Page 10: Historical Events In 1944

May 25   On this day in history partisan leader Tito escapes Germans surrounding Bosnia   

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   Allies land on Biak, Indonesia (operation Horlicks) on this day in history.   

May 27   On this day in history japanese advance in Hangkhou China   

May 28   Katri Vala, Finnish poet, dies at 42 on this day in history.   

May 29   In the year 1944 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   On this day in history allied breakthrough in Italy   

May 31   In the year 1944 uSS England sank a record 6th Japanese submarine in 13 days.   

Jun 02   In the year 1944 generals Eisenhower & Montgomery dine in Portsmouth   

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 on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history 1st B-29 bombing raid; 1 plane lost due to engine failure   

Jun 05   Riccardo Zandonai, composer, dies at 61 in the year 1944.   

Jun 05   On this day in history 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 in the year 1944.   

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

Jun 06   Theodore Roosevelt Jr receives congressional medal of honor on this day in history.   

Jun 07   Achilles Veen soccer team forms in Veen in the year 1944.   

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

Jun 08   1st SS-Pantser corps counter attacks at Normandy in the year 1944.   

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   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   In the year 1944 birth of peter Eotvos, composer   

Jan 02   Prince Norodom Ranariddh, Cambodian politician was born on this day in history.   

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

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

Jan 03   Blanche d'Alpuget, Australian novelist, biographer and second wife of Bob Hawke was born in the year 1944.   

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

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

Jan 05   Tommie Smith, US, 200m dash (Olympic-gold-1968) [or Jun 5] was born on this day in history.   

Jan 01   C T B Turner, cricket (17 Tests 1886-95, 101 wkt All time great), dies on this day in history.   

Jan 03   In the year 1944 death of jurgis BaltruÅ¡aitis, Lithuanian poet (b. 1873)   

Jan 04   Henri "Hans" Flu, Indonesian/Dutch family doctor/antifascist, murder died in the year 1944.   

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   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 in the year 1944.   

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