Page 13: Historical Events In 1944

Jul 18   George A Hartland, English MP (Norwich 1931-35), dies at 60   

Jul 19   1200+ 8th Air Force bombers bomb targets in SW Germany   

Jul 19   Carl Bock, Danish Gestapo agent, liquidated   

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

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

Jul 20   Brit/Canadian troops occupy Hill 67/Ifs/Bras/Frenouville, Normandy.   

Jul 20   Pres FDR nominated for an unprecedented 4th term at Dem convention.   

Jul 20   US invades Japanese-occupied Guam in WW II.   

Jul 20   Von Stauffenberg fails on an attempt on Hitler's life.   

Jul 21   American marines capture the western Pacific island of Guam.   

Jul 21   British premier Winston Churchill flies to France, meets Montgomery   

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

Jul 21   Invasion and recapture of Guam begins.   

Jul 21   US forces free Guam of Japanese invaders   

Jul 22   Soviets set up Polish Committee of National Liberation.   

Jul 23   Bernard M Cohen, attorney, killed at Belsen concentration camp   

Jul 23   Chicago Cubs Bill Nicholson hits 4 HRs in a doubleheader   

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

Jul 24   300 allied bombers drop fire bombs on Allied/German positions   

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

Jul 24   Jan Postma, leader of illegal Dutch party (CPN), executed at 49.   

Jul 24   Russians liberate the Majdanek extermination camp   

Jul 25   -26] Japanse banzai-attack on Guam.   

Jul 25   Lesley J McNair, US lt-general, killed by US bomb at St-Lo   

Jul 25   The breakout from the Normandy beaches begins   

Jul 25   The inaugural jet fighter used in combat (Messerschmitt 262).   

Jul 26   Japanese suicide attack on US lines in Guam.   

Jul 26   Reza Sjah Pahlawi, [Reza Chan], cossack officer/shah of Persia, dies.   

Jul 27   1st British jet fighter used in combat (Gloster Meteor)   

Jul 27   The inaugural British jet fighter used in combat (Gloster Meteor)   

Jul 27   US regains possession of Guam from Japanese.   

Jul 27   Victor Jean Leonard Vreuls, composer, dies at 68.   

Jul 28   Hitler routes 4 division of South France to Normandy   

Jul 29   Allied air force bomb Germany for 6 hours   

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Jan 02   Peter eotvos: Composer   

Jan 02   Prince norodom ranariddh: Cambodian politician   

Jan 03   Christina von saltza: Us, swimmer (olympic-3 gold/silver-1960)   

Jan 03   David atherton: English conductor   

Jan 03   Blanche d'alpuget: Australian novelist, biographer and second wife of bob hawke   

Jan 04   Volker hornback: Rocker (tangerine dream)   

Jan 05   Felix arons: Dutch director/actor (waaldrecht)   

Jan 05   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),    

Jan 03   Jurgis baltrušaitis: Lithuanian poet (b. 1873)   

Jan 04   Henri "hans" flu: Indonesian/dutch family doctor/antifascist, murder   

Jan 05   Adolph goldschmidt: German/swiss art historian,   

Jan 06   Ida tarbell: American journalist (b. 1857)   

Jan 07   J verleun: Dutch resistance fighter, executed   

Jan 08   William kissam vanderbilt ii: Member of the vanderbilt family (b. 1878)   

Jan 11   Galeazzo count of cortellazzo ciano: Italian politician,