January 1 1st feature-length foreign movie, African Journey, shown on TV, New York City January 1 Army defeats Navy 10-7 in football "Arab Bowl," Oran, North Africa January 1 General Clark replaces General Patton as commander of 7th Army January 2 1st use of helicopters during warfare (British Atlantic patrol) January 7 Air Force announces production of 1st U.S. jet fighter, the Bell P-59 January 10 1st mobile electric power plant delivered, Philadelphia January 10 British troops conquer Maungdaw, Burma January 11 Crakow-Plaszow Concentration Camp established January 12 Churchill and de Gaulle begin a 2-day wartime conference in Marrakesh January 12 Failed resistance raid on distribution office of Borgerstraat Amsterd January 14 Soviet army begins offensive at Oranienbaum/Wolchow January 15 European Advisory Commission decides to divide Germany January 15 General Eisenhower arrives in England January 15 Vught Concentration Camp puts 74 women in 1 cell, 10 die January 16 General Eisenhower took command of Allied Invasion Force in London January 17 Korvet Violet sinks U-641 in Atlantic Ocean January 18 1st Chinese naturalized U.S. citizen since repeal of exclusion acts January 20 RAF drops 2300 ton bombs on Berlin January 21 447 German bombers attack London January 21 649 British bombers attack Magdeburg January 22 During World War II, Allied forces begin landing at Anzio Italy January 23 Arnold Schoenberg's "Ode to Napoleon," premieres in New York City January 23 Detroit Red Wings score 15 goals against New York Rangers and NHL record 37 points, also most consecutive goals and most lopsided game 15-0 January 24 Allied troops occupy Nettuno Italy January 27 Casey Stengel, manager of the Boston Braves since 1938, resigns Lou Perini, Guido Rugo, and Joseph Maney buy control of Boston Braves January 27 Leningrad liberated from Germany in 880 days with 600,000 killed January 28 683 British bombers attack Berlin January 28 Leonard Bernstein's "Jeremiah," premieres in Pittsburgh January 28 U-271 and U-571 sunk off Ireland January 29 285 German bombers attack London January 30 U.S. invades Majuro, Marshall Islands January 31 Operation-Overlord (D-Day) postponed until June January 31 U-592 sunk off Ireland January 31 U.S. forces invade Kwajalein Atoll February 1 Supreme Soviet enlarges soviet republics' autonomy February 1 U.S. 7th Infantry/25th Marine Division lands on Kwajalein/Roi/Namur February 2 4th U.S. marine division conquerors Roi, Marshall Islands February 2 Allied troops 1st set foot on Japanese territory February 2 Baseball meets in New York City to discuss postwar action February 2 Edward Chodorov's "Decision," premieres in New York City February 4 Jean Anouilh's "Antigone," premieres in Paris February 4 U.S. 7th Infantry Division captures Kwajalein February 5 358 RAF-bombers attack Stettin February 7 Bing Crosby records "Swinging on a Star" for Decca Records February 7 Germans launch counteroffensive at Anzio Italy February 8 1st black reporter accredited to White House, Harry McAlpin February 8 U-762 sunk off Ireland February 9 U-734/U-238 sunk off Ireland February 10 Belgium resistance fighter/author Kamiel van Baelen arrested February 10 U-666/U-545/U-283 sink off Ireland February 11 German troops reconquer Aprilia Italy February 11 U-424 sunk off Ireland February 12 Wendell Wilkie (R) enters presidential race February 14 Anti-Japanese revolt on Java February 14 Carl Wick publishes "Salmon Trolling for Commercial and Sport Fishing February 15 891 British bombers attack Berlin February 15 Bombing and shooting at Monte Cassino convent Italy, begins February 17 Battle of Eniwetok Atoll begins; U.S. victory on Feb 22 February 17 U.S. begins night bombing of Truk February 18 Maastricht resistance fighter JAJ Janssen arrested February 18 Youngest baseball player, Cincinnati Reds sign 15 year old Joe Nuxhall February 19 823 British bombers attack Berlin February 19 U-264 sinks off Ireland February 20 Batman and Robin comic strip premieres in newspapers February 20 U.S. takes Eniwetok Island February 21 "War As It Happens" news show premieres on NBC TV (New York City only) February 22 U.S. 8th Air Force bombs Enschede, Arnhem and Nijmegen by mistake/800+ die February 24 Argentina coup by Juan Peron minister of war February 25 U.S. 1st Army completes invasion plan February 26 1st female U.S. Navy captain, Sue Dauser of nurse corps, appointed February 29 5 leaders of Indonesia Communist Party sentenced to death February 29 U.S. troop land on Los Negros, Admirality Islands March 1 Massive strikes in Northern Italian towns March 1 U-358 sinks in Atlantic March 2 16th Academy Awards - "Casablanca," Jennifer Jones and Paul Lukas win March 2 Fumes from locomotive stalled in a tunnel suffocates 521 in Italy March 3 1st performance of corporal Samuel Barber's 2nd Symphony March 4 1st U.S. bombing of Berlin March 4 Anti-Germany strikes in North Italy March 5 1st performance of Walter Piston's 2nd Symphony March 6 USAF begins daylight bombing of Berlin March 7 Japans begins offensive in Burma March 8 U.S. resumes bombing Berlin March 11 Dutch resistance fighter Joop Westerweel arrested March 13 U.S.S.R. recognizes Italian Badoglio government March 15 Italian town of Cassino destroyed by Allied bombing March 16 Vichy Internal minister Pucheu sentenced to death March 17 Actor Charlton Heston weds Lydia Clarke March 18 2,500 women trample guards and floorwalkers to purchase 1,500 alarm clocks announced for sale in a Chicago, Illinois department store March 18 Nazi Germany occupies Hungary March 19 Tippett's oratorium "Child of Our Time," premieres in London March 20 Bus falls off bridge into Passaic River New Jersey, killing 16 March 20 Mount Vesuvius, Italy explodes March 21 General Eisenhower postpones South France invasion until after Normandy