Page 13: Historical Events In 1944

Jul 14   Attempt to liberate prisoners in Amsterdam fails, John Post arrested in the year 1944.   

Jul 15   In the year 1944 greenwich Observatory damaged by WW II flying bomb   

Jul 16   Dodgers score 8 unearned runs against Braves to win 8-5 & break their 16-game losing streak, they will lose another 5 in a row on this day in history.   

Jul 16   John Post, Dutch farmer/resistance fighter (passage fight), executed on this day in history.   

Jul 17   In the year 1944 2 ammunition ships explodes at Port Chicago, California kills 322   

Jul 17   On this day in history hugh Rigby, English portrait painter (King George V 1928-32), dies   

Jul 18   In the year 1944 7:45 Operation-Goodwood: British assault east of Caen   

Jul 18   In the year 1944 george A Hartland, English MP (Norwich 1931-35), dies at 60   

Jul 19   1,200+ 8th Air Force bombers bomb targets in SW Germany in the year 1944.   

Jul 19   Carl Bock, Danish Gestapo agent, liquidated in the year 1944.   

Jul 20   Abortive attempt on Hitler's life by a group of Nazi officers on this day in history.   

Jul 20   Arthur J Treadwell, English mayor of Stoke Newington, dies at about 71 in the year 1944.   

Jul 20   In the year 1944 brit/Canadian troops occupy Hill 67/Ifs/Bras/Frenouville, Normandy   

Jul 20   On this day in history pres FDR nominated for an unprecedented 4th term at Dem convention   

Jul 20   On this day in history uS invades Japanese-occupied Guam in WW II   

Jul 20   In the year 1944 von Stauffenberg fails on an attempt on Hitler's life   

Jul 21   In the year 1944 american marines capture the western Pacific island of Guam   

Jul 21   On this day in history british premier Winston Churchill flies to France, meets Montgomery   

Jul 21   Gerrit van den Bosch, led illegal Dutch CPN party, dies in Dachau in the year 1944.   

Jul 21   Invasion and recapture of Guam begins in the year 1944.   

Jul 21   US forces free Guam of Japanese invaders in the year 1944.   

Jul 22   In the year 1944 soviets set up Polish Committee of National Liberation   

Jul 23   On this day in history bernard M Cohen, attorney, killed at Belsen concentration camp   

Jul 23   Chicago Cubs Bill Nicholson hits 4 HRs in a doubleheader in the year 1944.   

Jul 23   US forces invade Japanese-held Tinian in WW II in the year 1944.   

Jul 24   300 allied bombers drop fire bombs on Allied/German positions in the year 1944.   

Jul 24   Following 43 days of naval gunfire and air bombardment, Naval Task Force lands Marines on Tinian on this day in history.   

Jul 24   Jan Postma, leader of illegal Dutch party (CPN), executed at 49 on this day in history.   

Jul 24   In the year 1944 russians liberate the Majdanek extermination camp.   

Jul 25   On this day in history -26] Japanse banzai-attack on Guam   

Jul 25   Lesley J McNair, US lt-general, killed by US bomb at St-Lo on this day in history.   

Jul 25   In the year 1944 the breakout from the Normandy beaches begins.   

Jul 25   The first jet fighter used in combat (Messerschmitt 262) on this day in history.   

Jul 26   Japanese suicide attack on US lines in Guam on this day in history.   

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

Jan 02   Prince Norodom Ranariddh, Cambodian politician was born in the year 1944.   

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 on this day in history.   

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of blanche d'Alpuget, Australian novelist, biographer and second wife of Bob Hawke   

Jan 04   Volker Hornback, rocker (Tangerine Dream) was born in the year 1944.   

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

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   In the year 1944 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   William Kissam Vanderbilt II, member of the Vanderbilt family (b. 1878) died in the year 1944.   

Jan 11   On this day in history galeazzo count of Cortellazzo Ciano, Italian politician, dies