Page 10: Historical Events In 1944

May 25   Partisan leader Tito escapes Germans surrounding Bosnia in the year 1944.   

May 26   82nd Airborne div D-day-landing at La Haye du Puits to Ste Mere Eglise in the year 1944.   

May 26   C M Francois, cricketer (WWII, 252 runs in 5 Tests for S Africa), dies on this day in history.   

May 27   In the year 1944 allies land on Biak, Indonesia (operation Horlicks)   

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   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   On this day in history transport NR75 departs with French Jews to Nazi-Germany   

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

May 31   USS England sank a record 6th Japanese submarine in 13 days on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

Jun 05   Riccardo Zandonai, composer, dies at 61 on this day in history.   

Jun 05   On this day in history rome is captured intact by the 5th Army.   

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

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

Jun 06   D-Day: 150,000 Allied Expeditionary Force lands in Normandy, France on this day in history.   

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

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   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   On this day in history bill Rafferty, Queens NY, comedian (Laugh-In, Real People)   

Jun 08   In the year 1944 1st SS-Pantser corps counter attacks at Normandy   

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 on this day in history.   

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   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   Volker Hornback, rocker (Tangerine Dream) was born on this day in history.   

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

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 in the year 1944.   

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

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

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