March 22 600+ 8th Air Force bombers attack Berlin March 23 Bomb assassination against Southern Tirol congregation in Rome, 33 die March 23 Nicholas Alkemade falls 5,500 m without a parachute and lives March 24 76 Allied officers escape Stalag Luft 3 (Great Escape) March 24 811 British bombers attack Berlin March 24 In occupied Rome, Nazis execute more than 300 civilians March 25 RAF Sergeant Nickolas Alkemade survives a jump from his Lancaster bomber from 18,000 feet without a parachute March 26 705 British bombers attack Essen March 27 1,000 Jews leave Drancy France for Auschwitz Concentration Camp March 27 2,000 Jews are murdered in Kaunas Lithuania March 27 40 Jewish policemen in Riga Latvia ghetto are shot by the gestapo March 27 Children's Aktion-Nazis collect all the Jewish children of Lovno March 28 6th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Utah defeats Dartmouth 42-40 March 28 Astrid Lindgren sprains ankle and begins writing Pippi Longstocking March 28 NBA rookie of the year in 1966, Rick Barry March 30 781 British bombers attack Neurenberg March 31 Hungary orders all Jews to wear yellow stars April 1 German Abwehr ends England spiel, after 132 killed April 1 Japanese troops conquer Jessami, East-India April 2 CPI-leader Palmiro Togliatti returns to Italy April 2 Dmitri Shostakovich' 8th Symphony, premieres in New York April 2 Soviet Army marches into pro-German Romania April 3 British dive bombers attack battle cruiser Tirpitz April 3 Supreme Court (Smith vs. Allwright) "white primaries" unconstitutional April 4 British troops capture Addis Ababa Ethiopia April 4 De Gaulle forms new regime in exile, with communists April 5 140 Lancasters bomb airplane manufacturer in Toulouse April 6 Jewish nursery at Izieu-Ain France overrun by Nazis April 7 General Montgomery speaks to generals about invastion plan April 9 Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Orientals Ecclesiae April 10 "Patrolling the Ether" is shown on 3 TV stations simultaneously April 10 Soviet forces liberate Odessa from Nazis April 11 RAF bombs census bureau in The Hague April 12 Lillian Hellman's "Searching Wind," premieres in New York City April 13 South Carolina rejects black suffrage April 13 Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens sweep Chicago Blackhawks in 4 games April 13 Transport nr 71 departs with French Jews to nazi-Germany April 14 1st Jews transported from Athens arrive at Auschwitz April 14 Freighter "Fort Stikene" explodes in Bombay India, killing 1,376 April 14 General Eisenhower becomes head commander of allied air fleet April 14 Greek Colonel Venizelos forms government April 18 48th Boston Marathon won by Gerard Cote of Canada in 2:31:50.4 April 18 Leonard Bernstein and Jerome Robbins' ballet premieres in New York City April 19 Allied fleet attack Sabang Sumatra April 20 Dutch Communist Party-resistance fighter John Postma sentence to death April 20 NFL legalizes coaching from bench April 21 NFL Chicago Cardinals and Pittsburgh Steelers merge (dissolves on Dec 3) April 22 Allies land near Hollandia, New-Guinea April 22 Hitler and Mussolini meet at Salzburg April 24 1st Boeing B-29 arrives in China "over the Hump" April 24 RAF bombs Munich April 24 United Negro College Fund incorporates April 25 United Negro College Fund incorporates April 26 1st B-29 attacked by Japanese fighters, one fighter shot down April 26 Papandreou government in Greece forms April 27 Boston Brave Jim Tobin no-hits Brooklyn Dodgers, 2-0 April 28 Exercise "Tiger" ends with 750 U.S. soldiers dead in D-Day rehearsal after their convoy ships were attacked by German torpedo boats April 28 Stalin meets Polish/U.S. priest S Orlemanski April 29 Surprise attack by Van de Peat on General Landsdrukkerij in the Hague April 30 New York Giant Phil Weintraub gets 11 RBIs April 30 New York Giant, Mel Ott scores 6 runs in 1 game drawing 5 walks for 4th time May 1 Messerschmitt Me 262 Sturmvogel, 1st jet bomber, makes 1st flight May 1 Pulitzer prize awarded to Martin Flavin (Journey in the dark) May 1 Surprise attack on Weteringschans Amsterdam, fails May 2 WABD (WNEW, now WNYW) TV channel 5 in New York City (DUM/MET/FOX) 1st broadcast May 3 Meat rationing ends in U.S. May 3 "Meet Me in St. Louis" opens on Broadway May 5 Gandhi freed from prison May 5 Russian offensive against Sebastopol Krim May 6 70th Kentucky Derby: Conn McCreary aboard Pensive wins in 2:04.2 May 6 KJR-AM in Seattle Washington swaps calls with KOMO May 7 German assault on Tito's hideout in Drvar Bosnia May 8 33 communist resistance fighter sentenced to death May 8 U-575 sinks Asphodel May 9 Country singer Jimmie Davis becomes governor of Louisiana May 9 Dutch resistance fighter Gerard Musch arrested May 9 Joe McCarthy returns as Yankee manager after an illness May 9 Russians recapture Crimea by taking Sevastopol May 10 Chinese offensive in West-Yunnan May 10 Smith vs. Allwright (excluding Blacks from primary voting) is illegal May 11 Opposition group surprise attack post office Washer May 11 Slomp Resistance fighter (Frits de Zwerver) freed from Arnhem prison May 12 900+ 8th Air Force bombers attack Zwikau, Bohlen and Brux May 12 Krim purged of nazi troops May 12 Secret Police arrest Gerrit Van de Peat May 13 70th Preakness: Conn McCreary aboard Pensive wins in 1:59.2 May 14 91 German bombers harass Bristol May 14 British troops occupy Kohima May 14 General Rommel, Speidel and von Stulpnagel attempt to assassinate Hitler May 15 14,000 Jews of Munkacs Hungary deported to Auschwitz May 15 Cincinnati Red Clyde Shoun no-hits Boston Braves, 1-0 May 15 Eisenhower, Montgomery, Churchill and George VI discuss D-Day plan May 15 Sergei Aleksi becomes guardian of Patriarch Throne May 16 1st of 180,000+ Hungarian Jews reach Auschwitz May 17 Allied air raid on Surabaja, Java May 17 