John F. Kennedy - Older brother killed

Time: Saturday Aug 12, 1944

Place: The English Canal, United Kingdom

Details: On August 12, 1944, Kennedy's older brother, Joe Jr., a navy pilot, was killed while volunteering for a special and hazardous air mission. His explosive-laden plane blew up when the plane's bombs detonated prematurely while the aircraft was flying over the English Channel.

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On This Day - 12 August

Crusades-Battle of Ascalon

Saturday Aug 12, 1099 - (Present-Day Ashkelon)

Leonardo da Vinci-Leonardo's remains

Tuesday Aug 12, 1519 - Collegiate Church of Saint Florentin at the Château d'Amboise, Amboise, France

German revolutions of 1848–1849-Ferdinand returned to Vienna

Saturday Aug 12, 1848 - Central Europe (Present-Day Vienna, Austria)

1905 Russian Revolution-Russian artillerymen and military engineers rose in revolt in the fortress of Sveaborg

Sunday Aug 12, 1906 - Helsinki, Finland, Russian Empire (Now Finland)

Red Summer-Northeastern Federation of Colored Women's Clubs asking President Wilson to stop the rioting in Chicago

Tuesday Aug 12, 1919 - Chicago, Illinois, U.S.

August 1944

The Holocaust-Warsaw Uprising

Tuesday Aug 1, 1944 - Warsaw, Poland

World War II-Siege of Myitkyina

Friday Aug 4, 1944 - Myitkyina, Burma

Pope John Paul II-Black Sunday

Sunday Aug 6, 1944 - Karkow, Poland

World War II-Japanese captured Hengyang

Wednesday Aug 9, 1944 - Hengyang, Hunan, China

World War II-Vyborg–Petrozavodsk Offensive - Military Stalemate

Thursday Aug 10, 1944 at 12:52:00 AM - Finland and U.S.S.R.

1944

Desmond Doss: Hacksaw Ridge-Bronze star medal

1944 - Guam

Akio Morita-Graduation

1944 - Osaka University, Osaka, Japan

Hirohito-The effect of The U.S. air raids on the cities of Japan

1944 - Tokyo, Japan

Muhammad Yunus-Moving To The City of Chittagong

1944 - Chittagong, Bangladesh

Oskar Schindler (Schindler's List)-Emalia's Peak

1944 - Kraków, Poland