Page 5: Historical Events In 1944

Mar 07   HMCS Valleyfield torpedoed in the year 1944.   

Mar 07   In the year 1944 japans begins offensive in Burma   

Mar 08   US resumes bombing Berlin on this day in history.   

Mar 10   On this day in history david Vogel, Ukrainian author, dies in Auschwitz at 52   

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   USSR recognizes Italian Badoglio government on this day in history.   

Mar 13   USSR recognizes Italian Badoglio govt in the year 1944.   

Mar 14   Pavel Grigor'yevich, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.   

Mar 15   Italian town of Cassino destroyed by Allied bombing on this day in history.   

Mar 15   Otto von Below, German commandant (WW I), dies at 86 in the year 1944.   

Mar 16   In the year 1944 vichy Internal minister Pucheu sentenced to death   

Mar 17   Actor Charlton Heston weds Lydia Clarke on this day in history.   

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

Mar 18   Benjamin Delmonte, theater director/actor, dies at 79 in the year 1944.   

Mar 18   On this day in history nazi Germany occupies Hungary   

Mar 19   In the year 1944 german Army invades Hungary.   

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

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   In the year 1944 felix Woyrsch, composer, dies at 83   

Mar 20   In the year 1944 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 in the year 1944.   

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

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

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

Mar 22   On this day in history 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) in the year 1944.   

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

Mar 24   In the year 1944 811 British bombers attack Berlin   

Mar 24   On this day in history in occupied Rome, Nazis executed more than 300 civilians   

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Jan 02   In the year 1944 birth of peter Eotvos, composer   

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 on this day in history.   

Jan 03   David Atherton, English conductor was born on this day in history.   

Jan 03   Blanche d'Alpuget, Australian novelist, biographer and second wife of Bob Hawke was born on this day in history.   

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of volker Hornback, rocker (Tangerine Dream)   

Jan 05   On this day in history birth of felix Arons, Dutch director/actor (Waaldrecht)   

Jan 05   On this day in history birth of tommie Smith, US, 200m dash (Olympic-gold-1968) [or Jun 5]   

Jan 01   In the year 1944 c T B Turner, cricket (17 Tests 1886-95, 101 wkt All time great), dies   

Jan 03   Jurgis BaltruÅ¡aitis, Lithuanian poet (b. 1873) died in the year 1944.   

Jan 04   Henri "Hans" Flu, Indonesian/Dutch family doctor/antifascist, murder died on this day in history.   

Jan 05   In the year 1944 adolph Goldschmidt, German/Swiss art historian, dies at 80   

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   In the year 1944 death of william Kissam Vanderbilt II, member of the Vanderbilt family (b. 1878)   

Jan 11   On this day in history galeazzo count of Cortellazzo Ciano, Italian politician, dies