Chinese/U.S. armed forces take Myitkyina Airport, Burma May 17 General Eisenhower sets D-Day for June 5th May 17 Operation Straightline: Allies land in Netherlands New-Guinea May 18 Expulsion of more than 200,000 Tartars from Crimea by Soviet Union begins, they are accused of collaborating with the Germans May 18 Polish 2nd Army corps captures convent of Monte Cassino, Italy May 19 240 gypsies transported to Auschwitz from Westerbork, Netherlands May 19 German defense line in Italy collapsed May 20 U.S. Communist Party dissolves May 21 Hitler begins attack on English/U.S. "terror pilots" May 23 British/Canadian troops occupy Pontecorvo Italy May 23 Chinese counter offensive at Hunan front May 23 Operation-Buffalo: Allied jailbreak out Anzio-bridgehead May 23 Polo Grounds host 1st New York City night game since 1941 May 24 Enver Hoxha becomes head of Albania anti fascists May 24 Icelandic voters severe all ties with Denmark May 25 Partisan leader Tito escapes Germans surrounding Bosnia May 26 82nd Airborne div D-day-landing at La Haye du Puits to Ste Mere Eglise May 27 Allies land on Biak, Indonesia (operation Horlicks) May 27 Japanese advance in Hangkhou, China May 27 Jean-Paul Sartres "Huis Clos," premieres in Paris May 29 British troops occupy Aprilia, Italy May 30 Transport nr 75 departs with French Jews to nazi-Germany May 31 Allied breakthrough in Italy June 1 General Montgomery/Patton/Bradley/Dempsey/Crerar meet in Portsmouth June 1 Nazi occupiers make it punishable to give aid to allied pilots June 2 Generals Eisenhower and Montgomery dine in Portsmouth June 2 Judendurchgangslager Vught disbands June 3 76th Belmont: G L Smith aboard Bounding Home wins in 2:32.2 June 3 Generals Giraud and de Gaulle reach agreement on constitution June 3 Nazis pull out of Rome June 4 1st British gliders touches down on French soil for D-Day June 4 1st submarine captured and boarded on high seas-U 505 June 4 5th Army enters and liberates Rome from Mussolini's Fascist armies June 4 French general De Gaulle arrives in London June 5 1st B-29 bombing raid; 1 plane lost due to engine failure June 5 1st British gliders touched down on French soil for D-Day June 5 Allies march into Rome June 5 General Eisenhower decides invasion set for June 6 June 5 King Victor Emmanuel abdicates the throne for his son Umberto June 6 Baseball cancels all games honoring D-Day invasion June 6 D-Day: 150,000 Allied Expeditionary Force lands in Normandy, France June 6 Nazi troops executed 96 prisoners by firing squad June 6 Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. receives congressional medal of honor June 6 U-955, U-970, U-629, U-373 sink in Gulf of Biskaje June 7 Achilles Veen soccer team forms in Veen June 7 Claus von Stauffenberg meets Hitler June 8 1st SS-Pantser corps counter attacks at Normandy June 8 Allies occupy Port-and-Bessin Normandy June 8 Dutch Resistance fighter Frans Duwaer arrested June 8 General Montgomery lands in Normandy, forms HQ in Chateau de Creully June 9 Russian offensive in Carelia June 10 Joe Nuxhall, 15, of Cincinnati Reds is youngest player in major league June 10 Nazi murders in Oradour-sur-Glane, France June 11 15 U.S. aircraft carriers attack Japanese bases on Marianas June 11 1st Serbian Orthodox cathedral in U.S., Cathedral of St. Sava, New York City June 11 KP gang surprise attack on Dome Arnhem jail June 12 1st V-1 rocket assault on London June 12 British 12th airborne batallion/13th and 18th Hussars conquer June 12 British 12th battalion conquers Breville June 12 Churchill/Marshall/Arnold visit Montgomery's HQ in Chateau de Creully June 12 U.S. troop march into Carentan/Caumont, Normandy June 13 German counter attack on Villers-Bocage Normandy June 14 1st B-29 raid against mainland Japan June 14 General Charles de Gaulle lands at Courselles, France June 15 U.S. forces begin invasion of Saipan in Pacific June 16 Iceland adopts constitution June 16 U.S. bombs Kyushu Japan June 17 French troops under Lattre de Tssigny conquer Elba June 17 Hitler secretly meets with von Rundstedt in Marjival Soissons June 17 Iceland declares independence from Denmark at Thingvallir, Iceland June 17 Resistance fighter/poet Col Blake arrives in London June 18 Farewell concert of Willem Mengelberg in Paris June 19 Battle of Philippines Sea, 300 Japanese aircraft shot down June 19 French troops free Elba June 19 Heavy air raid on U.S. fleet at Guam "Turkey Shoot" June 19 Japanese troops conquer Changsha China June 20 Congress charters Central Intelligence Agency June 20 Heavy storm hits the Channel June 20 Nazi begin mass extermination of Jews at Auschwitz June 20 Soviet forces conquer Wiborg June 20 U.S. attacks Japanese fleet in Philippines Sea June 20 U.S. troops occupy Biak June 22 Boston Brave Jim Tobin 2nd no-hitter of yr beats Phils, 7-0 in 5 inn June 22 British 14th army frees Imphal Assam June 22 Franklin D. Roosevelt signs "GI Bill of Rights", Servicemen's Readjustment Act June 22 Longest shut out in Phillies history, Phils beat Braves 1-0 in 15 inn June 23 4 tornadoes strike Appalachia, killing 153 June 23 Russian offensive in central front sector June 23 Thomas Mann becomes a U.S. citizen June 25 British assault at Caen Normandy June 26 2nd British army reaches Grainville-Mouen line June 26 Yankees, Dodgers and Giants play unique 6 inn game for War Bonds, each playing successive innings, final score Dodgers-5, Yankees-1 and Giants-0 June 27 Cherbourg, France liberated by Allies June 29 German counter attack at Caen June 29 Nazi Paul Touvier shoots 7 Jews dead June 29 Rommel and von Rundstedt travel to Berchtesgaden June 29 Soviet Armys join in Bobroesjk June 29 U.S. 7th army corp conquers Cherbourg June 30 Allies land on Vogelkop, New Guinea June 30 French Cotentin Peninsula in allied hands June 30 Universal strike against nazi