Page 5: Historical Events In 1944

Mar 07   On this day in history hMCS Valleyfield torpedoed   

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

Mar 08   In the year 1944 uS resumes bombing Berlin   

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   Hendrik W van Loon, Neth/US radio commentator/writer, dies at 62 on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history pavel Grigor'yevich, composer, dies at 66   

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

Mar 17   On this day in history 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 in the year 1944.   

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   On this day in history 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   In the year 1944 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 in the year 1944.   

Mar 20   On this day in history mount Vesuvius, Italy explodes   

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

Mar 21   In the year 1944 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   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   In the year 1944 nicholas Alkemade falls 5,500 meter without a parachute & lives   

Mar 23   On this day in history o C Wingate, British general-major (Burma), dies in air crash   

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

Mar 24   In the year 1944 76 Allied officers escape Stalag Luft 3 (Great Escape) later made into a movie   

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

Mar 24   In the year 1944 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   Prince Norodom Ranariddh, Cambodian politician was born on this day in history.   

Jan 03   Christina von Saltza, US, swimmer (Olympic-3 gold/silver-1960) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of david Atherton, English conductor   

Jan 03   In the year 1944 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   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   In the year 1944 c T B Turner, cricket (17 Tests 1886-95, 101 wkt All time great), dies   

Jan 03   In the year 1944 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   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   J Verleun, Dutch resistance fighter, executed died on this day in history.   

Jan 08   On this day in history death of william Kissam Vanderbilt II, member of the Vanderbilt family (b. 1878)   

Jan 11   Galeazzo count of Cortellazzo Ciano, Italian politician, dies on this day in history.