Edmund Esbern Johannes Joensen is a Faroese politician, who was the Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands from 1994 to 1998. From 2015 to 2022 served as a member of the Danish Folketing, being one of two Faroese seats in parliament. He did not stand in the 2022 Danish general election and his granddaughter Anna Falkenberg replaced him as Member of the Folketing for the Union Party of which Joensen is a member.

1944İsmet Özel, Turkish poet and scholar^[†]

İsmet Özel is a Turkish poet and writer.

Notable Deaths

1944Guy Gibson, British commander, Victoria Cross recipient (born 1918)^[†]

Wing Commander Guy Penrose Gibson, was a distinguished bomber pilot in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War. He was the first Commanding Officer of No. 617 Squadron, which he led in the "Dam Busters" raid in 1943, resulting in the breaching of two large dams in the Ruhr area of Germany. He was awarded the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces, in the aftermath of the raid in May 1943 and became the most highly decorated British serviceman at that time. He completed over 170 war operations before being killed in action at the age of 26.

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1944World War II: The Battle of Hürtgen Forest begins. It will become the second-longest individual battle that the U.S. Army has ever fought.^[†]

The Battle of Hürtgen Forest was a series of battles fought from 19 September to 16 December 1944, between American and German forces on the Western Front during World War II, in the Hürtgen Forest, a 140 km2 (54 sq mi) area about 5 km (3.1 mi) east of the Belgian–German border. Lasting 88 days, it was the longest battle on German ground during World War II and it is the second longest single battle the U.S. Army has ever fought after the three-month-long Battle of Bataan.

1944World War II: The Moscow Armistice between Finland and the Soviet Union is signed, which officially ended the Continuation War.^[†]

The Moscow Armistice was signed between Finland on one side and the Soviet Union and United Kingdom on the other side on 19 September 1944, ending the Continuation War. The Armistice restored the Moscow Peace Treaty of 1940, with a number of modifications.

Headlines from September 19, 1944

Sky Troops Race Germans For Control of Bridges; SKY TROOPS RACE FOR VITAL BRIDGES

NIMITZ GIVES PLAN; Pacific Navy Commander Speaks Over Radio to Legion Meeting MARSHALL CAUTIONS 'Bickerings' Over Peace Set-Up Would Delay Victory, He Says M'ARTHUR TO LEAD PHILIPPINES THRUST

DEWEY DECLARES PRESIDENT'S POLICY LED TO WAR STRIKES; Says Labor Strife Hampering National Effort Is Caused by 'Delays and Bungling' HOLDS RIGHTS ARE TRADED New Deal Makes Political Loyalty the Price, Nominee Asserts in Seattle DEWEY HITS RIVAL ON STRIKES IN WAR

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