Today in History for November 1944

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Historical Events

Events 1 - 52 of 52

1st - Mary Coyle Chase' "Harvey," premieres in NYC
1st - Zeeuws & Flanders freed
1st - World War II: Units of the British Army land at Walcheren in the Netherlands.
2nd - Auschwitz begins gassing inmates
2nd - Canadian troops occupy Knokke
2nd - US 28th Infantry division opens assault on Schmidt Hurtgenwald
3rd - Allied commando's lands at Westkapelle Walcheren
3rd - German troops in Vlissingen surrenders
3rd - Pro-German government of Hungary flees
3rd - US 28th Infantry division occupies Schmidt Hurtgenwald
4th - German troops reconquer Schmidt Hurtgenwald
4th - RAF bombs Dinteloord, 54 killed
5th - Allied troops reach Zoutelande Walcheren
5th - Canadian & British troops liberate Dinteloord
5th - German troops blow-up Heusden North Brabant city hall, 134 die
7th - FDR wins 4th term in office, defeating Thomas E Dewey (R)
7th - Train crashes in tunnel of Aguadilla Spain; about 500 die
8th - 25,000 Hungarian Jews are loaned to Nazis for forced labor
8th - Last German troops at Walcheren surrenders
9th - Red Cross wins Nobel peace prize
9th - Walcheren of nazi troops purged
10th - German riots in Rotterdam/Schiedam 52,000 men sent to Germany
10th - US 9th Army takes Margraten cemetery
10th - Ammunition ship USS Mount Hood (AE-11) exploded at Seeadler Harbour, Manus, Admiralty Islands
11th - NY Rangers set NHL record of 25 games without a win (0-21-4)
12th - RAF sink German battleship "Tirpitz" at Tromso Fjord Norway
15th - Surprise attack on office of Nethche Bank
16th - US 9th division & 1st Army attacks at Geilenkirchen
17th - -Nov 19] Nazi raids in Dutch NE Polder
32nd US President Franklin Roosevelt 19th - World War II: U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt announces the 6th War Loan Drive, aimed at selling $14 billion USD in war bonds to help pay for the war effort.
20th - 1st Japanse suicide submarine attack (Ulithi Atol, Carolines)
20th - Amsterdam: Vondelpark closed because of kappen of trees
20th - Prince Bernhard establishes staff in Breda
21st - Personnel & executive staff of Philips demonstrate for more food
22nd - Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry occupies Hoven at Geilenkirchen
23rd - US 7th army under Gen Patch conquers Straatsburg
24th - US bombers based on Saipan, begin 1st attack on Tokyo
25th - 32nd CFL Grey Cup: Montreal HMCS defeat Hamilton Flying Wildcats, 7-6
25th - World War II: A German V-2 rocket hits a Woolworth's store in Deptford, United Kingdom, killing 160 shoppers.
26th - 1st allied marines move onto Antwerp harbor
26th - Himmler orders destruction of Auschwitz & Birkenau crematoriums
27th - 3,500-40,00 ton explosive, explodes in Staffordshire, 68 killed
27th - US 121st Infantry regiment opens assault on Hurtgen
28th - 1st allied ship sails into Schelde Antwerp
28th - 400 Rotterdammers attack coal warehouse
28th - Hal Newhouser is named AL MVP
28th - In reprisal 40 Dutch men are executed by Nazis
28th - US 121st Infantry regiment occupies Hurtgen
29th - Albania liberated from Nazi control (Natl Day)
29th - John Hopkins hospital performs 1st open heart surgery
29th - The first surgery (on a human) to correct blue baby syndrome is performed by Alfred Blalock and Vivien Thomas.
30th - Biggest & last British Battleship HMS Vanguard runs aground

