Video: 'World War II Food Rationing: "Prices Unlimited" 1944 Office of War Information 11min'
(Wednesday, May 3, 1944; during World War II) — U.S. wartime rationing of most grades of meats ended today. However, rationing returned by year’s end.
Category Archives: 1940s
Anne Frank, still in hiding, receives her first kiss 70 years ago this hour (Apr 15 1944)
Video: 'Anne Frank - The Whole Story (2001) 2/2' (Apr. 15, 1944, at 19:56)
(Saturday, April 15, 1944, 9:30 p.m. local time; part of The Holocaust during World War II) — On Anne Frank’s 650th day in hiding in a secret apartment behind her father’s business in German-occupied Amsterdam, the 14-year-old girl received her first kiss while on a “date” with Peter van Pels.
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FDR diagnosed with hypertensive heart disease 70 years this hour (Mar 28 1944)
(Tuesday, March 28, 1944, 1:10 p.m. EWT; during World War II) — U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, 62, was referred to Dr. Howard Bruenn, a cardiologist at Bethesda Naval Hospital who, today diagnosed hypertensive heart disease during an examination at Bethesda Naval Hospital (click here to watch video about today’s examination, starting at 3:35:01).
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Nazis execute 335 during Ardeatine massacre 70 years today (Mar 23 1944)
Video: '24 3 1944 Le Fosse Ardeatine silvia nascetti'
(Thursday, March 23, 1944; during World War II) — In occupied Rome, the Nazis executed more than 300 civilians today in reprisal for an attack by Italian partisans the day before that had killed 32 German soldiers.
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Comedian Charlie Chaplin goes on trial for violating Mann Act 70 years ago today (Mar 21 1944)
(Tuesday, March 21, 1944) — Comedian Charlie Chaplin went on trial today in Los Angeles, accused of transporting former protegee Joan Barry across state lines for immoral purposes. Chaplin was acquitted, but he lost a paternity suit despite tests showing he wasn’t the father of Barry’s child.
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Allied bombers raid German-held Monte Cassino again 70 years ago this hour (Mar 15 1944)
Video: 'Battlefield S5/E3 - The Battle for Monte Cassino' (Mar. 15, 1944, at 1:21:50)
(Wednesday, March 15, 1944, 8:30 a.m. CET; during the Battle of Monte Cassino, part of the Winter Line and the battle for Rome of the Italian Campaign of World War II) — Allied bombers again raided German-held Monte Cassino today. Continue reading Allied bombers raid German-held Monte Cassino again 70 years ago this hour (Mar 15 1944)
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American bombers launch first large-scale daylight raid on Berlin 70 years ago today (Mar 6 1944)
Video: 'U.S. Bombers in First Daylight Raid on Berlin - 1944'
(Wednesday, February 23, 1944; during World War II) — American bombers today launched their first large-scale daylight raid on Berlin, the capital of Hitler’s Reich. The price they paid for their audacity was high: 69 heavy bombers and 11 escort fighters failed to return, the highest number in any raid mounted by the 8th Air Force. Continue reading American bombers launch first large-scale daylight raid on Berlin 70 years ago today (Mar 6 1944)
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‘Casablanca’ wins Best Picture at 16th Academy Awards 70 years ago this hour (Mar 2 1944)
Video: '1944 16th Academy Awards Oscars Jennifer Jones Jack Warner Paul Lukas Charles Coburn Katina Paxinou'
(Thursday, March 2, 1944, 8:00 p.m. PST) — Casablanca won three Oscars today, including Outstanding Motion Picture, Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay at the 16th Academy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles. Jennifer Jones (whose 25th birthday it was) received the Best Actress award for The Song of Bernadette while Paul Lukas won Best Actor for Watch on the Rhine. Continue reading ‘Casablanca’ wins Best Picture at 16th Academy Awards 70 years ago this hour (Mar 2 1944)
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Battle of Eniwetok Atoll ends in U.S. victory 70 years ago today (Feb 23 1944)
Video: 'WW2: U.S. Marines Take Eniwetok (1944)'
(Wednesday, February 23, 1944; Part of World War II, Pacific War) — U.S. forces secured Eniwetok Atoll today from the Japanese, with 262 Americans killed in 7 days of fighting. The victory provided a forward base for the United States Navy for its later operations, including Allied attacks on the Mariana Islands to the northwest.
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American aircraft mistakenly bomb four Dutch towns 70 years ago today (Feb 22 1944)
Video: 'Nijmegen 1944, American bombs on the city'
(Tuesday, February 22, 1944; part of World War II) — American aircraft mistakenly bombed the Dutch towns of Nijmegen, Arnhem, Enschede and Deventer today, resulting in 800 dead in Nijmegen alone.
