Page 5: Historical Events In 1944

Mar 07   In the year 1944 hMCS Valleyfield torpedoed   

Mar 07   Japans begins offensive in Burma on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1944.   

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

Mar 14   In the year 1944 pavel Grigor'yevich, composer, dies at 66   

Mar 15   Italian town of Cassino destroyed by Allied bombing in the year 1944.   

Mar 15   In the year 1944 otto von Below, German commandant (WW I), dies at 86   

Mar 16   Vichy Internal minister Pucheu sentenced to death on this day in history.   

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

Mar 18   In the year 1944 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   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   Tippett's oratorium "Child of Our Time," premieres in London on this day in history.   

Mar 20   In the year 1944 bus falls off bridge into Passaic River NJ, killing 16   

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

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 in the year 1944.   

Mar 21   On this day in history general Eisenhower postpones S France invasion until after Normandy   

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

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 on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history 76 Allied officers escape Stalag Luft 3 (Great Escape)   

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

Mar 24   On this day in history 811 British bombers attack Berlin   

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

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

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

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

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

Jan 06   On this day in history death of ida Tarbell, American journalist (b. 1857)   

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 in the year 1944.   

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