terror in Copenhagen July 1 2500+ killed in London and South East England by German flying bombs July 1 Bretton Woods Conference starts, establishing IMF and World Bank July 1 Earl Claus von Stauffenberg promoted to colonel July 1 General Eisenhower visits front in Normandy July 1 Von Rundstedt against Keitel: "Signs peace, idiots!" July 2 Marshal von Kluge replaces General von Rundstedt July 3 Oriole Park (minor league baseball stadium) burns down in Baltimore July 3 U.S. V-III-E Army corp opens assault on Coutances Cotentin July 4 1,100 U.S. guns fire 4th of July salute at German lines in Normandy July 4 1st Japanese kamikaze attack, U.S. fleet near Iwo Jima July 4 Allied assault on Carpiquet airport at Caen July 4 Gestapo arrests German Social Democrat Julius Leber July 5 Harry Crosby takes 1st rocket airplane, MX-324, for maiden flight July 6 170 die in a fire at Ringling Bros Circus in Hartford, Connecticut July 6 French General De Gaulle arrives in Washington, D.C. July 6 U.S. General Patton lands in France July 7 Bomber Command drop 2,572 tons of bombs on Caen, France July 7 Heavy Japanese counter offensive on Saipan July 8 British troops march into Caen July 8 Japanese kamakize attacks on U.S. lines at Saipan July 9 In World War II, U.S. troops secure Saipan as Japan fell July 9 World's largest circus tent catches fire at Ringling Brother's - Barnum and Bailey 2nd performance, 168 die (Hartford Conn) July 11 12th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 7-1 at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh July 11 Franklin D. Roosevelt says he would run for a 4th term July 12 Theresienstadt Family camp disbands, with 4,000 people gased July 12 U.S. government recognizes authority of General De Gaulle July 13 Vilnius, Lithuania, liberated July 14 Attempt to liberate prisoners in Amsterdam fails, John Post arrested July 14 U.S. assault on Coutances, Cotentin July 15 Greenwich Observatory damaged by WW II flying bomb July 16 Dodgers score 8 unearned runs against Braves to win 8-5 and break their 16-game losing streak, they will lose another 5 in a row July 17 2 ammunition ships explodes at Port Chicago, California kills 322 July 17 Russian troops cross river Bug/march into Poland July 18 Allies air raid railways at Vaires Paris July 18 Arne Andersson runs world record 1 mile (4:01.6) July 18 British air raid on German convoy SW of Helgoland July 18 British Mosquito's attack Cologne and Berlin July 18 British troops occupy Bourquebus hill range Normandy July 18 Polish troops under General Anders occupy Ancona Italy July 19 1,200+ 8th Air Force bombers bomb targets in SW Germany July 19 500 15th Air Force Liberators/Flying Fortresses bomb Munich vicinity July 19 Allied troops occupy Faubourg de Vaucelles, at Caen July 19 Danish resistance fails on assault on Taarbaek Fort near Copenhagen July 19 Democratic convention opens in Chicago July 19 Earl Claus von Stauffenberg visits RC church in Berlin-Dahlem July 19 General Bradley flies to England July 19 Japanese aircraft carriers Taiho/Shokaku sinks in Marianas July 19 New York archbishop Spellman flies to Europe July 19 Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg 1st meets Eichmann July 20 British/Canadian troops occupy Hill 67/Ifs/Bras/Frenouville, Normandy July 20 Browns Nelson Potter is 1st pitcher suspended for throwing spitballs July 20 Canadian Cameroon Highlanders conquer St-Andre July 20 Death March of 1,200 Jews from Lipcani Moldavia begins July 20 Field Marshal von Kluge consults with German commandant at Caen July 20 Flying Fortresses of U.S. 8th Air Force attack Leipzig/Dessau July 20 General Eisenhower visits Montgomery's headquarter in Normandy July 20 Heavy storm hampers British offensive at Caen July 20 Japanese aircraft carrier Hijo sinks by U.S. air attack July 20 July 20th Plot-Failed assassination attempt on Hitler July 20 Liberators of U.S. 8th Air Force attack Gotha Russelsheim/Eisenach July 20 President Franklin D. Roosevelt nominated for an unprecedented 4th term at Dem convention July 20 U.S. 15th Air Force attacks Friedrichshaven Memmingen July 20 U.S. 9th AF bombs railroad at Chaulnes Sable-sur-Sarthe/Dreux July 20 U.S. invades Japanese-occupied Guam in WW II July 20 Violent battles in Verrieres-hill (Normandy) July 21 British premier Winston Churchill flies to France, meets Montgomery July 21 General Koiso becomes premier of Japan July 21 U.S. forces land on Guam to get rid of Japanese invaders July 21 Von Kluge warns Hitler of impending collapse of front in Normandy July 22 Soviets set up Polish Committee of National Liberation July 23 Chicago Cubs Bill Nicholson hits 4 home runs in a doubleheader July 23 Conference of Bretton Woods signed; IMF operations begin July 23 Soviet Army marches into Lublin Poland July 23 U.S. forces invade Japanese-held Tinian in WW II July 23 U.S. troops occupy Pisa, Italy July 24 300 allied bombers drop fire bombs on Allied/German positions July 24 Soviet forces liberate concentration camp Majdanek July 24 U.S. troops land on Tinian July 25 1st jet fighter used in combat, Messerschmitt 262 July 25 Allied jailbreak at St-Lo, behind German lines July 25 Japanse banzai-attack on Guam July 25 U.S. troop march into Guam July 25 USAF kills 136, wounds 621 GI's at St-Lo July 26 Japanese suicide attack on U.S. lines in Guam July 26 Russian troops arrive in Weichsel July 26 U.S. offensive at St-Lo/2nd Armour div occupies St. Gilles July 27 1st British jet fighter used in combat, Gloster Meteor July 27 Soviet Army frees Majdanek concentration camp July 27 U.S. regains possession of Guam from Japanese July 27 U.S. troops occupy le Mesnil-Herman/Hill 183 Normandy July 28 Hitler routes 4 division of South France to Normandy July 28 U.S. 8th Army corp occupies Coutances France July 29 Allied air force bomb