Historical Events
- 1st British jet fighter used in combat (Gloster Meteor)
- Soviet Army frees Majdanek concentration camp
- US troops occupy le Mesnil-Herman/Hill 183 Normandy
Famous Birthdays
- Bobbie Gentry, American singer and songwriter (Ode to Billy Joe), born in Chickasaw County, Mississippi
- Jean-Marie Leblanc, French cyclist, born in Nueil-les-Aubiers, Deux-Sèvres, France
Famous Deaths
- Victor Jean Leonard Vreuls, composer, dies at 68
What Happened in 1944
Battle of Eniwetok
US landing craft pass supporting warships on their way to Eniwetok Atoll
February 19, 1944D-Day
"Into the Jaws of Death" by Robert F. Sargent
June 6, 1944George Stinney is Executed
The mug shot of 14-year-old African American boy George Stinney who was the youngest American to be executed
June 16, 1944
