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

May 27   In the year 1944 allies land on Biak, Indonesia (operation Horlicks)   

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   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   On this day in history allied breakthrough in Italy   

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

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

Jun 03   76th Belmont: G L Smith aboard Bounding Home wins in 2:32.2 in the year 1944.   

Jun 04   On this day in history 1st British gliders touches down on French soil for D-Day   

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

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

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

Jun 05   Riccardo Zandonai, composer, dies at 61 on this day in history.   

Jun 05   Rome is captured intact by the 5th Army in the year 1944.   

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   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 on this day in history.   

Jun 06   Danny Brotheridge, British lieutenant, 1st to die during D-Day on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history theodore Roosevelt Jr receives congressional medal of honor   

Jun 07   On this day in history achilles Veen soccer team forms in Veen   

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   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 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 on this day in history.   

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

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

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

Jan 03   Jurgis BaltruÅ¡aitis, Lithuanian poet (b. 1873) died in the year 1944.   

Jan 04   In the year 1944 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   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   On this day in history death of william Kissam Vanderbilt II, member of the Vanderbilt family (b. 1878)   

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