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 67 of 67

1st - Oscar Temaru, President of French Polynesia
2nd - Keith Emerson, England (Emerson, Lake & Palmer-Brain Salad Surgery)
2nd - Jeffrey Alan Hoffman, Bkln, PhD/astronaut (STS 51-D, 35, 46, 61, 75)
2nd - Liesel Westermann, German FR, discus thrower (Olympic-silver-1968)
2nd - Patrice Chereau, actress (Danton)
4th - Willem Breuker, Dutch saxophonist/conductor (WB Collective)
6th - Bill Henderson, Vancouver BC, rock vocalist/guitarist (Chilliwack)
7th - James Dashow, Chicago, American/Italian composer
7th - Jim Watkins, Phila, actor (Jerry-Magician)
7th - Joe Niekro, baseball knuckler (NY Yankees)
7th - Luigi Riva, Italian footballer
7th - Ken Patera, American professional wrestler
8th - Bonnie Bramlett, rock vocalist (Delandy & Bonnie)
8th - Rodney Desborough Slater, rocker (Bonzo Dog Band)
9th - Bill Hendon, (Rep-R-NC, 1981-83, 85-87)
9th - Phil May, rocker (Pretty Things)
10th - Dave Loggins, singer (Please come to Boston)
10th - Tim Rice, Amersham, England, lyricist (Chess Moves, 1 Night in Bangkok)
10th - Silvestre Reyes, American politician
Lyricist Tim Rice (10th) 11th - Kemal Sunal,Turkish actor
12th - Booker T Jones, organist [or Dec 11]
12th - Johan van Doorn, [Johnny the Selfkicker], Dutch poet (War & Porridge)
13th - Ken Shuttleworth, cricketpaceman (England on 1970-71 Ashes tour)
13th - Timmy Thomas, US singer/songwriter (Why Can't We Live Together)
13th - Wouter R van Romondt, Dutch/Dutch Antillean cartoonist
14th - Aditya Biria, industrialist
14th - Scherrie Payne, US singer (Supremes-Incredible)
16th - Charles Jay Hammer, actor (Fletcher Reade-Guiding Light)
16th - David O'Sullivan, NZ cricket left-arm spinner (in 11 Tests 1973-76)
16th - Hugo Dittberner, writer
16th - Joanna Pettit, London, actress (Knots Landing, Cry of the Innocent)
16th - Oliver Braddick, British psychologist
17th - Danny DeVito, Neptune NJ, actor (Taxi, Ruthless People, Twins)
17th - Eugene Clarke, Tipton Missouri, rock guitarist
Actor Danny Devito (17th) 17th - Lorne Michaels, [Lipowitz], Toronto Ontario, comedian (SNL)
17th - Tom Seaver, pitcher (NY Met, 300 game winner, Cy Young '69 '73 '75)
17th - Jim Boeheim, Hall of Fame Coach
17th - Rem Koolhaas, Dutch architect
17th - Tom Seaver, baseball player
19th - Charlie Coe, rock bassist (Paul Revers & The Raiders)
19th - Dennis Hull, Canadian ice hockey player
20th - Anthea Stewart, Zimbabwe, field hockey coach/player (Olympic-1980)
21st - Earl "the Pearl" Monroe, Phila Pa, NBA Guard (NY Knicks, Balt Bullets)
21st - Harold Ramis, Chicago IL, actor/director (SCTV, Stripes)
21st - Marcia "Marcy" Carsey, TV executive/producer
21st - Richard J Durbin, (Rep-D-IL, 1983- )
22nd - Robert Iliffe, English publisher (Coventry Evening Telegraph)
23rd - Joe Eszterhas, screenwriter (Basic Instinct, Showgirls)
23rd - Jose Torikens, Dutch journalist (Parool, NRC)
24th - Claudia Dreifus, interviewer/author (7 Stories)
24th - Dan Glickman, (Rep-D-KS, 1977- )
24th - Jules Deelder, Dutch poet (T of Vondel)
24th - Ibrahim Gambari, Nigerian scholar
25th - Ben Stein, American actor
26th - Alan Henderson, Belfast, rock bassist (Them)
26th - Jean Terrell, Texas, rocker (Supremes)
27th - Dozy, rocker
27th - Eddie Rabbitt, Brooklyn, country singer (I Love a Rainy Night)
27th - Martin Corbett, gay activist
27th - Mickey Leland, (Rep-D-TX, 1979- )
28th - Rita Mae Brown, actress (Long Hot Summer, Slumber Party Massacre)
28th - R.B. Greaves, Guyanan singer, (d. 2012)
28th - Timothy Krajcir, American serial killer
29th - Felix Cavaliere, Pelham NY, rock keyboardist (Rascals-Lonely too Long)
30th - Dian Parkinson, [Dianna Lynn Batts], Camp LeJune NC, Miss USA (1965)
30th - Luther T Ingram, US singer/songwriter (I'll Be Your Shelter)
30th - Rob Grill, LA California, rock bassist/vocalist (Grass Roots)

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 28 of 28

2nd - Thomas Midgley, American chemist and inventor (b. 1889)
5th - Alexis Carrel, French surgeon and biologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1873)
6th - Hannah Senesh, Jewish poetess, executed by Nazis in Budapest
6th - Lord Moyne, British prefect (Middle-East), murdered
6th - Segundo "Boy" Ecury, Aruba, WW II resistance fighter, executed at 22
7th - Richard Sorge & Ozaki, spies, hanged in Tokyo
8th - Walter Nowotny, German combat/jet fighter pilot, dies
9th - Frank Marshall, American chess player (b. 1877)
12th - Edgar Stillman Kelley, US composer (Gulliver), dies at 87
12th - George D Birkhoff, US mathematician (Aesthetic measure), dies at 60
12th - Roy Agnew, composer, dies at 51
13th - Paul Graener, composer, dies at 72
13th - Wang Tjing-Wei, premier China (1932-35), dies
14th - Carl Flesch, Hungarian violinist (b. 1873)
15th - Maarten Reuchlin, resistance fighter, executed
16th - Charles Kellaway, cricketer (26 Tests 1910-1928), dies
17th - A C MacLaren, cricketer (England batsman from turn of century), dies
20th - Sekio Nishina, Japanese inventor (kaiten-suicide submarine), dies at 21
22nd - Arthur Stanley Eddington, dies
24th - EMHCH Houtappel, resistance fighter: in Neuengamme, dies
24th - Vaclav Stepan, composer, dies at 54
25th - Kenesaw Mountain Landis, judge/baseball commisioner, dies at 78
27th - Leonid Isaakovich Mandelshtam, Russian physicist (b. 1879)
28th - Bijnen, Dutch opposition leader (LKP), shot to death in Apeldoorn
28th - Camille Looten, Belgian priest/literature historian, dies
28th - Joop Brouwer de Koning, youngest Dutch radio operator, executed at 25
28th - Lode Zielens, Flemish author/journalist, dies at 43
30th - Max Halbe, writer, dies at 79