Historical eventSeptember 31944

Diary

Holocaust: Diarist Anne Frank and her family are placed on the last transport train from the Westerbork transit camp to the Auschwitz concentration camp, arriving three days later.

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In context

When
Sunday, September 3 194482 years ago
Category
Historical eventA dated happening — a battle, treaty, launch, discovery, disaster or decision — recorded on this calendar day.
Era
20th century · 1940s
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At a glance

Dates: From 1944.

What happened

A diary is a written or audiovisual memorable record, with discrete entries arranged by date reporting on what has happened over the course of a day or other period. Diaries have traditionally been handwritten but are now also often digital. A personal diary may include a person's experiences, thoughts, and/or feelings, excluding comments on current events outside the writer's direct experience. Someone who keeps a diary is known as a diarist.

September 3 through the years

Other entries on the same calendar day, in order.

  1. 1944Diary
  2. 1989Varig Flight 254
  3. 1991Hamlet chicken processing plant fire
  4. 1997Vietnam Airlines
  5. 2001The Troubles
  6. 2001Belfast
  7. 2004Beslan school siege
  8. 2010Dubai International Airport
  9. 2016China
  10. 20172017 North Korean nuclear test
  11. 2017North Korea

Also in 1944

  • September 15World War IIWorld War II: American and Australian forces landed on the Japanese-occupied island of Morotai.
  • October 20World War IIWorld War II: Fulfilling a promise he made two years previously, General Douglas MacArthur landed on Leyte to begin the recapture of the…
  • May 25WehrmachtThe Wehrmacht and their collaborationist allies launched Operation Rösselsprung, a failed attempt to assassinate the Yugoslav Partisan le…
  • June 14World War IISecond World War: The British Army abandoned its attempt to capture the German-occupied city of Caen.
  • November 27RAF Fauld explosionBetween 3,500 and 4,000 tonnes of ordnance exploded at the RAF Fauld underground munitions storage depot in the largest non-nuclear explo…
  • July 5World War IISecond World War: Canadian troops defeated the last German counterattacks against Carpiquet, Normandy, France.
  • November 5World War IIWorld War II: Allied forces began a military campaign on Japanese-occupied Singapore.
  • June 17IcelandIceland declares independence from Denmark and becomes a republic.

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When did Diary happen?

September 3 1944 — 82 years ago, on a Sunday.

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