Page 5: Historical Events In 1944

Mar 07   HMCS Valleyfield torpedoed on this day in history.   

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

Mar 08   In the year 1944 uS resumes bombing Berlin   

Mar 10   In the year 1944 david Vogel, Ukrainian author, dies in Auschwitz at 52   

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

Mar 11   In the year 1944 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 in the year 1944.   

Mar 15   On this day in history italian town of Cassino destroyed by Allied bombing   

Mar 15   Otto von Below, German commandant (WW I), dies at 86 on this day in history.   

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

Mar 17   In the year 1944 actor Charlton Heston weds Lydia Clarke   

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   In the year 1944 benjamin Delmonte, theater director/actor, dies at 79   

Mar 18   On this day in history nazi Germany occupies Hungary   

Mar 19   In the year 1944 german Army invades Hungary.   

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

Mar 19   On this day in history tippett's oratorium "Child of Our Time," premieres in London   

Mar 20   On this day in history bus falls off bridge into Passaic River NJ, killing 16   

Mar 20   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

Mar 21   Gen Eisenhower postpones S France invasion until after Normandy on this day in history.   

Mar 21   General Eisenhower postpones S France invasion until after Normandy on this day in history.   

Mar 22   ... Pucheu, French Internal minister to Vichy, executed on this day in history.   

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

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

Mar 23   In the year 1944 nicholas Alkemade falls 5,500 meter without a parachute & lives   

Mar 23   O C Wingate, British general-major (Burma), dies in air crash on this day in history.   

Mar 24   76 Allied officers escape Stalag Luft 3 (Great Escape) in the year 1944.   

Mar 24   In the year 1944 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   Peter Eotvos, composer was born in the year 1944.   

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

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of christina von Saltza, US, swimmer (Olympic-3 gold/silver-1960)   

Jan 03   David Atherton, English conductor was born in the year 1944.   

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   Tommie Smith, US, 200m dash (Olympic-gold-1968) [or Jun 5] was born in the year 1944.   

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 in the year 1944.   

Jan 05   On this day in history adolph Goldschmidt, German/Swiss art historian, dies at 80   

Jan 06   Ida Tarbell, American journalist (b. 1857) died on this day in history.   

Jan 07   J Verleun, Dutch resistance fighter, executed died in the year 1944.   

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

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