Historical Events In 1944

May 25   Partisan leader Tito escapes Germans surrounding Bosnia in the year 1944.  

May 26   82nd Airborne div D-day-landing at La Haye du Puits to Ste Mere Eglise in the year 1944.  

May 26   In the year 1944 c M Francois, cricketer (WWII, 252 runs in 5 Tests for S Africa), dies  

May 27   Allies land on Biak, Indonesia (operation Horlicks) on this day in history.  

May 27   In the year 1944 japanese advance in Hangkhou China  

May 28   Katri Vala, Finnish poet, dies at 42 in the year 1944.  

May 29   British troops occupy Aprilia Italy in the year 1944.  

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

May 30   On this day in history transport NR75 departs with French Jews to Nazi-Germany  

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   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 on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1944.  

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   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   The first B-29 bombing raid; 1 plane lost due to engine failure in the year 1944.  

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   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 in the year 1944.  

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

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 in the year 1944.  

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

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

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 in the year 1944.  

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

Jun 09   On this day in history 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   Peter Eotvos, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

Jan 03   In the year 1944 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 in the year 1944.  

Jan 04   Volker Hornback, rocker (Tangerine Dream) was born in the year 1944.  

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

Jan 05   Tommie Smith, US, 200m dash (Olympic-gold-1968) [or Jun 5] was born in the year 1944.  

Jan 01   In the year 1944 c T B Turner, cricket (17 Tests 1886-95, 101 wkt All time great), dies  

Jan 03   On this day in history death of jurgis Baltrušaitis, Lithuanian poet (b. 1873)  

Jan 04   On this day in history death of henri "Hans" Flu, Indonesian/Dutch family doctor/antifascist, murder  

Jan 05   On this day in history adolph Goldschmidt, German/Swiss art historian, dies at 80  

Jan 06   Ida Tarbell, American journalist (b. 1857) died in the year 1944.  

Jan 07   In the year 1944 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   On this day in history galeazzo count of Cortellazzo Ciano, Italian politician, dies