1944 in the United Kingdom

Events from the year 1944 in the United Kingdom.

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10 February - PAYE (Pay as you earn) system of tax collection introduced. ^[1]
March 10 - The Education Act 1944 is passed.
June 1 - The BBC transmits a coded message (the first line of a poem by Paul Verlaine) to underground resistance fighters in France warning that the invasion of Europe is imminent.
June 5- Final preperations for D-Day take place in the South of England.
June 6 - Battle of Normandy begins - Operation Overlord, code named D-Day, commences with the landing of 155,000 Allied troops on the beaches of Normandy in France.
June 12- The first V-1 Flying Bomb attack on London takes place.
September 7 - The Belgian government leaves the UK and returns to Belgium following the liberation of Brussels on September 3.
September 8- The first V-2 Rocket attack on London takes place.
September 17- Restrictions imposed by the Blackout are relaxed.
October 9 - Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet Union Premier Joseph Stalin begin a nine-day conference in Moscow to discuss the future of Europe.
December 3- The Home Guard is stood down.

January 9 - Jimmy Page, English guitarist (Led Zeppelin)
January 27 - Mairead Corrigan, Northern Irish activist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
January 27 - Nick Mason, English drummer (Pink Floyd)
February 3 - Dave Davies, British musician (The Kinks)
February 13 - Jerry Springer, English-born television host
February 14 - Alan Parker, English film director
February 17 - Karl Jenkins, Welsh composer
February 24 - Nicky Hopkins, British musician (d. 1994)
March 1 - Roger Daltrey, English musician (The Who)
March 11 - Don Maclean, British comedian
April 6 - Felicity Palmer, English soprano
April 27 - Michael Fish, British TV weatherman
May 5 - John Rhys-Davies, Welsh actor
May 8 - Gary Glitter, English singer
May 12 - Sara Kestelman, British actor
May 20 - Joe Cocker, British singer
May 25 - Frank Oz, English puppeteer and film director
May 28 - Patricia Quinn, Northern Irish actress
June 24 - Jeff Beck, British musician
June 24 - John "Charlie" Whitney, British rock guitarist (Family)

July 21 - Tony Scott, English film director
July 27 - Tony Capstick, English comedian, actor, and musician (d. 2003)
August 2 - Jim Capaldi, British drummer, singer, and songwriter (Traffic) (d. 2005)
August 11 - Ian McDiarmid, Scottish actor
August 26- Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester
August 31 - Roger Dean, British artist
September 22 - Frazer Hines, British actor
September 26 - Anne Robinson, British television host
September 30 - Jimmy Johnstone, Scottish footballer
October 9 - John Entwistle, English bassist (The Who) (d. 2002)
October 15 - David Trimble, Northern Irish politician, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
October 28 - Ian Marter, British actor (d. 1986)
December 6 - Jonathan King, British music producer
December 21 - Bill Atkinson, English footballer

Hugh Lowther, 5th Earl of Lonsdale, sportsman after whom the brand Lonsdale is named (b. 1857)

^ (2006) Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. ISBN 0-141-02715-0.