Historical Events
Event of Interest
Adolf Hitler & Benito Mussolini meet at Salzburg
Benito Mussolini
Adolf Hitler
- Allies land near Hollandia, New-Guinea
Famous Birthdays
- Joshua Rifkin, American conductor and musicologist who played a key role in the ragtime revival of the 1970s, born in NYC, New York
- Steve Fossett, American adventurer (1st person to fly solo nonstop around the world in a balloon), born in Jackson, Tennessee (disappeared 2007)
Famous Deaths
- Mezio Agostini, Italian composer, dies at 68
What Happened in 1944
Battle of Eniwetok
US landing craft pass supporting warships on their way to Eniwetok Atoll
February 19, 1944D-Day
"Into the Jaws of Death" by Robert F. Sargent
June 6, 1944George Stinney is Executed
The mug shot of 14-year-old African American boy George Stinney who was the youngest American to be executed
June 16, 1944
