At A Glance

25 May 1944 at a glance

Day of the week
25 May 1944 was a Thursday.
Top Film of 1944
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1944 was Going My Way.
Star sign
The star sign for 25 May is Gemini.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 25 May 1944 fell in the Year of the Monkey.
Birthstone
The birthstone for May is Emerald.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 25 May 1944 was Waxing Crescent.

On this day: 25 May

  • 1935 Jesse Owens of Ohio State University breaks three world records and ties a fourth at the Big Ten Conference Track and Field Championships in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
  • 1940 World War II: The German 2nd Panzer Division captures the port of Boulogne-sur-Mer; the surrender of the last French and British troops marks the end of the Battle of Boulogne.
  • 1946 The Emirate of Transjordan becomes independent from the United Kingdom as the Hashemite Kingdom of Transjordan after ratifying the Treaty of London and making their Amir, Abdullah I, their King.
  • 1953 Nuclear weapons testing: At the Nevada Test Site, the United States conducts its first and only nuclear artillery test.
  • 1953 The first public television station in the United States officially begins broadcasting as KUHT from the campus of the University of Houston.

Famous people born on 25 May

  • Ian McKellen, English actor (born 1939)
  • Cillian Murphy, Irish actor (born 1976)
  • Anne Heche, American actress (1969–2022)
  • Rash Behari Bose, Indian soldier and activist (1886–1945)

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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Events of 1944 in Australia

A selection from Wikipedia's '1944 in Australia'. Not a complete list.

  • 14 January – Meat rationing begins in Australia.
  • 15 April – Fred Paterson is elected to the Parliament of Queensland, representing the seat of Bowen. He remains the only member of the Communist Party of Australia to ever be elected to an Australian Parliament.
  • 5 August – The Cowra breakout occurs, with 545 Japanese prisoners of war escaping from the camp.
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Life in Australia in 1944

Prime Minister

John Curtin

Monarch

King George VI

Petrol (per litre)

$0.01

Loaf of Bread

$0.06

Average House

$1,400

Weekly Wage

$3.80

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