The Tehran Conference commenced in Iran between Franklin Roosevelt, Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin.
Tehran was chosen as Stalin was reluctant, for legitimate reasons, to leave the USSR. Roosevelt had tried to have him travel to Cairo, but he had refused.
The USSR's Council of People's Commissars issued Resolution 1325 creating a Department of Russian Orthodox Christian Affairs. It provided for a process to open new churches, and while that was progress, the process was a difficult one.
The Kolari Raid on Bougainville, which would end quickly in failure, was commenced by the Marines.
From Sarah Sundin's blog, today is the founding day for the Alamo Scouts. The independent unit of the 6th Army served in New Guinea.
Alamo Scouts in 1944.
