Page 13: Historical Events In 1944

Jul 14   In the year 1944 attempt to liberate prisoners in Amsterdam fails, John Post arrested   

Jul 15   Greenwich Observatory damaged by WW II flying bomb in the year 1944.   

Jul 16   On this day in history dodgers score 8 unearned runs against Braves to win 8-5 & break their 16-game losing streak, they will lose another 5 in a row   

Jul 16   John Post, Dutch farmer/resistance fighter (passage fight), executed on this day in history.   

Jul 17   In the year 1944 2 ammunition ships explodes at Port Chicago, California kills 322   

Jul 17   Hugh Rigby, English portrait painter (King George V 1928-32), dies in the year 1944.   

Jul 18   In the year 1944 7:45 Operation-Goodwood: British assault east of Caen   

Jul 18   On this day in history george A Hartland, English MP (Norwich 1931-35), dies at 60   

Jul 19   In the year 1944 1,200+ 8th Air Force bombers bomb targets in SW Germany   

Jul 19   Carl Bock, Danish Gestapo agent, liquidated on this day in history.   

Jul 20   In the year 1944 abortive attempt on Hitler's life by a group of Nazi officers.   

Jul 20   In the year 1944 arthur J Treadwell, English mayor of Stoke Newington, dies at about 71   

Jul 20   Brit/Canadian troops occupy Hill 67/Ifs/Bras/Frenouville, Normandy in the year 1944.   

Jul 20   On this day in history pres FDR nominated for an unprecedented 4th term at Dem convention   

Jul 20   US invades Japanese-occupied Guam in WW II on this day in history.   

Jul 20   On this day in history von Stauffenberg fails on an attempt on Hitler's life   

Jul 21   In the year 1944 american marines capture the western Pacific island of Guam   

Jul 21   On this day in history british premier Winston Churchill flies to France, meets Montgomery   

Jul 21   In the year 1944 gerrit van den Bosch, led illegal Dutch CPN party, dies in Dachau   

Jul 21   Invasion and recapture of Guam begins on this day in history.   

Jul 21   US forces free Guam of Japanese invaders in the year 1944.   

Jul 22   In the year 1944 soviets set up Polish Committee of National Liberation   

Jul 23   On this day in history bernard M Cohen, attorney, killed at Belsen concentration camp   

Jul 23   On this day in history chicago Cubs Bill Nicholson hits 4 HRs in a doubleheader   

Jul 23   US forces invade Japanese-held Tinian in WW II on this day in history.   

Jul 24   In the year 1944 300 allied bombers drop fire bombs on Allied/German positions   

Jul 24   Following 43 days of naval gunfire and air bombardment, Naval Task Force lands Marines on Tinian on this day in history.   

Jul 24   In the year 1944 jan Postma, leader of illegal Dutch party (CPN), executed at 49   

Jul 24   On this day in history russians liberate the Majdanek extermination camp.   

Jul 25   -26] Japanse banzai-attack on Guam in the year 1944.   

Jul 25   In the year 1944 lesley J McNair, US lt-general, killed by US bomb at St-Lo   

Jul 25   On this day in history the breakout from the Normandy beaches begins.   

Jul 25   On this day in history the first jet fighter used in combat (Messerschmitt 262)   

Jul 26   Japanese suicide attack on US lines in Guam on this day in history.   

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Jan 02   On this day in history birth of peter Eotvos, composer   

Jan 02   On this day in history birth of prince Norodom Ranariddh, Cambodian politician   

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of christina von Saltza, US, swimmer (Olympic-3 gold/silver-1960)   

Jan 03   In the year 1944 birth of david Atherton, English conductor   

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 on this day in history.   

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

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

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

Jan 03   Jurgis BaltruÅ¡aitis, Lithuanian poet (b. 1873) died in the year 1944.   

Jan 04   On this day in history 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   In the year 1944 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   On this day in history galeazzo count of Cortellazzo Ciano, Italian politician, dies