Page 15: Historical Events In 1944

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.   

Aug 30   11th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Chi Bears 24, All-Stars 21 (48769)   

Aug 30   Morten Nielsen, Danish resistance fighter, dies.   

Aug 30   Soviet troops enter Bucharest Romania   

Aug 31   Allied offensive at "Gothen-linie," Italy.   

Aug 31   Killinger, German ambassador to Romania, commits suicide   

Sep 02   Anne Frank (Diary of Anne Frank), is sent to Auschwitz.   

Sep 02   Belgium's Emissie bank closes.   

Sep 02   Claude Nicollier, Vevey Switzerland, astronaut (STS 61-K, 46, 61, 75).   

Sep 02   During WW II, George Bush ejects from a burning plane.   

Sep 02   George W Norris, US senator (lame duck-amendement), dies.   

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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,