Germany for 6 hours July 29 Frank McCormick (Reds) home run off Ace Adams (Giants) in both games of DH July 29 U.S. 4th Armour division occupiers Avranches July 30 Heavy battles at Tessy-sur-Vire and Villebaudon Normandy July 30 U.S. 30th division reaches suburbs of St-Lo Normandy July 31 Last deportation train out Mechelen departs to Auschwitz July 31 Transport nr 77 departs with French Jews to nazi-Germany July 31 U.S. troops occupy Sansapor New-Guinea August 1 Adam Clayton Powell elected 1st black congressman from East August 1 Anne Frank's last diary entry; 3 days later she is arrested August 1 General Montgomery takes command of 12th and 21st army August 1 U.S. 90th division occupies St. Hilaire-du-Harcourt August 1 U.S. troops enter Tessy-sur-Vir August 2 Amsterdam soccer team "The Volewijckers" plays in orange shirts August 2 Jewish survivors of Kovono Ghetto emerge from their bunker August 2 Turkey breaks diplomatic relationship with nazi-Germany August 3 Allied troops conquer Myitkyina Burma August 3 Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp gases 4,000 gypsies August 3 General Montgomery visits general Dempsey's headquarter August 3 Lieutenant-general Stilwells troops occupy Myitkyina Burma August 3 Tommy Brown, just 16 years and 8 months old, plays shortstop for Dodgers August 4 Anne Frank arrested in Amsterdam by Nazis August 4 British 8th army reaches suburbs of Florence Italy August 5 U.S. 79th/90th division occupy Laval/Mayenne August 5 U.S. troops occupy Vannes Bretagne August 6 All 1,200 Jewish death marchers from Lipcani Moldavia have died August 6 Anti-German attack at Avranches fails August 6 Deportation of 70,000 Jews from Lodz Poland to Auschwitz begins August 6 U.S. 20th Army corp under general Walker occupies Nantes August 7 Anton de Kom arrested by Surinam resistance fighter August 7 Canada/Polish offensive direction Falaise: Total Cooperation August 7 German counter attack at Avranches fails August 7 July 20th Plot trial under Roland Freis in Berlin begins August 7 U.S. 3rd Army reaches suburbs of Brest Brittany August 8 Canada/Polish troops occupy Cramesnil/Secqueville/Cintheaux/St-Aignan August 8 Germans raid Achterhuis, home of Anne Frank and family August 8 U.S. 15th Army corp occupies Le Mans August 9 12 workers of Dutch illegal paper "Trouw," executed at Camp Vught August 9 Smokey Bear debuts as spokeman for fire prevention August 9 U.S. 79th/90th division enter Le Mans August 10 Braves Red Barrett throws only 58 pitches to shut out Cincinnati Reds 2-0 August 10 Race riots in Athens Alabama August 10 U.S. recaptures Guam from Japanese August 10 U.S./French offensive at Aleneon August 11 British premier Winston Churchill arrives in Italy August 11 French 5th Armour division recaptures Sees August 11 Klaus Barbie, Gestapo head of Lyon France leaves for Auschwitz August 11 U.S. air raid on Palembang August 12 Churchill and Tito meet in Naples August 12 Pipeline under ocean (Pluto) begins operating August 13 British 8th army occupies Florence August 13 Generals Montgomery/Dempsey/Bradley discuss naderende breakthrough August 13 Jackie Gleason-Les Tremayne show premieres on NBC radio August 14 British premier Winston Churchill arrives at Corsica August 14 Operation Tractable: new Canadian offensive August 14 Russian offensive at Weichsel August 15 Allied air raid on train in North Netherlands, 32 killed August 15 German field marshal von Kluge vanishes for one day August 15 Operation Anvil: Allies land on French Mediterranean sea coast August 15 Operation Dragoon: Allied troops land in Provence August 15 U.S. 12 Army corp enters Le Mans through Orleans August 15 U.S. 7th Armour division reaches Chartres August 16 2nd Canadian Division occupies Falaise Normandy August 16 Dutch begin diplomatic contact with Vatican in London August 16 U.S. 15th Army corp reaches Eure, surrounds Dreux August 17 4th Canadian Armour division occupiers Trun Normandy August 17 Canadian 2nd division conquerors Falaise Normandy August 17 German Field Marshal Model replaces von Kluge in Normandy August 17 Russian troops arrive at Austria-Prussia border August 17 U.S. 12 Army corp occupies Orleans August 17 U.S. 320th regiment infantry occupies Chateaudun August 17 Yankees Johnny Lindell ties record with 4 consecutive doubles in a game August 18 Paris railroad workers strike against nazi occupiers August 18 U.S. 15th Army corp reaches Mantes-Gassicourt near Paris August 18 U.S. 20th Army corp conquers Chartres August 19 Allied air raid on Maastricht, 80+ killed August 19 General Bradley visits Montgomery August 19 Last Japanese troops driven out of India August 19 Nazi's give parts of Paris to Resistance August 19 Paris police strike against nazi occupiers August 19 Polish 1st Division occupies Hill 262 (Mont Ormel), Normandy August 19 U.S. 15th Army corp occupies Mantes-Gassicourt at Paris August 19 U.S. 90th/Polish 1st Division occupy Chambois Normandy August 20 26th PGA Championship: Bob Hamilton at Manito G and CC Spokane Wash August 20 "Anna Lucasta," opens on Broadway August 20 General de Gaulle returns to France August 20 Russian offensive at Jassy and Kisjinev August 20 U.S. and British forces destroy German 7th Army at Falaise-Argentan Gap August 21 Germans storm up Hill 262 (Mont Ormel) Normandy August 21 Grieg/Work/Forest's musical "Song of Norway," premieres in New York City August 21 Raid on Jewish childrens house in Secretan/St-Mande August 21 U.S. 12nd Army corp occupies Sens August 22 Last transport of French Jews to nazi-Germany August 23 94.5 degrees F (34.7 degrees C) in De Bilt Netherlands and 101.5 degrees F (38.6 degrees C) in Warnsvelt August 23 Allied troops capture Marseilles, France August 23 General George Leclercs troops advance towards Paris August 23 General Montgomery consults with Generals