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26 September 1944 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 26 September 1944 was a Tuesday.
- Top Film of 1944
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1944 was Going My Way.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 26 September is Libra.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 26 September 1944 fell in the Year of the Monkey.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for September is Sapphire.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 26 September 1944 was Waxing Gibbous.
On this day: 26 September
- 1933 As gangster Machine Gun Kelly surrenders to the FBI, he shouts out, "Don't shoot, G-Men!", which becomes a nickname for FBI agents.
- 1936 Spanish Civil War: Lluis Companys reshuffles the Generalitat de Catalunya, with the marxist POUM and anarcho-syndicalist CNT joining the government.
- 1942 Holocaust: Senior SS official August Frank issues a memorandum detailing how Jews should be "evacuated".
- 1950 Korean War: United Nations troops recapture Seoul from North Korean forces.
- 1953 Rationing of sugar in the United Kingdom ends.
Famous people born on 26 September
- Serena Williams, American tennis player (born 1981)
- Jim Caviezel, American actor (born 1968)
- Olivia Newton-John, English-Australian singer-songwriter and actress (1948–2022)
- Linda Hamilton, American actress (born 1956)
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Events of 1944 in the United Kingdom
A selection from Wikipedia's '1944 in the United Kingdom'. Not a complete list.
- 3–8 May – World War II: Exercise Fabius, the last major Allied rehearsals for the Normandy landings, take place along the south coast of England.
- 6 June – World War II: D-Day for the Normandy landings: 155,000 Allied troops land on the beaches of Normandy in France, beginning Operation Overlord and the Invasion of Normandy.
- 3 August – the Education Act, promoted by Rab Butler, provides for the postwar education system, including free secondary education for children of both sexes and raising of the school leaving age to 15.
Life in 1944
Prime Minister
Winston Churchill
Monarch
George VI
Pint of Beer
4p
Loaf of Bread
2p
Average House
£625
Weekly Wage
£4.75
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Famous Faces Born in the 1940s
Well-known people born in the same decade as you, not on your birthday.
Tim Curry19 April 1946ActorView their day →Charles III14 November 1948King of the United KingdomView their day →Freddie Mercury5 September 1946Singer & songwriterView their day →Paul McCartney18 June 1942Musician & member of the BeatlesView their day →David Bowie8 January 1947Musician & actorView their day →John Lennon9 October 1940MusicianView their day →Jeffrey Archer15 April 1940Author & politicianView their day →George Harrison25 February 1943Musician & member of the BeatlesView their day →Sources: Wikidata and Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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