February 6 » Spanish–American War: The Treaty of Paris, a peace treaty between the United States and Spain, is ratified by the United States Senate.
March 6 » Bayer registers "Aspirin" as a trademark.
March 30 » German Society of Chemistry issues an invitation to other national scientific organizations to appoint delegates to the International Committee on Atomic Weights.
June 7 » American Temperance crusader Carrie Nation begins her campaign of vandalizing alcohol-serving establishments by destroying the inventory in a saloon in Kiowa, Kansas.
October 11 » The Second Boer War erupts in South Africa between the British-ruled Cape Colony, and the Boer-ruled Transvaal and Orange Free State.
December 2 » Philippine–American War: The Battle of Tirad Pass, termed "The Filipino Thermopylae", is fought.
Day of death January 31, 1944
The temperature on January 31, 1944 was between 3.4 °C and 8.5 °C and averaged 6.4 °C. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (17%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
January 22 » World War II: The Allies commence Operation Shingle, an assault on Anzio and Nettuno, Italy.
July 3 » World War II: The Minsk Offensive clears German troops from the city.
July 22 » The Polish Committee of National Liberation publishes its manifesto, starting the period of Communist rule in Poland.
July 25 » World War II: Operation Spring is one of the bloodiest days for the First Canadian Army during the war.
August 12 » Nazi German troops end the week-long Wola massacre, during which time at least 40,000 people are killed indiscriminately or in mass executions.
September 4 » World War II: The British 11th Armoured Division liberates the Belgian city of Antwerp.
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