Page 10: Historical Events In 1944

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

May 26   In the year 1944 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   Allies land on Biak, Indonesia (operation Horlicks) in the year 1944.   

May 27   Japanese advance in Hangkhou China on this day in history.   

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

May 29   On this day in history 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 in the year 1944.   

May 31   Allied breakthrough in Italy in the year 1944.   

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

Jun 02   On this day in history generals Eisenhower & Montgomery dine in Portsmouth   

Jun 03   76th Belmont: G L Smith aboard Bounding Home wins in 2:32.2 on this day in history.   

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   The first submarine captured & boarded on high seas-U 505 in the year 1944.   

Jun 05   On this day in history 1st B-29 bombing raid; 1 plane lost due to engine failure   

Jun 05   On this day in history riccardo Zandonai, composer, dies at 61   

Jun 05   Rome is captured intact by the 5th Army on this day in history.   

Jun 05   On this day in history the first B-29 bombing raid; 1 plane lost due to engine failure   

Jun 06   On this day in history allied forces storm the Normandy, France beaches during the "D-Day" invasion of Europe in World War II.   

Jun 06   On this day in history baseball cancels all games honoring D-Day invasion   

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

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

Jun 06   Danny Brotheridge, British lieutenant, 1st to die during D-Day in the year 1944.   

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 in the year 1944.   

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

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   On this day in history 1st SS-Pantser corps counter attacks at Normandy   

Jun 08   In the year 1944 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   On this day in history birth of peter Eotvos, composer   

Jan 02   Prince Norodom Ranariddh, Cambodian politician was born in the year 1944.   

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

Jan 04   Volker Hornback, rocker (Tangerine Dream) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 05   In the year 1944 birth of felix Arons, Dutch director/actor (Waaldrecht)   

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 on this day in history.   

Jan 03   On this day in history 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 in the year 1944.   

Jan 06   Ida Tarbell, American journalist (b. 1857) died on this day in history.   

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