Historical Events In 1944

May 25   Partisan leader Tito escapes Germans surrounding Bosnia on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1944.   

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

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

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

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

Jun 05   1st B-29 bombing raid; 1 plane lost due to engine failure in the year 1944.   

Jun 05   In the year 1944 riccardo Zandonai, composer, dies at 61   

Jun 05   In the year 1944 rome is captured intact by the 5th Army.   

Jun 05   On this day in history 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   D-Day 150,000 Allied Expeditionary Force lands in Normandy, France on this day in history.   

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

Jun 06   In the year 1944 danny Brotheridge, British lieutenant, 1st to die during D-Day   

Jun 06   In the year 1944 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   On this day in history invasion of Normandy, D-Day, by allied forces   

Jun 06   Theodore Roosevelt Jr receives congressional medal of honor in the year 1944.   

Jun 07   In the year 1944 achilles Veen soccer team forms in Veen   

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   On this day in history 23 puppies (record litter) born to Lena, a foxhound, Ambler, Penn   

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

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

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

Jan 04   In the year 1944 birth of volker Hornback, rocker (Tangerine Dream)   

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

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

Jan 01   On this day in history 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   Henri "Hans" Flu, Indonesian/Dutch family doctor/antifascist, murder died on this day in history.   

Jan 05   Adolph Goldschmidt, German/Swiss art historian, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

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   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 in the year 1944.