Page 5: Historical Events In 1944

Mar 07   HMCS Valleyfield torpedoed in the year 1944.   

Mar 07   On this day in history japans begins offensive in Burma   

Mar 08   In the year 1944 uS resumes bombing Berlin   

Mar 10   In the year 1944 david Vogel, Ukrainian author, dies in Auschwitz at 52   

Mar 11   Dutch resistance fighter Joop Westerweel arrested on this day in history.   

Mar 11   Hendrik W van Loon, Neth/US radio commentator/writer, dies at 62 in the year 1944.   

Mar 13   USSR recognizes Italian Badoglio government in the year 1944.   

Mar 13   On this day in history uSSR recognizes Italian Badoglio govt   

Mar 14   Pavel Grigor'yevich, composer, dies at 66 in the year 1944.   

Mar 15   On this day in history italian town of Cassino destroyed by Allied bombing   

Mar 15   Otto von Below, German commandant (WW I), dies at 86 on this day in history.   

Mar 16   In the year 1944 vichy Internal minister Pucheu sentenced to death   

Mar 17   On this day in history actor Charlton Heston weds Lydia Clarke   

Mar 18   2,500 women trample guards & floorwalkers to purchase 1,500 alarm clocks announced for sale in a Chicago IL department store on this day in history.   

Mar 18   In the year 1944 benjamin Delmonte, theater director/actor, dies at 79   

Mar 18   Nazi Germany occupies Hungary on this day in history.   

Mar 19   German Army invades Hungary on this day in history.   

Mar 19   Tippett's oratorium "Child of Our Time", premieres in London on this day in history.   

Mar 19   On this day in history tippett's oratorium "Child of Our Time," premieres in London   

Mar 20   Bus falls off bridge into Passaic River NJ, killing 16 on this day in history.   

Mar 20   In the year 1944 felix Woyrsch, composer, dies at 83   

Mar 20   In the year 1944 lt. Gen. Henry Duncan Graham Crerar 1888-1965 appointed to command of 1st Canadian Army; largest field formation ever formed by Canada; includes British, Dutch, Belgian, and Polish units.   

Mar 20   Mount Vesuvius, Italy explodes on this day in history.   

Mar 21   Gen Eisenhower postpones S France invasion until after Normandy in the year 1944.   

Mar 21   General Eisenhower postpones S France invasion until after Normandy on this day in history.   

Mar 22   On this day in history ... Pucheu, French Internal minister to Vichy, executed   

Mar 22   On this day in history 600+ 8th Air Force bombers attack Berlin   

Mar 23   Bomb assassination against Southern Tirol congregation in Rome, 33 die in the year 1944.   

Mar 23   In the year 1944 nicholas Alkemade falls 5,500 meter without a parachute & lives   

Mar 23   On this day in history o C Wingate, British general-major (Burma), dies in air crash   

Mar 24   76 Allied officers escape Stalag Luft 3 (Great Escape) on this day in history.   

Mar 24   In the year 1944 76 Allied officers escape Stalag Luft 3 (Great Escape) later made into a movie   

Mar 24   811 British bombers attack Berlin on this day in history.   

Mar 24   In occupied Rome, Nazis executed more than 300 civilians on this day in history.   

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

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

Jan 03   Blanche d'Alpuget, Australian novelist, biographer and second wife of Bob Hawke was born on this day in history.   

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of volker Hornback, rocker (Tangerine Dream)   

Jan 05   Felix Arons, Dutch director/actor (Waaldrecht) was born in the year 1944.   

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

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   Henri "Hans" Flu, Indonesian/Dutch family doctor/antifascist, murder died on this day in history.   

Jan 05   In the year 1944 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   On this day in history death of j Verleun, Dutch resistance fighter, executed   

Jan 08   On this day in history death of william Kissam Vanderbilt II, member of the Vanderbilt family (b. 1878)   

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