Page 5: Historical Events In 1944

Mar 07   HMCS Valleyfield torpedoed in the year 1944.   

Mar 07   On this day in history japans begins offensive in Burma   

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   On this day in history dutch resistance fighter Joop Westerweel arrested   

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   USSR recognizes Italian Badoglio govt in the year 1944.   

Mar 14   Pavel Grigor'yevich, composer, dies at 66 in the year 1944.   

Mar 15   In the year 1944 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   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   In the year 1944 benjamin Delmonte, theater director/actor, dies at 79   

Mar 18   Nazi Germany occupies Hungary in the year 1944.   

Mar 19   German Army invades Hungary on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

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

Mar 20   Felix Woyrsch, composer, dies at 83 in the year 1944.   

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   In the year 1944 mount Vesuvius, Italy explodes   

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   On this day in history ... Pucheu, French Internal minister to Vichy, executed   

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

Mar 23   On this day in history bomb assassination against Southern Tirol congregation in Rome, 33 die   

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

Mar 23   O C Wingate, British general-major (Burma), dies in air crash in the year 1944.   

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

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   On this day in history birth of peter Eotvos, composer   

Jan 02   On this day in history 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 in the year 1944.   

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

Jan 05   Felix Arons, Dutch director/actor (Waaldrecht) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 05   Tommie Smith, US, 200m dash (Olympic-gold-1968) [or Jun 5] was born in the year 1944.   

Jan 01   On this day in history c T B Turner, cricket (17 Tests 1886-95, 101 wkt All time great), dies   

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

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

Jan 05   Adolph Goldschmidt, German/Swiss art historian, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

Jan 06   In the year 1944 death of ida Tarbell, American journalist (b. 1857)   

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.