Page 10: Historical Events In 1944

May 25   In the year 1944 partisan leader Tito escapes Germans surrounding Bosnia   

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

May 26   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1944 jessie Ralph, actress (Good Earth, San Francisco), dies at 79   

May 30   Transport NR75 departs with French Jews to Nazi-Germany on this day in history.   

May 31   Allied breakthrough in Italy on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1944.   

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

Jun 04   In the year 1944 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   The first submarine captured & boarded on high seas-U 505 on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

Jun 05   Rome is captured intact by the 5th Army on this day in history.   

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

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

Jun 06   Baseball cancels all games honoring D-Day invasion on this day in history.   

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

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

Jun 06   Danny Brotheridge, British lieutenant, 1st to die during D-Day in the year 1944.   

Jun 06   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 on this day in history.   

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

Jun 06   In the year 1944 theodore Roosevelt Jr receives congressional medal of honor   

Jun 07   On this day in history achilles Veen soccer team forms in Veen   

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 on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

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

Jan 02   On this day in history birth of prince Norodom Ranariddh, Cambodian politician   

Jan 03   Christina von Saltza, US, swimmer (Olympic-3 gold/silver-1960) was born in the year 1944.   

Jan 03   David Atherton, English conductor was born in the year 1944.   

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 on this day in history.   

Jan 05   Felix Arons, Dutch director/actor (Waaldrecht) was born in the year 1944.   

Jan 05   Tommie Smith, US, 200m dash (Olympic-gold-1968) [or Jun 5] was born in the year 1944.   

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

Jan 03   On this day in history 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   On this day in history adolph Goldschmidt, German/Swiss art historian, dies at 80   

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

Jan 07   J Verleun, Dutch resistance fighter, executed died in the year 1944.   

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.