Page 5: Historical Events In 1944

Mar 07   In the year 1944 hMCS Valleyfield torpedoed   

Mar 07   Japans begins offensive in Burma in the year 1944.   

Mar 08   US resumes bombing Berlin on this day in history.   

Mar 10   On this day in history david Vogel, Ukrainian author, dies in Auschwitz at 52   

Mar 11   Dutch resistance fighter Joop Westerweel arrested in the year 1944.   

Mar 11   In the year 1944 hendrik W van Loon, Neth/US radio commentator/writer, dies at 62   

Mar 13   On this day in history uSSR recognizes Italian Badoglio government   

Mar 13   USSR recognizes Italian Badoglio govt on this day in history.   

Mar 14   In the year 1944 pavel Grigor'yevich, composer, dies at 66   

Mar 15   Italian town of Cassino destroyed by Allied bombing on this day in history.   

Mar 15   Otto von Below, German commandant (WW I), dies at 86 in the year 1944.   

Mar 16   On this day in history vichy Internal minister Pucheu sentenced to death   

Mar 17   In the year 1944 actor Charlton Heston weds Lydia Clarke   

Mar 18   2,500 women trample guards & floorwalkers to purchase 1,500 alarm clocks announced for sale in a Chicago IL department store on this day in history.   

Mar 18   Benjamin Delmonte, theater director/actor, dies at 79 on this day in history.   

Mar 18   Nazi Germany occupies Hungary on this day in history.   

Mar 19   German Army invades Hungary on this day in history.   

Mar 19   Tippett's oratorium "Child of Our Time", premieres in London on this day in history.   

Mar 19   Tippett's oratorium "Child of Our Time," premieres in London on this day in history.   

Mar 20   Bus falls off bridge into Passaic River NJ, killing 16 in the year 1944.   

Mar 20   In the year 1944 felix Woyrsch, composer, dies at 83   

Mar 20   On this day in history lt. Gen. Henry Duncan Graham Crerar 1888-1965 appointed to command of 1st Canadian Army; largest field formation ever formed by Canada; includes British, Dutch, Belgian, and Polish units.   

Mar 20   On this day in history mount Vesuvius, Italy explodes   

Mar 21   In the year 1944 gen Eisenhower postpones S France invasion until after Normandy   

Mar 21   On this day in history general Eisenhower postpones S France invasion until after Normandy   

Mar 22   In the year 1944 ... Pucheu, French Internal minister to Vichy, executed   

Mar 22   600+ 8th Air Force bombers attack Berlin on this day in history.   

Mar 23   On this day in history bomb assassination against Southern Tirol congregation in Rome, 33 die   

Mar 23   Nicholas Alkemade falls 5,500 meter without a parachute & lives in the year 1944.   

Mar 23   O C Wingate, British general-major (Burma), dies in air crash on this day in history.   

Mar 24   On this day in history 76 Allied officers escape Stalag Luft 3 (Great Escape)   

Mar 24   76 Allied officers escape Stalag Luft 3 (Great Escape) later made into a movie on this day in history.   

Mar 24   On this day in history 811 British bombers attack Berlin   

Mar 24   On this day in history in occupied Rome, Nazis executed more than 300 civilians   

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Jan 02   On this day in history birth of peter Eotvos, composer   

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

Jan 03   Christina von Saltza, US, swimmer (Olympic-3 gold/silver-1960) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 03   On this day in history 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   On this day in history birth of volker Hornback, rocker (Tangerine Dream)   

Jan 05   On this day in history 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   In the year 1944 c T B Turner, cricket (17 Tests 1886-95, 101 wkt All time great), dies   

Jan 03   On this day in history death of jurgis BaltruÅ¡aitis, Lithuanian poet (b. 1873)   

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   On this day in history 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