Admiral Horthy ordered a halt to the deportation of Hungarian Jews, clearly seeing which way the war was going. Hungary had not supported this policy initially, but upon being invaded by the Germans early in 1944 Jewish deportation commenced.
The Red Army took Kovel and Svir.
The Polish 3d Division took Osemo, Italy.
The U.S. Army took Namber airfield on Numfoor.
Allied progress was generally halted in Normandy.
De Gaulle arrived in Washington for talks on his administration and forces. Bretton Woods, of course, the boozy conference on post-war economics, was rolling on at the same time.
The tragic Hartford Circus Fire resulted in 167 deaths and 700 injuries in Hartford, Connecticut. Up to 7,000 people when the tent caught fire, with the cause never being determined.
U. S. Army Lieutenant Jackie Robinson, stationed at Camp Hood, Texas, was instructed to move to a seat farther back in the back of an Army bus and refused, resulting in his court-martialed. Army buses were not segregated.
Robinson had originally been an enlisted cavalryman who had been sent to OCS, and was now a cavalry officer serving in an armor unit. His commander, Paul L. Bates, refused to authorize the prosecution whereupon he was transferred to another unit and then charged with multiple offenses, including public drunkenness even though Robinson did not drink. He was tried in August 1944, and acquitted.
The delay caused by the trial prevented him from going overseas with his unit. He was transferred to Camp Breckinridge, Kentucky, and served as an army athletics coach before being discharged in November 1944.
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