Page 4: Historical Events In 1944

Feb 21   "War As It Happens" news show premieres on NBC TV (NYC only).   

Feb 22   US 8th Air Force bombs Enschede, Arnhem and Nijmegen by mistake/800+ die   

Feb 23   Forced deportation of the Chechen and Ingush people to Central Asia   

Feb 23   Leo Hendrick Baekeland, inventor (Bakelite), dies.   

Feb 24   Argentina coup by Juan Peron minister of war   

Feb 24   Leo H A Baekeland, Belgian/US chemist (bakeliet), dies at 80.   

Feb 24   The inaugural detection of a submerged enemy submarine by the use of MAD gear was made by Catalinas of VP-63, on a MAD barrier patrol of the approaches to the Strait of Gibraltar. They attacked the U-761.   

Feb 25   US 1st Army completes invasion plan.   

Feb 25   US inaugural Army completes invasion plan.   

Feb 26   1st female US navy captain, Sue Dauser of nurse corps, appointed   

Feb 26   inaugural female US navy captain, Sue Dauser of nurse corps, appointed   

Feb 28   Bernadette Peters, Actress is born.   

Feb 29   5 leaders of Indonesia Communist Party sentenced to death.   

Feb 29   David Briggs, record producer.   

Feb 29   US troop land on Los Negros, Admirality Islands.   

Mar 01   ... Formans, director Milos Formans mother, dies in Auschwitz.   

Mar 01   Massive strikes in Northern Italian towns   

Mar 01   The Canadian government ends meat rationing.   

Mar 01   U-358 sinks in Atlantic   

Mar 02   16th Academy Awards "Casablanca", Jennifer Jones and Paul Lukas win   

Mar 02   16th Academy Awards   

Mar 02   Fumes from locomotive stalled in a tunnel suffocates 521 in Italy.   

Mar 03   The inaugural performance of corporal Samuel Barber's 2nd Symphony.   

Mar 04   Anti-Germany strikes in North Italy   

Mar 04   inaugural US bombing of Berlin.   

Mar 05   1st performance of Walter Piston's 2nd Symphony.   

Mar 05   Max Jacob, French writer, dies in nazi concentration camp at 67.   

Mar 06   US planes bomb Berlin for the inaugural time during WWII.   

Mar 06   USAF begins daylight bombing of Berlin   

Mar 07   German assault on Tito's hideout in Drvar Bosnia   

Mar 07   HMCS Valleyfield torpedoed   

Mar 07   Japans begins offensive in Burma   

Mar 08   US resumes bombing Berlin.   

Mar 10   David Vogel, Ukrainian author, dies in Auschwitz at 52.   

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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,