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The 1944 Summer Olympics, scheduled for London, are not held due to World War II. 3 August – the Education Act , promoted by Rab Butler , creates a Tripartite System of secondary education in England and Wales with Secondary Modern , Technical, and Grammar schools , entrance being determined in most cases by the results of the Eleven plus exam .
There are no events for 1944 in British television as broadcasting had been suspended for the duration of the Second World War. This was done amid fears the signals would help German bombers .: Births
Events from 1944 in England. Incumbent. Events. January. February. March. 22 March – World War II: a Royal Air Force Halifax Bomber ...
The King, Queen and Prince of Wales joined veterans to mark the Normandy landings' 80th anniversary.
1944 was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1944th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 944th year of the 2nd millennium, the 44th year of the 20th century, and the 5th year of the 1940s decade.
10: Winston Churchill urges Harold Alexander to order the Anzio generals to show more aggression. [2] 11: In the battle of battle of Korsun–Cherkassy, German forces sent to relieve the Korsun pocket in Ukraine are now only 10 miles away. [2] 14: The Russian 374th Rifle Regiment forms a bridgehead on the western shore of Lake Peipus.
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A D-Day veteran who served as a torpedo boat gunner escorting American forces has died at the age of 99. George Chandler, from Burgess Hill, West Sussex, who lost his sight in later life, was to ...