Bradley/Eisenhower August 23 King Michael of Romania ordered his forces to cease fire against Allies and dismissed the pro-Axis premier, Marshal Ion Antonescu August 23 Romania liberated from Nazi occupation (National Day) August 23 Sammellager Drancy freed August 23 U.S. 20th Army corp enter Fontainebleau/Melun de Seine August 23 U.S. B-24 crashes into school in Freckelton England, 76 killed August 24 General LeClercs troops open assault on Paris August 25 France 2nd Tank division under General Leclerc reaches Notre Dame August 25 General De Gaulle returns to Paris/walks Champs Elysees Paris August 25 Paris liberated from Nazi occupation, Freedom Tuesday August 25 U.S. 12nd Army corp reaches Troyes August 26 Bulgaria announces withdrawal and German troops are to be disarmed August 26 De Gaulle marches to Champs-Elysees August 26 U.S. 12nd Army Corps crosses river Seine East of Paris August 27 200 Halifax bombers attack oil-installations in Homburg August 28 Last German troops in Marseille surrendered and Toulon cleared August 28 U.S. air raid on Ambon August 29 15,000 American troops liberating Paris march down Champs Elysees August 29 Anti German rebellion in Slovakia August 30 11th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Chi Bears 24, All-Stars 21 (48,769) August 30 Philip Yordan's "Anna Lucasta," premieres in New York City August 30 Soviet troops enter Bucharest, Romania August 31 Allied offensive at "Gothen-linie," Italy August 31 French provisional government moves from Algiers to Paris August 31 French troops liberate Bordeaux August 31 Russian-Romanian troops march into Bucharest September 1 Bulgaria government of Bagrjanow, resigns September 1 King George VI promotes Montgomery to field marshal September 2 Belgium's Emissie bank closes September 2 During WW II, George Bush ejects from a burning plane September 2 Holocaust diarist Anne Frank was sent to Auschwitz September 2 U.S. leaders meet in Belgium September 3 58th U.S. Womens Tennis: P Betz beats Margaret Osborne duPont (63 86) September 3 68th and last transport of Dutch Jews (Anne Frank) leaves to Auschwitz September 3 Canadian troops liberate Abbeville, France September 3 Frank Parker beats Bill Talbert for U.S. Tennis title September 3 French troops liberate Lyon September 3 Last transport from Westerbork to Auschwitz September 3 Prince Bernhard appointed supreme commander of Netherlands Domestic Arm Force September 3 Tank division of British Guards free Brussels September 4 2,087 Jews transported for Westerbork to KZ-Lower Theresienstadt September 4 64th U.S. Mens Tennis: Frank Parker beats Wm F Talbert (64 36 63 63) September 4 British 2nd Armoured pantzer division frees Antwerp September 4 Finland breaks diplomatic contact with nazi-Germany September 4 U.S. 1st Army frees Namen September 5 5 resistance fighter executed in Terneuzen September 5 Allies liberate Brussels September 5 Belgium, Luxembourg and Netherlands sign unity treaty September 5 British premier Churchill travels to Scotland September 5 Dutch Armed Forces forms, under prince Bernhard September 5 "Mad Tuesday" 65,000 Dutch nazi collaborators flee to Germany September 6 General Von Zangens 15th army escape from Zealand September 7 SS-general Kurt Meyer takes Durnal Belgium September 7 Strongest Hurricane of century in Netherlands (wind force 12) September 8 1st V-2 rockets land in London and Antwerp September 8 Russians march into Bulgaria; Bulgaria declares war on Germany September 9 Allied forces liberate Luxembourg September 9 Bulgaria liberated from Nazi control (National Day) September 9 Resistance fighter Jaap Musch arrested in Nijverdal, Netherlands September 9 U.S. 113th cavalry passes Belg-Dutch borders September 9 Very strong hurricane hits Netherland September 10 Lieutenant-general Frederick Browning against Montgomery "But, sir, I think we might be going a bridge too far" September 11 Franklin D. Roosevelt and Churchill meet in Canada at 2nd Quebec Conference September 11 U.S. 5th pantzer division is 1st to enter nazi-Germany September 12 Hurricane, kills 389 in NC September 12 Noorbeek and Mheer freed September 12 U.S. Army troops entered Germany for 1st time September 13 30th Infantry division of U.S. 1st Army frees Margraten September 13 Last transport out camp Westerbork to Bergen Belsen September 13 U.S. 28th Infantry division opens assault on Siegfried line/Westwall September 14 6,500 Dutch/Indonesian captives sent to Junyo Maru September 14 Gulpen, Meerssen and Maastricht freed September 14 Hurricane hits New England: 389 die September 14 U.S. 28th Infantry division occupies 1.5 km of Roscheid September 14 U.S. 4th Ivy League Inf division pushes through Westwall September 15 British bombers hit Tirpitz with Tallboy bombs September 15 Russian troops free Sofia Bulgaria September 15 U.S. 1st Infantry division pushes through to Westwall September 15 U.S. 28th Infantry division occupies Hill 555 at Roscheid September 15 U.S. troops lands on Palau and Morotai September 17 British Premier Winston Churchill travels to U.S. September 17 Dutch begin railroad strike against German occupiers September 17 Operation Market Garden: British airborne division lands Arnhem, Netherlands September 18 British submarine Tradewind torpedoes Junyo Maru: 5,600 killed September 18 Eindhoven free (Lightly Day) September 18 U.S. 266th division occupiers Brest Bretagne September 19 Finland and Russia agree to cease fire September 19 Luftwaffe bombs Eindhoven: 200 killed September 20 Polish forces free Terneuzen, Netherlands September 21 Last British paratroopers at bridge of Arnhem surrenders September 22 Boulogne reoccupied by Allies September 22 Operation Market Garden: Polish paratroopers land at Driel September 22 U.S. troops land on Ulithi September 26 British and Polish paratroopers