Page 10: Historical Events In 1944

May 30   Jessie Ralph, actress (Good Earth, San Francisco), dies at 79   

May 30   Transport NR75 departs with French Jews to Nazi-Germany   

May 31   Allied breakthrough in Italy   

May 31   USS England sank a record 6th Japanese submarine in 13 days   

Jun 02   Generals Eisenhower and Montgomery dine in Portsmouth   

Jun 03   In this year, 76th Belmont: G L Smith aboard Bounding Home claims in 2:32.2.   

Jun 04   1st British gliders touches down on French soil for D-Day   

Jun 04   5th Army enters and liberates Rome from Mussolini's Fascist armies   

Jun 04   The inaugural submarine captured and boarded on high seas-U 505   

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

Jun 05   Riccardo Zandonai, composer, dies at 61   

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

Jun 05   The inaugural 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   

Jun 06   Baseball cancels all games honoring D-Day invasion.   

Jun 06   D-Day 150000 Allied Expeditionary Force lands in Normandy, France   

Jun 06   D-Day: 150000 Allied Expeditionary Force lands in Normandy, France.   

Jun 06   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.   

Jun 06   Invasion of Normandy, D-Day, by allied forces.   

Jun 06   Theodore Roosevelt Jr receives congressional medal of honor.   

Jun 07   Achilles Veen soccer team forms in Veen.   

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

Jun 08   1st SS-Pantser corps counter attacks at Normandy.   

Jun 08   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   

Jun 09   99 inhabitants of Tulle, hanged by SS   

Jun 09   Russian offensive in Carelia   

Jun 10   French Duwaer, Dutch printer/resistance fighter, executed   

Jun 10   Joe Nuxhall at 15 is recorded as becoming youngest ML baseball player   

Jun 11   15 US aircraft carriers attack Japanese bases on Marianas.   

Jun 11   inaugural Serbian Orthodox cathedral in US, Cathedral of St Sava, NYC.   

Jun 12   1st V-1 rocket assault on London   

Jun 12   In this year, Piolet Off. Andrew C. Mynarski (Royal Cdn. Air Force) claims the Victoria Cross for service over France   

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Jan 02   Peter eotvos: Composer   

Jan 02   Prince norodom ranariddh: Cambodian politician   

Jan 03   Christina von saltza: Us, swimmer (olympic-3 gold/silver-1960)   

Jan 03   David atherton: English conductor   

Jan 03   Blanche d'alpuget: Australian novelist, biographer and second wife of bob hawke   

Jan 04   Volker hornback: Rocker (tangerine dream)   

Jan 05   Felix arons: Dutch director/actor (waaldrecht)   

Jan 05   Tommie smith: Us, 200m dash (olympic-gold-1968) [or jun 5]   

Jan 01   C t b turner: Cricket (17 tests 1886-95, 101 wkt all time great),    

Jan 03   Jurgis baltrušaitis: Lithuanian poet (b. 1873)   

Jan 04   Henri "hans" flu: Indonesian/dutch family doctor/antifascist, murder   

Jan 05   Adolph goldschmidt: German/swiss art historian,   

Jan 06   Ida tarbell: American journalist (b. 1857)   

Jan 07   J verleun: Dutch resistance fighter, executed   

Jan 08   William kissam vanderbilt ii: Member of the vanderbilt family (b. 1878)   

Jan 11   Galeazzo count of cortellazzo ciano: Italian politician,