Page 16: Historical Events In 1944

Sep 03   Frank Parker beats Bill Talbert for US tennis title   

Sep 03   Frantisek Alois Drdla, composer, dies at 75   

Sep 04   2087 Jews transported for Westerbork to KZ-Lower Theresienstadt   

Sep 04   Izaak van der Horst, Dutch resistance fighter, executed   

Sep 05   "Mad Tuesday" 65000 Dutch nazi collaborators flee to Germany.   

Sep 05   Allies liberate Brussels.   

Sep 05   Willem M Groenewegen, resistance fighter, executed   

Sep 06   Gen Von Zangens 15th army escape from Zealand   

Sep 06   Robert Lejour, Belgian lawyer/resistance fighter, murdered   

Sep 07   Eduardo Sanchez de Fuentes, composer, dies at 70   

Sep 07   SS-general Kurt Meyer takes Durnal Belgium   

Sep 08   1st V-2 rockets land in London and Antwerp.   

Sep 08   German V2 rockets strike London for the inaugural time.   

Sep 08   Jan van Gilse, composer/Dutch resistance fighter, dies at 63   

Sep 08   The inaugural V-2 rocket lands in Britain   

Sep 09   Allied forces liberate Luxembourg.   

Sep 09   Bulgaria liberated from Nazi control (often referred to as the invasion of Bulgaria by Russia) (National Day)   

Sep 10   Jaap P Musch, Dutch resistance fighter, murdered by Nazis.   

Sep 10   Lt-gen Frederick Browning against Montgomery "But, sir, I think we might be going a bridge too far".   

Sep 11   FDR and Churchill meet in Canada at the 2nd Quebec Conference.   

Sep 11   Holland is liberated by the Allies.   

Sep 12   -16] Hurricane, results in the deaths of 389 in NC.   

Sep 13   30th Infantry division of US 1st Army frees Margraten   

Sep 13   Jacqueline Bisset, English actress is born.   

Sep 13   Soviet troops arrive at the Slovakian border   

Sep 13   U.S. heavy bombers rain destruction on factory areas a few miles from Auschwitz, but Allies refuse to bomb railroad tracks or gas chambers at Auschwitz.   

Sep 14   6500 Dutch/Indonesian captives sent to Junyo Maru   

Sep 14   United States troops arrive at the German border and proceed, with the British and Canadians, to launch an offensive to reach the Rhine   

Sep 15   British bombers hit Tirpitz with Tallboy bombs   

Sep 17   ... Kussin, German gen-maj/commanding Arnhem, dies in battle.   

Sep 17   British Premier Winston Churchill travels to US.   

Sep 18   Anthony Stefanich, British boxer/captain, killed in Arnhem   

Sep 18   British submarine Tradewind torpedoes Junyo Maru: 5600 killed   

Sep 19   David Lord, British lieutenant/Dakota-pilot DFC/VC, dies in battle.   

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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,