Page 10: Historical Events In 1944

May 25   In the year 1944 partisan leader Tito escapes Germans surrounding Bosnia   

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

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

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

May 27   Japanese advance in Hangkhou China in the year 1944.   

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

May 29   British troops occupy Aprilia Italy on this day in history.   

May 30   On this day in history jessie Ralph, actress (Good Earth, San Francisco), dies at 79   

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

May 31   On this day in history allied breakthrough in Italy   

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

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

Jun 03   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

Jun 04   5th Army enters & liberates Rome from Mussolini's Fascist armies on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

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

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

Jun 06   On this day in history danny Brotheridge, British lieutenant, 1st to die during D-Day   

Jun 06   On this day in history 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.   

Jun 06   Invasion of Normandy, D-Day, by allied forces on this day in history.   

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

Jun 07   Achilles Veen soccer team forms in Veen on this day in history.   

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

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

Jun 08   On this day in history fO K.O.Moore pilot of a liberator bomber sunk two U-Boats off the coast of France   

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 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   David Atherton, English conductor was born on this day in history.   

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

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   On this day in history 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   On this day in history death of jurgis BaltruÅ¡aitis, Lithuanian poet (b. 1873)   

Jan 04   On this day in history 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   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   William Kissam Vanderbilt II, member of the Vanderbilt family (b. 1878) died on this day in history.   

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