July 1944 calendar

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Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened in July 1944.
The US president was Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democrat), the UK Prime Minister was Winston Churchill (Conservative), Pope Pius XII was leading the Catholic Church.

But much more happened on July 1944: find out below

Historical Events

Which were the important events of July 1944?

Events

01 Jul 1944 2500+ killed in London / SE England by German flying bombs
02 Jul 1944 Marshal von Kluge replaces General von Rundstedt
03 Jul 1944 US V-III-E Army corp opens assault on Coutances Cotentin
04 Jul 1944 1,100 US guns fire 4th of July salute at German lines in Normandy
05 Jul 1944 Harry Crosby takes first rocket airplane, MX-324, for maiden flight.
06 Jul 1944 170 die in a fire at Ringling Bros Circus in Hartford Conn
07 Jul 1944 Bomber Command drop 2,572 tons of bombs on Caen, France
08 Jul 1944 British troops march into Caen
09 Jul 1944 In World War II, US troops secure Saipan as Japan fell
10 Jul 1944 U-821 sinks
11 Jul 1944 12th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 7-1 at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh
12 Jul 1944 Theresienstadt Family camp disbands, with 4,000 people gased
13 Jul 1944 Vilnius, Lithuania, liberated
14 Jul 1944 Attempt to liberate prisoners in Amsterdam fails, John Post arrested
15 Jul 1944 Greenwich Observatory in England damaged by V-1 flying bomb.
16 Jul 1944 Dodgers score 8 unearned runs against Braves to win 8-5 and break their 16-game losing streak, they will lose another 5 in a row
17 Jul 1944 2 ammunition ships explodes at Port Chicago, California kills 322
18 Jul 1944 7:45 Operation-Goodwood: British assault east of Caen
19 Jul 1944 1,200+ 8th Air Force bombers bomb targets in SW Germany
20 Jul 1944 British / Canadian troops occupy Hill 67 / Ifs / Bras / Frenouville, Normandy
21 Jul 1944 British Premier Winston Churchill flies to France, meets Montgomery
22 Jul 1944 The International Monetary Fund is created at the conference at Bretton Woods, New Hampshire.
23 Jul 1944 Chicago Cubs Bill Nicholson hits 4 HRs in a doubleheader
24 Jul 1944 300 allied bombers drop fire bombs on Allied / German positions
25 Jul 1944 US troop march into Guam
26 Jul 1944 Japanese suicide attack on US lines in Guam
27 Jul 1944 Soviet Army frees Majdanek concentration camp
28 Jul 1944 Hitler routes 4 division of South France to Normandy
29 Jul 1944 Allied air force bomb Germany for 6 hours
30 Jul 1944 Heavy battles at Tessy-sur-Vire and Villebaudon Normandy
31 Jul 1944 Last deportation train out Mechelen departs to Auschwitz

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