Page 5: Historical Events In 1944

Mar 07   HMCS Valleyfield torpedoed on this day in history.   

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

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   In the year 1944 dutch resistance fighter Joop Westerweel arrested   

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   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 in the year 1944.   

Mar 16   Vichy Internal minister Pucheu sentenced to death in the year 1944.   

Mar 17   Actor Charlton Heston weds Lydia Clarke in the year 1944.   

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   Nazi Germany occupies Hungary on this day in history.   

Mar 19   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

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   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   In the year 1944 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   On this day in history ... Pucheu, French Internal minister to Vichy, executed   

Mar 22   On this day in history 600+ 8th Air Force bombers attack Berlin   

Mar 23   In the year 1944 bomb assassination against Southern Tirol congregation in Rome, 33 die   

Mar 23   Nicholas Alkemade falls 5,500 meter without a parachute & lives on this day in history.   

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

Mar 24   In the year 1944 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 in the year 1944.   

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   On this day in history birth of prince Norodom Ranariddh, Cambodian politician   

Jan 03   In the year 1944 birth of christina von Saltza, US, swimmer (Olympic-3 gold/silver-1960)   

Jan 03   In the year 1944 birth of david Atherton, English conductor   

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   Felix Arons, Dutch director/actor (Waaldrecht) was born in the year 1944.   

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

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

Jan 03   Jurgis BaltruÅ¡aitis, Lithuanian poet (b. 1873) died on this day in history.   

Jan 04   In the year 1944 death of henri "Hans" Flu, Indonesian/Dutch family doctor/antifascist, murder   

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 in the year 1944.   

Jan 07   In the year 1944 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