Page 5: Historical Events In 1944

Mar 07   On this day in history hMCS Valleyfield torpedoed   

Mar 07   Japans begins offensive in Burma in the year 1944.   

Mar 08   In the year 1944 uS resumes bombing Berlin   

Mar 10   David Vogel, Ukrainian author, dies in Auschwitz at 52 on this day in history.   

Mar 11   Dutch resistance fighter Joop Westerweel arrested in the year 1944.   

Mar 11   On this day in history hendrik W van Loon, Neth/US radio commentator/writer, dies at 62   

Mar 13   On this day in history uSSR recognizes Italian Badoglio government   

Mar 13   In the year 1944 uSSR recognizes Italian Badoglio govt   

Mar 14   On this day in history pavel Grigor'yevich, composer, dies at 66   

Mar 15   In the year 1944 italian town of Cassino destroyed by Allied bombing   

Mar 15   On this day in history otto von Below, German commandant (WW I), dies at 86   

Mar 16   On this day in history vichy Internal minister Pucheu sentenced to death   

Mar 17   On this day in history actor Charlton Heston weds Lydia Clarke   

Mar 18   On this day in history 2,500 women trample guards & floorwalkers to purchase 1,500 alarm clocks announced for sale in a Chicago IL department store   

Mar 18   Benjamin Delmonte, theater director/actor, dies at 79 on this day in history.   

Mar 18   In the year 1944 nazi Germany occupies Hungary   

Mar 19   German Army invades Hungary in the year 1944.   

Mar 19   Tippett's oratorium "Child of Our Time", premieres in London on this day in history.   

Mar 19   Tippett's oratorium "Child of Our Time," premieres in London in the year 1944.   

Mar 20   Bus falls off bridge into Passaic River NJ, killing 16 in the year 1944.   

Mar 20   On this day in history felix Woyrsch, composer, dies at 83   

Mar 20   On this day in history lt. Gen. Henry Duncan Graham Crerar 1888-1965 appointed to command of 1st Canadian Army; largest field formation ever formed by Canada; includes British, Dutch, Belgian, and Polish units.   

Mar 20   Mount Vesuvius, Italy explodes on this day in history.   

Mar 21   Gen Eisenhower postpones S France invasion until after Normandy in the year 1944.   

Mar 21   In the year 1944 general Eisenhower postpones S France invasion until after Normandy   

Mar 22   ... Pucheu, French Internal minister to Vichy, executed in the year 1944.   

Mar 22   In the year 1944 600+ 8th Air Force bombers attack Berlin   

Mar 23   Bomb assassination against Southern Tirol congregation in Rome, 33 die in the year 1944.   

Mar 23   Nicholas Alkemade falls 5,500 meter without a parachute & lives in the year 1944.   

Mar 23   On this day in history o C Wingate, British general-major (Burma), dies in air crash   

Mar 24   76 Allied officers escape Stalag Luft 3 (Great Escape) on this day in history.   

Mar 24   76 Allied officers escape Stalag Luft 3 (Great Escape) later made into a movie on this day in history.   

Mar 24   811 British bombers attack Berlin in the year 1944.   

Mar 24   In occupied Rome, Nazis executed more than 300 civilians on this day in history.   

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Jan 02   Peter Eotvos, composer was born on this day in history.   

Jan 02   In the year 1944 birth of prince Norodom Ranariddh, Cambodian politician   

Jan 03   Christina von Saltza, US, swimmer (Olympic-3 gold/silver-1960) was born in the year 1944.   

Jan 03   In the year 1944 birth of david Atherton, English conductor   

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of blanche d'Alpuget, Australian novelist, biographer and second wife of Bob Hawke   

Jan 04   Volker Hornback, rocker (Tangerine Dream) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 05   In the year 1944 birth of felix Arons, Dutch director/actor (Waaldrecht)   

Jan 05   In the year 1944 birth of 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), dies on this day in history.   

Jan 03   On this day in history death of jurgis BaltruÅ¡aitis, Lithuanian poet (b. 1873)   

Jan 04   In the year 1944 death of henri "Hans" Flu, Indonesian/Dutch family doctor/antifascist, murder   

Jan 05   Adolph Goldschmidt, German/Swiss art historian, dies at 80 in the year 1944.   

Jan 06   Ida Tarbell, American journalist (b. 1857) died in the year 1944.   

Jan 07   On this day in history death of j Verleun, Dutch resistance fighter, executed   

Jan 08   William Kissam Vanderbilt II, member of the Vanderbilt family (b. 1878) died on this day in history.   

Jan 11   Galeazzo count of Cortellazzo Ciano, Italian politician, dies in the year 1944.