Page 10: Historical Events In 1944

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

May 26   On this day in history 82nd Airborne div D-day-landing at La Haye du Puits to Ste Mere Eglise   

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

May 27   On this day in history allies land on Biak, Indonesia (operation Horlicks)   

May 27   In the year 1944 japanese advance in Hangkhou China   

May 28   On this day in history katri Vala, Finnish poet, dies at 42   

May 29   On this day in history british troops occupy Aprilia Italy   

May 30   Jessie Ralph, actress (Good Earth, San Francisco), dies at 79 on this day in history.   

May 30   Transport NR75 departs with French Jews to Nazi-Germany on this day in history.   

May 31   Allied breakthrough in Italy in the year 1944.   

May 31   USS England sank a record 6th Japanese submarine in 13 days on this day in history.   

Jun 02   Generals Eisenhower & Montgomery dine in Portsmouth in the year 1944.   

Jun 03   In the year 1944 76th Belmont: G L Smith aboard Bounding Home wins in 2:32.2   

Jun 04   1st British gliders touches down on French soil for D-Day in the year 1944.   

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

Jun 04   The first submarine captured & boarded on high seas-U 505 on this day in history.   

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

Jun 05   On this day in history riccardo Zandonai, composer, dies at 61   

Jun 05   On this day in history rome is captured intact by the 5th Army.   

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

Jun 06   Allied forces storm the Normandy, France beaches during the "D-Day" invasion of Europe in World War II in the year 1944.   

Jun 06   On this day in history baseball cancels all games honoring D-Day invasion   

Jun 06   In the year 1944 d-Day 150,000 Allied Expeditionary Force lands in Normandy, France   

Jun 06   D-Day: 150,000 Allied Expeditionary Force lands in Normandy, France on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1944 achilles Veen soccer team forms in Veen   

Jun 07   In the year 1944 bill Rafferty, Queens NY, comedian (Laugh-In, Real People)   

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 on this day in history.   

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

Jun 09   99 inhabitants of Tulle, hanged by SS in the year 1944.   

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Jan 02   Peter Eotvos, composer was born in the year 1944.   

Jan 02   In the year 1944 birth of prince Norodom Ranariddh, Cambodian politician   

Jan 03   Christina von Saltza, US, swimmer (Olympic-3 gold/silver-1960) was born in the year 1944.   

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of david Atherton, English conductor   

Jan 03   In the year 1944 birth of blanche d'Alpuget, Australian novelist, biographer and second wife of Bob Hawke   

Jan 04   Volker Hornback, rocker (Tangerine Dream) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 05   Felix Arons, Dutch director/actor (Waaldrecht) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 05   In the year 1944 birth of tommie Smith, US, 200m dash (Olympic-gold-1968) [or Jun 5]   

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 in the year 1944.   

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

Jan 05   On this day in history adolph Goldschmidt, German/Swiss art historian, dies at 80   

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

Jan 07   J Verleun, Dutch resistance fighter, executed died in the year 1944.   

Jan 08   William Kissam Vanderbilt II, member of the Vanderbilt family (b. 1878) died in the year 1944.   

Jan 11   In the year 1944 galeazzo count of Cortellazzo Ciano, Italian politician, dies