Page 13: Historical Events In 1944

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

Jul 15   Greenwich Observatory damaged by WW II flying bomb on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1944.   

Jul 16   On this day in history john Post, Dutch farmer/resistance fighter (passage fight), executed   

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

Jul 17   Hugh Rigby, English portrait painter (King George V 1928-32), dies in the year 1944.   

Jul 18   7:45 Operation-Goodwood: British assault east of Caen on this day in history.   

Jul 18   George A Hartland, English MP (Norwich 1931-35), dies at 60 in the year 1944.   

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 on this day in history.   

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

Jul 20   In the year 1944 arthur J Treadwell, English mayor of Stoke Newington, dies at about 71   

Jul 20   Brit/Canadian troops occupy Hill 67/Ifs/Bras/Frenouville, Normandy in the year 1944.   

Jul 20   Pres FDR nominated for an unprecedented 4th term at Dem convention in the year 1944.   

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

Jul 20   Von Stauffenberg fails on an attempt on Hitler's life on this day in history.   

Jul 21   American marines capture the western Pacific island of Guam in the year 1944.   

Jul 21   British premier Winston Churchill flies to France, meets Montgomery on this day in history.   

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

Jul 21   In the year 1944 invasion and recapture of Guam begins.   

Jul 21   US forces free Guam of Japanese invaders on this day in history.   

Jul 22   Soviets set up Polish Committee of National Liberation in the year 1944.   

Jul 23   Bernard M Cohen, attorney, killed at Belsen concentration camp on this day in history.   

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

Jul 23   On this day in history uS forces invade Japanese-held Tinian in WW II   

Jul 24   300 allied bombers drop fire bombs on Allied/German positions on this day in history.   

Jul 24   In the year 1944 following 43 days of naval gunfire and air bombardment, Naval Task Force lands Marines on Tinian.   

Jul 24   On this day in history jan Postma, leader of illegal Dutch party (CPN), executed at 49   

Jul 24   On this day in history russians liberate the Majdanek extermination camp.   

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

Jul 25   Lesley J McNair, US lt-general, killed by US bomb at St-Lo in the year 1944.   

Jul 25   The breakout from the Normandy beaches begins on this day in history.   

Jul 25   On this day in history the first jet fighter used in combat (Messerschmitt 262)   

Jul 26   Japanese suicide attack on US lines in Guam in the year 1944.   

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

Jan 03   In the year 1944 birth of david Atherton, English conductor   

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 on this day in history.   

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

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 on this day in history.   

Jan 03   Jurgis BaltruÅ¡aitis, Lithuanian poet (b. 1873) died in the year 1944.   

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   On this day in history death of ida Tarbell, American journalist (b. 1857)   

Jan 07   J Verleun, Dutch resistance fighter, executed died on this day in history.   

Jan 08   On this day in history death of william Kissam Vanderbilt II, member of the Vanderbilt family (b. 1878)   

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