Page 10: Historical Events In 1944

May 25   Partisan leader Tito escapes Germans surrounding Bosnia on this day in history.   

May 26   On this day in history 82nd Airborne div D-day-landing at La Haye du Puits to Ste Mere Eglise   

May 26   In the year 1944 c M Francois, cricketer (WWII, 252 runs in 5 Tests for S Africa), dies   

May 27   Allies land on Biak, Indonesia (operation Horlicks) on this day in history.   

May 27   Japanese advance in Hangkhou China in the year 1944.   

May 28   Katri Vala, Finnish poet, dies at 42 on this day in history.   

May 29   On this day in history british troops occupy Aprilia Italy   

May 30   Jessie Ralph, actress (Good Earth, San Francisco), dies at 79 on this day in history.   

May 30   Transport NR75 departs with French Jews to Nazi-Germany in the year 1944.   

May 31   On this day in history allied breakthrough in Italy   

May 31   USS England sank a record 6th Japanese submarine in 13 days in the year 1944.   

Jun 02   On this day in history generals Eisenhower & Montgomery dine in Portsmouth   

Jun 03   76th Belmont: G L Smith aboard Bounding Home wins in 2:32.2 in the year 1944.   

Jun 04   1st British gliders touches down on French soil for D-Day on this day in history.   

Jun 04   5th Army enters & liberates Rome from Mussolini's Fascist armies in the year 1944.   

Jun 04   On this day in history the first submarine captured & boarded on high seas-U 505   

Jun 05   1st B-29 bombing raid; 1 plane lost due to engine failure in the year 1944.   

Jun 05   Riccardo Zandonai, composer, dies at 61 in the year 1944.   

Jun 05   In the year 1944 rome is captured intact by the 5th Army.   

Jun 05   In the year 1944 the first B-29 bombing raid; 1 plane lost due to engine failure   

Jun 06   In the year 1944 allied forces storm the Normandy, France beaches during the "D-Day" invasion of Europe in World War II.   

Jun 06   In the year 1944 baseball cancels all games honoring D-Day invasion   

Jun 06   D-Day 150,000 Allied Expeditionary Force lands in Normandy, France in the year 1944.   

Jun 06   On this day in history d-Day: 150,000 Allied Expeditionary Force lands in Normandy, France   

Jun 06   Danny Brotheridge, British lieutenant, 1st to die during D-Day on this day in history.   

Jun 06   On this day in history hanna Senesz, a Jewish girl originally from Hungary, who had immigrated to Palestine, parachutes behind German lines to connect with Hungarian and Slovak resistance fighters. Caught on the Hungarian border, she dies knowing that her mission has given strength to those suffering in the camps.   

Jun 06   Invasion of Normandy, D-Day, by allied forces on this day in history.   

Jun 06   On this day in history theodore Roosevelt Jr receives congressional medal of honor   

Jun 07   Achilles Veen soccer team forms in Veen on this day in history.   

Jun 07   In the year 1944 bill Rafferty, Queens NY, comedian (Laugh-In, Real People)   

Jun 08   1st SS-Pantser corps counter attacks at Normandy on this day in history.   

Jun 08   FO K.O.Moore pilot of a liberator bomber sunk two U-Boats off the coast of France in the year 1944.   

Jun 09   23 puppies (record litter) born to Lena, a foxhound, Ambler, Penn in the year 1944.   

Jun 09   99 inhabitants of Tulle, hanged by SS on this day in history.   

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Jan 02   Peter Eotvos, composer was born on this day in history.   

Jan 02   Prince Norodom Ranariddh, Cambodian politician was born on this day in history.   

Jan 03   In the year 1944 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   Blanche d'Alpuget, Australian novelist, biographer and second wife of Bob Hawke was born on this day in history.   

Jan 04   In the year 1944 birth of volker Hornback, rocker (Tangerine Dream)   

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

Jan 05   In the year 1944 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 in the year 1944.   

Jan 04   On this day in history 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   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   Galeazzo count of Cortellazzo Ciano, Italian politician, dies in the year 1944.