Page 21: Historical Events In 1944

Nov 29   John Hopkins hospital performs inaugural open heart surgery.   

Nov 30   Biggest and last British Battleship HMS Vanguard runs aground   

Nov 30   Max Halbe, writer, dies at 79   

Dec 01   Béla Bartòk's Concerto for orchestra, premieres.   

Dec 02   10th Heisman Trophy Award: Les Horvath, Ohio State (QB).   

Dec 02   Filippo T Marinetti, Italian writer (father of futurism), dies at 67.   

Dec 03   British order to disarm, leads to general strike in Greece.   

Dec 03   Civil War breaks out in Greece.   

Dec 03   Delfien Vanhaute, Flemish pastor/poet (Ark of Noah), dies at 75   

Dec 03   In this year, Civil War starts in Athens Greece.   

Dec 04   Germans destroy Rhine dikes, Betuwe flooded.   

Dec 04   USS Flasher (SS-249) sinks Japanese destroyer Kishinami and damages a merchant ship in South China Sea. Flasher is only U.S. submarine to sink over 100000 tons of enemy shipping in World War II.   

Dec 05   German troops rob all the silver coin in Utrecht   

Dec 06   US 95th Infantry division reaches Westwall.   

Dec 07   Convention on International Civil Aviation drawn up in Chicago   

Dec 09   Laird Cregar, actor (Charley's Aunt, Hangover Square), dies at 28   

Dec 10   9 Dutch citizens hanged by nazis.   

Dec 11   Surprise attack on House of Keeping Axe, 29 prisoners freed   

Dec 12   Three Evacuation Squadrons (VE) were established in the Pacific from Air Sea Rescue Squadron   

Dec 13   Japanese kamikaze crashes into US cruiser Nashville, results in the deaths of 138.   

Dec 13   Lupe Velez, actress (Joe Palooka), overdoses on seconal at 34   

Dec 14   Begin(ning) Liese-Aktion: werving of labor force for Germany.   

Dec 14   Congress establishes rank of General of the Army (5-star general).   

Dec 15   A single-engine plane carrying bandleader Glenn Miller vanishes over the English Channel while en route to Paris   

Dec 15   Bandleader, Major Glenn Miller, lost over English Channel.   

Dec 15   Glenn Miller presumed dead after his plane disappeared over the English Channel   

Dec 15   Glenn Miller, US band leader/jazz composer, dies at 40   

Dec 16   Battle of Bulge begins in Belgium.   

Dec 16   Battle of the Bulge begins in Belgium   

Dec 16   Germans begin Battle of the Bulge to strike back at U.S. troops   

Dec 16   Glenn Miller, US jazz composer/orch leader (Danny boy), dies at 40.   

Dec 16   The Battle of the Bulge begins in WWII as Germany launches a surprise counter-attack against Allied forces in Belgium   

Dec 17   Green Bay Packers win NFL championship   

Dec 17   Japanese-Americans released from detention camps.   

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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,