evacuate Oosterbeek (Arnhem) September 26 Soviet forces occupy Estonia September 27 Helmond and Oss Netherlands liberated September 28 1st TV Musical comedy (The Boys from Boise) September 28 Battle of Arnhem, Germans defeat British airborne in Netherlands September 28 Nazi murders in Marzabotto, Italy (SS-major Reder) September 29 Browns last in AL attendance,only 6,172 watch them sweep New York Yankees in DH September 29 Soviet troops invade Yugoslavia September 30 Calais reoccupied by Allies September 30 Dutch General Mine Workers Union (ABWM) forms October 1 Newspaper editor Alejandro Cordova assassinated in Guatemala October 1 St. Louis Browns win their only AL pennant October 2 Nazis crush Warsaw Uprising killing 250,000 people October 2 U.S. B-17's drops pamphlets on Walcheren October 3 1st broadcast of Radio Herrijzend Netherland October 3 RAF bombs West Kapelse October 4 1st All St. Louis World Series, all games played at Sportsman's Park October 4 British troops land on Greek continent October 4 St. Louis Browns win 1st World Series game in their only appearance October 5 Harold Arlen/ET Harburgs musical premieres in New York City October 5 Kerkrade (Netherlands) liberated October 6 Allied aircrafts bombard per accident Fishing, Overijssel October 6 Canadians free Austria October 6 HM Zwaardvis sinks U168 at Java October 6 Soviets march into Hungary and Czechoslovakia October 7 Allies bombs sea dikes at Vlissingen October 7 Field Marshal Rommel gets order to return to Berlin October 7 Riots in Amersfoort/Utrecht/Strugle October 7 Uprising at Auschwitz, Jews burn down crematoriums October 7 Uprising at Birkenau concentration camp October 8 "Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet" debut on CBS radio October 8 Samuel Barber's "Capricorn Concerto," premieres October 9 British premier Winston Churchill arrives in Moscow October 9 British Prime Minister Winston Churchill arrives in Russia for talks with Stalin October 9 Canadian offensive in West-Zeeuws-Flanders October 9 German occupier turn off electricity in Amsterdam October 9 St. Louis Cardinals beat St. Louis Browns, 4 games to 2 in 41st World Series October 10 Admiral Halsey's Task Force 30 bombs Okinawa, 700 die October 10 U.S. takes Okinawa October 11 Allies bomb sea wall at Veere October 12 German army retreats from Athens October 13 Riga Latvia freed October 13 U.S. 1st army begins battle of Aachen October 14 Allied troops land in Corfu October 14 British troops march into Athens October 16 Hungary: Horthy government falls/nazi count Szalasi becomes premier October 18 Eisenhower, Bradley and Montgomery confer in Brussel October 18 Soviet troops invade Czechoslovakia during WW II October 19 British premier Winston Churchill flies back to London from Moscow October 19 Canadian troops liberate Aardensburg October 19 John Van Druten's "I Remember Mama," premieres in New York City October 19 Navy says black women can join WAVES October 19 U.S. forces land in Philippines October 20 Liquid-gas tanks in Cleveland explodes, 135 die, 3,600 homeless October 20 Revolution by workers and students in Guatemala October 20 Russian/Yugoslavian troops free Belgrade October 20 U.S. 1st army wins battle of Aachen October 20 U.S. 6th army lands on Leyte, Philippines October 20 U.S. forces under General Douglas MacArthur return to Philippines October 21 Canadian troops occupy Breskens October 21 During WW II, U.S. troops capture Aachen, 1st large German city to fall October 21 Walter Piston's "Fugue for a Victory Tune," premieres in New York City October 22 Kurita's Vice-Admiral fleet leaves North-Borneo October 23 1st Central Kitchen opens in Amsterdam October 23 Gulf of Leyte battle begin October 23 Soviet army invades Hungary October 23 Vice-Admiral Kurita's sailboat Atago sinks October 24 Rotterdam Passage fight frees 46 prisoners October 24 U.S. air raid on Japanese battleships/cruisers in Sibuya Sea: Musashi sinks October 24 U.S. aircraft carrier Princeton sinks at Philippines October 24 U.S. Captain David Mccampbell shoots down 9-11 Japanese planes in Gulf of Leyte October 25 Battle at Cape Engano: 4 Japanese ships sink October 25 Battle at Samar-island October 25 Battle in Straits of Surigao: Japanese fleet destroyed October 25 Gas output stopped in Amsterdam October 27 Hertogenbosch and Tilburg freed from nazi occupation October 27 Tito reaches free Belgrade October 28 Russia and Bulgaria sign weapon pact October 29 1st Polish Armoured Division liberates Breda, Netherlands October 29 Cabadese 2nd Infantry division frees Goes South-Beveland October 30 Aaron Copland's "Appalachian Spring," premieres in Washington D.C. October 30 Anne Frank (of Diary fame) is deported from Auschwitz to Belsen October 30 Last transport for Auschwitz arrives in Birkenau October 30 Scottish Highlanders liberate Waalwijk October 30 Sweden announces intention to stay neutral and refuse sanctuary in WW II October 30 Tholen Island freed October 31 Chief of staff Kruls names De Quay chairman of Universal Commission November 1 Mary Coyle Chase' "Harvey," premieres in New York City November 1 Zeeuws and Flanders freed November 2 Auschwitz begins gassing inmates November 2 Canadian troops occupy Knokke November 2 U.S. 28th Infantry division opens assault on Schmidt Hurtgenwald November 3 Allied commando's lands at Westkapelle Walcheren November 3 German troops in Vlissingen surrenders November 3 Pro-German government of Hungary flees November 3 U.S. 28th Infantry division occupies Schmidt Hurtgenwald November 4 German troops reconquer Schmidt Hurtgenwald November 4 RAF bombs Dinteloord, 54 killed November 5 Allied troops reach Zoutelande Walcheren November 5 Canadian and British troops liberate Dinteloord November 5 German troops blow-up Heusden North Brabant city hall, 134 die November 7 Franklin