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   C M Francois, cricketer (WWII, 252 runs in 5 Tests for S Africa), dies on this day in history.   

May 27   On this day in history allies land on Biak, Indonesia (operation Horlicks)   

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

May 28   In the year 1944 katri Vala, Finnish poet, dies at 42   

May 29   British troops occupy Aprilia Italy on this day in history.   

May 30   On this day in history jessie Ralph, actress (Good Earth, San Francisco), dies at 79   

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

May 31   Allied breakthrough in Italy in the year 1944.   

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

Jun 02   Generals Eisenhower & Montgomery dine in Portsmouth on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

Jun 05   On this day in history 1st B-29 bombing raid; 1 plane lost due to engine failure   

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   The first B-29 bombing raid; 1 plane lost due to engine failure in the year 1944.   

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   On this day in history baseball cancels all games honoring D-Day invasion   

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

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

Jun 06   On this day in history danny Brotheridge, British lieutenant, 1st to die during D-Day   

Jun 06   In the year 1944 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   In the year 1944 invasion of Normandy, D-Day, by allied forces   

Jun 06   Theodore Roosevelt Jr receives congressional medal of honor in the year 1944.   

Jun 07   Achilles Veen soccer team forms in Veen in the year 1944.   

Jun 07   On this day in history 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   In the year 1944 23 puppies (record litter) born to Lena, a foxhound, Ambler, Penn   

Jun 09   99 inhabitants of Tulle, hanged by SS in the year 1944.   

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Jan 02   Peter Eotvos, composer was born in the year 1944.   

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   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   Volker Hornback, rocker (Tangerine Dream) was born in the year 1944.   

Jan 05   In the year 1944 birth of felix Arons, Dutch director/actor (Waaldrecht)   

Jan 05   Tommie Smith, US, 200m dash (Olympic-gold-1968) [or Jun 5] was born on this day in history.   

Jan 01   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

Jan 04   On this day in history death of henri "Hans" Flu, Indonesian/Dutch family doctor/antifascist, murder   

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

Jan 06   Ida Tarbell, American journalist (b. 1857) died on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1944.   

Jan 11   In the year 1944 galeazzo count of Cortellazzo Ciano, Italian politician, dies