Radio year 1944
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Other events
Platoon leader Charles Scherf, an Australian "flying ace" of the Second World War , describes his impressions on the radio ( BBC )
General
- January 28th - The Red Army liberates Leningrad , which has been besieged by the Wehrmacht since September 1941 .
- June 4th - The Wehrmacht withdraws from Rome .
- June 6th - Operation Overlord : over 1.5 million soldiers from the Allied forces cross the English Channel and land in Normandy .
- July 20 - An assassination attempt on Adolf Hitler fails - a coup d'état carefully planned by the military resistance ( Operation Walküre ) collapses in the hours that follow.
- July 23 - Liberation of the Majdanek extermination camp .
- August 25th - Paris is liberated from the Allied forces, in Greece the Wehrmacht begins to withdraw.
Radio
- February 27 - The BBC General Forces Program replaces the previous BBC Forces Program .
- March 7 - The Columbia Presents Corwin series , hosted by Norman Corwin , premieres on CBS .
- June 5 - In the 29th and penultimate edition of his fireside chats ( Fireside Chats ) US President expresses Franklin D. Roosevelt for the Liberation of Rome ( On the Fall of Rome ).
- June 12 - In the 30th and final issue of Fireside Chats, Roosevelt discusses War Loan Drive ( Opening Fifth War Loan Drive ).
- August 25 - Shortly after the liberation of Paris , Charles de Gaulle gave a speech to the population from the balcony of the Paris town hall , in which he wrote the famous quote: Paris outragé! Paris martyrisé! Mais Paris liberté! (Desecrated Paris! Martyred Paris! But liberated Paris!) A little later, de Gaulle improvised his position on the radio.
- December 6 - US Army transmitter 1212, based in Luxembourg, goes on air.
watch TV
- August 16 - The Paris TV channel stops programming. On the same day, Scottish television pioneer John Logie Baird demonstrates a color television tube he developed.
Born
- January 31st - Heidi Mahler , German actress, was born in Hamburg . It is best known for the numerous broadcasts from the Hamburg Ohnsorg Theater .
- February 14th - Ros Drinkwater , British actress, dancer and photojournalist, is born in Glasgow . She is best known as the female lead actress in the German-British television series Paul Temple .
- February 14th - Peter Rapp , Austrian TV presenter, is born in Vienna .
- March 2nd - Uschi Glas , German actress, is born in Landau an der Isar .
- May 4th - Monica Bleibtreu , Austrian actress, was born in Vienna . Bleibtreu can be seen in numerous television productions, including the role of Katia Mann in Die Manns - Ein Jahrhundertertroman (2001). († 2009)
- May 25 - Frank Oz , British director and puppeteer, is born in Hereford . Oz developed the successful puppet show series Sesame Street and the Muppet Show together with Jim Henson .
- August 9th - Astrid Frank , German actress, was born in Berlin .
- September 16 - Herma Koehn , German actress and radio play speaker, is born in Kleinheubach . It is best known for the numerous broadcasts from the Hamburg Ohnsorg Theater .
- December 25 - Kenny Everett (actually Maurice Cole), British radio DJ and television entertainer, is born on Merseyside . († 1995)
Died
- December 10th - Paul Otlet , Belgian information pioneer and information visionary , dies in Brussels at the age of 76 .
See also
Web links
- Nicole Kiefer: Timeline of the history of broadcasting / broadcasting legislation . In: Saarland University
- Gijsbert Hinnen: International radio and television chronicle. In: rfcb.ch. Archived from the original on December 24, 2016 ; accessed on December 24, 2016 .