Page 10: Historical Events In 1944

May 25   Partisan leader Tito escapes Germans surrounding Bosnia in the year 1944.   

May 26   82nd Airborne div D-day-landing at La Haye du Puits to Ste Mere Eglise in the year 1944.   

May 26   C M Francois, cricketer (WWII, 252 runs in 5 Tests for S Africa), dies on this day in history.   

May 27   Allies land on Biak, Indonesia (operation Horlicks) in the year 1944.   

May 27   On this day in history japanese advance in Hangkhou China   

May 28   Katri Vala, Finnish poet, dies at 42 on this day in history.   

May 29   British troops occupy Aprilia Italy in the year 1944.   

May 30   Jessie Ralph, actress (Good Earth, San Francisco), dies at 79 in the year 1944.   

May 30   In the year 1944 transport NR75 departs with French Jews to Nazi-Germany   

May 31   Allied breakthrough in Italy on this day in history.   

May 31   In the year 1944 uSS England sank a record 6th Japanese submarine in 13 days.   

Jun 02   In the year 1944 generals Eisenhower & Montgomery dine in Portsmouth   

Jun 03   76th Belmont: G L Smith aboard Bounding Home wins in 2:32.2 on this day in history.   

Jun 04   1st British gliders touches down on French soil for D-Day on this day in history.   

Jun 04   5th Army enters & liberates Rome from Mussolini's Fascist armies in the year 1944.   

Jun 04   The first submarine captured & boarded on high seas-U 505 in the year 1944.   

Jun 05   1st B-29 bombing raid; 1 plane lost due to engine failure on this day in history.   

Jun 05   Riccardo Zandonai, composer, dies at 61 in the year 1944.   

Jun 05   Rome is captured intact by the 5th Army on this day in history.   

Jun 05   In the year 1944 the first B-29 bombing raid; 1 plane lost due to engine failure   

Jun 06   Allied forces storm the Normandy, France beaches during the "D-Day" invasion of Europe in World War II on this day in history.   

Jun 06   Baseball cancels all games honoring D-Day invasion on this day in history.   

Jun 06   On this day in history d-Day 150,000 Allied Expeditionary Force lands in Normandy, France   

Jun 06   On this day in history d-Day: 150,000 Allied Expeditionary Force lands in Normandy, France   

Jun 06   Danny Brotheridge, British lieutenant, 1st to die during D-Day on this day in history.   

Jun 06   Hanna Senesz, a Jewish girl originally from Hungary, who had immigrated to Palestine, parachutes behind German lines to connect with Hungarian and Slovak resistance fighters. Caught on the Hungarian border, she dies knowing that her mission has given strength to those suffering in the camps in the year 1944.   

Jun 06   On this day in history invasion of Normandy, D-Day, by allied forces   

Jun 06   In the year 1944 theodore Roosevelt Jr receives congressional medal of honor   

Jun 07   Achilles Veen soccer team forms in Veen in the year 1944.   

Jun 07   Bill Rafferty, Queens NY, comedian (Laugh-In, Real People) on this day in history.   

Jun 08   On this day in history 1st SS-Pantser corps counter attacks at Normandy   

Jun 08   FO K.O.Moore pilot of a liberator bomber sunk two U-Boats off the coast of France in the year 1944.   

Jun 09   23 puppies (record litter) born to Lena, a foxhound, Ambler, Penn in the year 1944.   

Jun 09   99 inhabitants of Tulle, hanged by SS on this day in history.   

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Jan 02   Peter Eotvos, composer was born on this day in history.   

Jan 02   Prince Norodom Ranariddh, Cambodian politician was born on this day in history.   

Jan 03   Christina von Saltza, US, swimmer (Olympic-3 gold/silver-1960) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 03   David Atherton, English conductor was born in the year 1944.   

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of blanche d'Alpuget, Australian novelist, biographer and second wife of Bob Hawke   

Jan 04   Volker Hornback, rocker (Tangerine Dream) was born in the year 1944.   

Jan 05   On this day in history birth of felix Arons, Dutch director/actor (Waaldrecht)   

Jan 05   Tommie Smith, US, 200m dash (Olympic-gold-1968) [or Jun 5] was born in the year 1944.   

Jan 01   In the year 1944 c T B Turner, cricket (17 Tests 1886-95, 101 wkt All time great), dies   

Jan 03   Jurgis BaltruÅ¡aitis, Lithuanian poet (b. 1873) died on this day in history.   

Jan 04   In the year 1944 death of henri "Hans" Flu, Indonesian/Dutch family doctor/antifascist, murder   

Jan 05   Adolph Goldschmidt, German/Swiss art historian, dies at 80 in the year 1944.   

Jan 06   On this day in history death of ida Tarbell, American journalist (b. 1857)   

Jan 07   J Verleun, Dutch resistance fighter, executed died on this day in history.   

Jan 08   In the year 1944 death of william Kissam Vanderbilt II, member of the Vanderbilt family (b. 1878)   

Jan 11   Galeazzo count of Cortellazzo Ciano, Italian politician, dies on this day in history.