Page 15: Historical Events In 1944

Aug 15   Allied forces land in the south of France, Marseilles recaptured.   

Aug 15   Anvil-Dragoon, U.S. 6th, 7th and French inaugural Armies, attack Southern France and head toward Southern Germany.   

Aug 16   2nd Canadian Division occupies Falaise Normandy   

Aug 16   Roman Padlewski, composer, dies at 28   

Aug 16   U.S. War Department issues a statement that bombing Auschwitz would divert air power from "decisive operations elsewhere."   

Aug 17   4th Canadian Armour division occupiers Trun Normandy.   

Aug 17   John Trumble, cricketer (brother of Hugh 7 Tests 1885-86), dies.   

Aug 18   Cecile Chaminade, composer, dies at 87   

Aug 18   In this year, Major David V. Currie (The South Alberta Regiment) claims the Victoria Cross at St. Lambert-sur-Dives, France   

Aug 18   Paris railroad workers strike against nazi occupiers   

Aug 19   Allied air raid on Maastricht, 80+ killed   

Aug 19   Gunther von Kluge, German field marshal, commits suicide, dies at 62   

Aug 20   "Anna Lucasta," opens on Broadway   

Aug 20   127 Flying Fortress Bombers drop high-explosives on the factory areas at Auschwitz, less than five miles east of the gas-chambers   

Aug 21   Dumbarton Oaks conference opens in Washington, DC; establishes UN.   

Aug 21   Germans storm up Hill 262 (Mont Ormel) Normandy.   

Aug 21   HMCS Alberni lost   

Aug 22   Hitler orders Paris to be destroyed [or 23rd].   

Aug 22   HMS Nabob (Cdn. manned aircraft carrier) severely damaged by torpedo off Norway   

Aug 22   Raymond Aimos, actor (Golem, Mayerling, La Bandera), dies at 55   

Aug 23   94.5°F (34.7°C) in De Bilt Netherlands and 101.5°F (38.6°C) in Warnsvelt.   

Aug 23   Nikolay Andreyevich Roslavets, composer, dies at 63.   

Aug 23   Romania liberated from Nazi occupation (National Day 1944-1990)   

Aug 24   Gen LeClercs troops open assault on Paris.   

Aug 25   France 2nd Tank division under General Leclerc reaches Notre Dame   

Aug 25   Germany Army by now has sustained 400000 men killed, wounded or captured, plus 1300 tanks, 1500 artillery, and 3500 aircraft destroyed.   

Aug 25   Krijn van den Helm, resistance fighter (KP Leeuwarden), shot to death.   

Aug 25   Paris is taken by the Allies. General De Gaulle re-establishes a presence in the capital.   

Aug 26   Bulgaria announces withdrawal and German troops are to be disarmed   

Aug 27   200 Halifax bombers attack oil-installations in Homburg   

Aug 27   USS Stingray (SS-186) lands men and supplies on Luzon, Philippines to support guerilla operations against the Japanese.   

Aug 28   Ernst Thalmann, German communist, dies in Buchenwald   

Aug 28   Last German troops in Marseille surrendered and Toulon cleared.   

Aug 29   15000 American troops liberating Paris march down Champs Elysees   

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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,