Page 5: Historical Events In 1944

Mar 08   US resumes bombing Berlin.   

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

Mar 11   Dutch resistance fighter Joop Westerweel arrested.   

Mar 11   Hendrik W van Loon, Neth/US radio commentator/writer, dies at 62   

Mar 13   USSR recognizes Italian Badoglio government.   

Mar 13   USSR recognizes Italian Badoglio govt   

Mar 14   Pavel Grigor'yevich, composer, dies at 66   

Mar 15   Italian town of Cassino destroyed by Allied bombing   

Mar 15   Otto von Below, German commandant (WW I), dies at 86.   

Mar 16   Vichy Internal minister Pucheu sentenced to death.   

Mar 17   Actor Charlton Heston weds Lydia Clarke.   

Mar 18   2500 women trample guards and floorwalkers to purchase 1500 alarm clocks announced for sale in a Chicago IL department store.   

Mar 18   Benjamin Delmonte, theater director/actor, dies at 79   

Mar 18   Nazi Germany occupies Hungary   

Mar 19   German Army invades Hungary.   

Mar 19   Tippett's oratorium "Child of Our Time", premieres in London   

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

Mar 20   Bus falls off bridge into Passaic River NJ, killing 16   

Mar 20   Felix Woyrsch, composer, dies at 83.   

Mar 20   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   

Mar 21   Gen Eisenhower postpones S France invasion until after Normandy.   

Mar 21   General Eisenhower postpones S France invasion until after Normandy   

Mar 22   ... Pucheu, French Internal minister to Vichy, executed   

Mar 22   600+ 8th Air Force bombers attack Berlin   

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

Mar 23   Nicholas Alkemade falls 5500 meter without a parachute and lives   

Mar 23   O C Wingate, British general-major (Burma), dies in air crash   

Mar 24   76 Allied officers escape Stalag Luft 3 (Great Escape) later made into a movie   

Mar 24   76 Allied officers escape Stalag Luft 3 (Great Escape)   

Mar 24   811 British bombers attack Berlin   

Mar 24   In occupied Rome, Nazis executed more than 300 civilians.   

Mar 25   Germany troop executes 335 residents of Rome   

Mar 25   RAF Sergeant Nickolas Alkemade survives a jump from his Lancaster bomber from 18000 feet without a parachute   

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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,