Page 19: Historical Events In 1944

Oct 17   Pavel Haas, composer, dies at 45 on this day in history.   

Oct 18   On this day in history eisenhower, Bradley & Montgomery confer in Brussel   

Oct 18   Hitler orders the establishment of "Volkssturm." Boys between fifteen and eighteen and men between fifty and sixty are drafted into service. The Nazis have to mobilize replacements for 500,000 men in the year 1944.   

Oct 18   On this day in history soviet troops invade Czechoslovakia during WW II   

Oct 19   British premier Winston Churchill flies back to London from Moscow in the year 1944.   

Oct 19   On this day in history uS forces land in Philipines   

Oct 20   On this day in history 30 blocks of Cleveland Ohio burn after a liquid gas factory explodes   

Oct 20   Gabriel Groulez, composer, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

Oct 20   General Douglas MacArthur keeps his famous promise and returns to the Philippines in the year 1944.   

Oct 20   Liquid-gas tanks in Cleveland, Ohio explode, 135 die, 3,600 homeless on this day in history.   

Oct 20   On this day in history revolution by workers & students in Guatemala   

Oct 21   In the year 1944 canadian troops occupy Breskens   

Oct 21   Prv. Ernest Alva Smith (The Seaforth Highlanders of Canada) wins the Victoria Cross at the Savio River, Italy on this day in history.   

Oct 21   US troops capture Aachen, first large German city to fall in the year 1944.   

Oct 22   On this day in history kurita's vice-admiral fleet leaves North-Borneo   

Oct 23   In the year 1944 1st Central Kitchen opens in Amsterdam   

Oct 23   On this day in history hana Brady, Holocaust victim   

Oct 23   Soviet army invades Hungary on this day in history.   

Oct 23   In the year 1944 the largest naval battle in the history of warfare was fought near Leyte Gulf in the Philippines on Oct 23-26, 1944   

Oct 24   In air-sea battle in the Sibuyan Sea, carrier aircraft attack Japanese Center Force on this day in history.   

Oct 24   Lauri S A Haarla, Finnish writer (Juudas, Sukeltaja), dies at 54 on this day in history.   

Oct 24   Rotterdam Passage fight frees 46 prisoners in the year 1944.   

Oct 25   Battle at Cape Engano: 4 Japanese ships sink in the year 1944.   

Oct 25   During Battle of Leyte Gulf in Battle of Surigao Straits, U.S. battleships execute the maneuver of "crossing the tee" of the Japanese forces. In Battle Off Samar, escort carriers, destroyers and destroyer escorts heroically resist attacks of Japanese Center Force. In Battle Off Cape Engano, 3rd Fleet carriers attack Japanese Northern Force sinking several small carriers on this day in history.   

Oct 25   In the year 1944 fake Krist, nazi collaborator, killed   

Oct 25   HMCS SKEENA (RCN), lost at Reykjavik, Iceland - driven ashore in heavy gale and wrecked on this day in history.   

Oct 25   Japanese navy defeated at battle of Leyte Gulf in the year 1944.   

Oct 26   On this day in history u.S. defeats the Japanese Navy near the Phillipines.   

Oct 27   Antwerp port is taken by the Allies in the year 1944.   

Oct 27   In the year 1944 hertogenbosch & Tilburg freed from nazi occupation   

Oct 27   Iman J Van de Bosch, Belgian resistance fighter, dies in the year 1944.   

Oct 28   On this day in history russia & Bulgaria sign weapon pact   

Oct 29   1st Polish Armoured Division liberates Breda Neth on this day in history.   

Oct 29   Denny Laine, [Brian Hines], rock guitarist (Moody Blues, Wings) in the year 1944.   

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

Jan 02   Prince Norodom Ranariddh, Cambodian politician was born on this day in history.   

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of christina von Saltza, US, swimmer (Olympic-3 gold/silver-1960)   

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of david Atherton, English conductor   

Jan 03   In the year 1944 birth of blanche d'Alpuget, Australian novelist, biographer and second wife of Bob Hawke   

Jan 04   In the year 1944 birth of volker Hornback, rocker (Tangerine Dream)   

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   In the year 1944 death of henri "Hans" Flu, Indonesian/Dutch family doctor/antifascist, murder   

Jan 05   On this day in history adolph Goldschmidt, German/Swiss art historian, dies at 80   

Jan 06   In the year 1944 death of ida Tarbell, American journalist (b. 1857)   

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