazzale Loreto massacre
Aug 10, 1944 · Italy · Murder & homicide
- Big Week
Feb 20, 1944–Feb 25, 1944 · Germany · War & armed conflict
- Romanian anti-communist resistance movement
1944–1962 · Romania · War & armed conflict
- Bombing of Gorla
Oct 20, 1944 · Italy · Massacre
- Operation Foxley
Jul 14, 1944 · Germany · War & armed conflict
- Cleveland East Ohio Gas explosion
Oct 20, 1944 · United States · Bombing & explosion
- Operation Jericho
Feb 18, 1944 · France · War & armed conflict
- Population exchange between Poland and Soviet Ukraine
1944–1946 · Genocide & ethnic violence
- Distomo massacre
Jun 10, 1944 · Greece · Massacre
- 1944 San Juan earthquake
Jan 15, 1944 · Argentina · Earthquake
- Rüsselsheim massacre
Aug 26, 1944 · Germany · Massacre
- Conscription Crisis of 1944
1944 · Canada · Crisis
- Auschwitz Sonderkommando revolt
Oct 7, 1944 · Poland · War & armed conflict
- Huta Pieniacka massacre
Feb 28, 1944 · Ukraine · Massacre
- Operation Matterhorn
Jun 15, 1944 · Mongolia · War & armed conflict
- Maillé massacre
Aug 25, 1944 · France · Massacre
- Operation Frantic
Jun 1944–Sep 1944 · Hungary · War & armed conflict
- Niš incident
Nov 7, 1944 · Serbia · War & armed conflict
- West Loch disaster
May 21, 1944 · United States · War & armed conflict
- Dubingiai massacre
Jun 23, 1944 · Lithuania · Massacre
- Ardenne Abbey massacre
Jun 7, 1944 · France · Massacre
- Ochota massacre
Aug 25, 1944 · Poland · Massacre
- Bombing of Nijmegen
Feb 22, 1944 · Netherlands · War & armed conflict
- 1 May 1944 Kaisariani executions
May 1, 1944 · Greece · War & armed conflict
- Werner Scholl
Jun 1, 1944 · Russian Federation · War & armed conflict
- Deportation of the Balkars
Mar 8, 1944 · Russian Federation · Genocide & ethnic violence
- Kidnapping of Heinrich Kreipe
May 14, 1944 · Greece · Kidnapping & hostage
- 1944 Bombay explosion
Apr 14, 1944 · India · Bombing & explosion
- Khaibakh massacre
Feb 27, 1944 · Russian Federation · Massacre
- Normandy massacres
Jan 1, 1944 · France · Massacre
- Great Papago Escape
Dec 23, 1944–Jan 28, 1945 · United States · War & armed conflict
- Deportation of the Meskhetian Turks
Nov 15, 1944 · Georgia · Genocide & ethnic violence
- Operation Tigerfish
Nov 27, 1944 · Germany · War & armed conflict
- Bombing of Yawata (June 1944)
Jun 16, 1944 · Japan · War & armed conflict
- Anti-Jewish violence in Poland, 1944–1946
1944 · Riot & unrest
- Bombing of Okinawa
Oct 10, 1944 · Japan · War & armed conflict
- Turchino Pass massacre
May 19, 1944 · Italy · Massacre
- Torre del Bierzo rail disaster
Jan 3, 1944 · Spain · Rail accident
- Bombing of Darmstadt in World War II
Sep 12, 1944 · Germany · War & armed conflict
- 1944 Haebaru train wreck
Dec 11, 1944 · Japan · Bombing & explosion