January 28 » The Carnegie Institution of Washington is founded in Washington, D.C. with a $10 million gift from Andrew Carnegie.
March 18 » Macario Sakay issues Presidential Order No. 1 of his Tagalog Republic.
April 18 » The 7.5 Mw Guatemala earthquake shakes Guatemala with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), killing between 800–2,000.
May 8 » In Martinique, Mount Pelée erupts, destroying the town of Saint-Pierre and killing over 30,000 people. Only a handful of residents survive the blast.
June 24 » King Edward VII of the United Kingdom develops appendicitis, delaying his coronation.
December 14 » The Commercial Pacific Cable Company lays the first Pacific telegraph cable, from San Francisco to Honolulu.
Day of death April 23, 1944
The temperature on April 23, 1944 was between 5.1 °C and 16.4 °C and averaged 11.0 °C. There was 10.8 hours of sunshine (75%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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 31 » World War II: During the Anzio campaign, the 1st Ranger Battalion (Darby's Rangers) is destroyed behind enemy lines in a heavily outnumbered encounter at Battle of Cisterna, Italy.
February 15 » World War II: The Narva Offensive begins.
September 6 » World War II: Soviet forces capture the city of Tartu, Estonia.
September 17 » World War II: German forces are attacked by the Allies in the Battle of San Marino.
September 27 » The Kassel Mission results in the largest loss by a USAAF group on any mission in World War II.
October 15 » World War II: Germany replaces the Hungarian government after it announces an armistice with the Soviet Union.
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