D. Roosevelt wins 4th term in office, defeating Thomas E Dewey (R) November 7 Train crashes in tunnel of Aguadilla Spain; about 500 die November 8 25,000 Hungarian Jews are loaned to Nazis for forced labor November 8 Last German troops at Walcheren surrenders November 9 Red Cross wins Nobel peace prize November 9 Walcheren of nazi troops purged November 10 German riots in Rotterdam/Schiedam 52,000 men sent to Germany November 10 U.S. 9th Army takes Margraten cemetery November 11 New York Rangers set NHL record of 25 games without a win (0-21-4) November 12 RAF sink German battleship "Tirpitz" at Tromso Fjord Norway November 15 Surprise attack on office of Nethche Bank November 16 U.S. 9th division and 1st Army attacks at Geilenkirchen November 20 1st Japanse suicide submarine attack (Ulithi Atol, Carolines) November 20 Amsterdam: Vondelpark closed because of kappen of trees November 20 Prince Bernhard establishes staff in Breda November 21 Personnel and executive staff of Philips demonstrate for more food November 22 Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry occupies Hoven at Geilenkirchen November 23 U.S. 7th army under General Patch conquers Straatsburg November 24 U.S. bombers based on Saipan, begin 1st attack on Tokyo November 25 32nd CFL Grey Cup: Montreal HMCS defeat Hamilton Flying Wildcats, 7-6 November 26 1st allied marines move onto Antwerp harbor November 26 Himmler orders destruction of Auschwitz and Birkenau crematoriums November 27 3,500-40,00 ton explosive, explodes in Staffordshire, 68 killed November 27 U.S. 121st Infantry regiment opens assault on Hurtgen November 28 1st allied ship sails into Schelde Antwerp November 28 400 Rotterdammers attack coal warehouse November 28 Hal Newhouser is named AL MVP November 28 In reprisal 40 Dutch men are executed by Nazis November 28 U.S. 121st Infantry regiment occupies Hurtgen November 29 Albania liberated from Nazi control (National Day) November 29 John Hopkins hospital performs 1st open heart surgery November 30 Biggest and last British Battleship HMS Vanguard runs aground December 1 Bela Bartok's Concerto for orchestra, premoeres December 1 Mail routing resumes in free South Netherlands December 1 Prokofjev's 8th Piano sonata, premieres December 2 10th Heisman Trophy Award: Les Horvath, Ohio State (quarterback) December 2 General De Gaulle arrives in Moscow December 2 German troops seize Betuwse dikes December 2 U.S. 95th Infantry division occupies bridge at Saar December 3 British order to disarm, causes general strike in Greece December 3 Hungarian death march of Jews ends December 3 Mussert puts Seyss-Inquart plan for small Nazi-Europe December 3 NFL Cardinals-Pitts merger disolves December 3 U.S. 5th Armour division occupies Brandenburg Hurtgenwald December 4 Germans destroy Rhine dikes, Betuwe flooded December 5 German troops rob all the silver coin in Utrecht December 6 U.S. 95th Infantry division reaches Westwall December 7 Convention on International Civil Aviation drawn up in Chicago December 7 General Radescu forms Romanian government December 10 9 Dutch citizens hanged by nazis December 10 German counter attack at Dillingen-bridgehead at Saar December 11 Surprise attack on House of Keeping Axe, 29 prisoners freed December 13 Japanese kamikaze crashes into U.S. cruiser Nashville, kills 138 December 13 Norman Krasna's "Dear Ruth," premieres in New York City December 14 Begin(ning) Liese-Aktion: werving of labor force for Germany December 14 Congress establshes rank of General of Army (5-star General) December 14 German occupiers forbid use of electricity in parts of Holland December 15 Hizbu'allah (Arm forces for Allah) forms December 15 U.S. Congress gives General Eisenhower his 5th star December 15 U.S. troops lands on Mindoro December 16 Battle of Bulge begins in Belgium December 16 General Eisenhower's clerk Rickey marries corporal Pearlie December 16 German V-2 strikes Antwerp bioscope (638 kill) December 16 U.S. 2nd Inf division occupies "Heartbreak Crossroads" Wahlerscheid December 17 Green Bay Packers win NFL championship December 17 Japanese-Americans released from detention camps December 17 M-Ocean View streetcar resumes service and is extended to Market St December 17 U.S. Army announces end of excluding Japanese-Americans from West Coast December 17 U.S. destroyers sink in storm off Philippines, 790 killed December 18 Destroyers "Hull," "Spence" and "Monaghan" sink in typhoon (Philippines) December 18 Nazi occupiers of Amsterdam destroy electricity plants December 20 Archbishop De Young and bishop Huibers condemn black market December 20 Battle of Bastogne, Nazis surround 101st Airborne (NUTS!) December 20 Bishop forbids membership in non Catholic unions December 20 Terence Rattigans "O Mistress Mine," premieres in London December 21 Cards' Marty Marion wins NL MVP December 22 Germans demand surrender of American troops at Bastogne, Belgium December 22 Sub Swordfish departs Pearl Harbor for Japan December 23 Beginning of harsh winter December 26 Battle of Bastogne - U.S. General Patton's 4th Pantzers repulse Germans December 26 Budapest surrounded by soviet army December 26 Tennessee Williams' play "Glass Menagerie," premieres in Chicago December 27 Greece: British premier Churchill flies back to London December 28 Eisenhower and Montgomery meet in Hasselt Belgium December 28 Former Washington 3rd baseman Buddy Lewis wins Distinguished Flying Cross December 28 Leonard Bernstein's musical "On the Town," premieres in New York City December 29 Belgian nazi Leon Degrelle at default to the death sentenced December 29 General Eisenhowers train returns to Versailles December 30 King George II of Greece, abdicates his throne December 31 48 people die in a train accident in Ogden, Utah December 31 Japanese army evacuates harbor city Akyab
