Wilbur Herschel Jennings was an American lyricist. He was known for writing the songs "Up Where We Belong", "Higher Love", "Tears in Heaven" and "My Heart Will Go On". He was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame and won several awards including three Grammy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, and two Academy Awards.

1944Angela King, English environmentalist and author, co-founded Common Ground^[†]

Angela King co-founded Common Ground, a British organisation which campaigns to link nature with culture and the positive investment people can make in their own localities, with Sue Clifford in 1983. She was Friends of the Earth's first Wildlife Campaigner for England. She went on to be consultant to the Nature Conservancy Council until Common Ground was founded in 1982/3.

1944Patrick Sercu, Belgian cyclist (died 2019)^[†]

Patrick Sercu was a Belgian cyclist who was active on the road and track between 1961 and 1983. On track, he won the gold medal in the 1 km time trial at the 1964 Summer Olympics, as well as three world titles in the sprint in 1963, 1967 and 1969. On the road, he earned the green jersey in the 1974 Tour de France. Sercu is the record holder for the number of six-day track race victories, having won 88 events out of 223 starts between 1961 and 1983; several of these wins were with cycling great Eddy Merckx. He also won six stages at the Tour de France and eleven stages at the Giro d'Italia.

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1944Milan Hodža, Czech journalist and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia (born 1878)^[†]

Milan Hodža was a Slovak politician and journalist, serving from 1935 to 1938 as the prime minister of Czechoslovakia. As a proponent of regional integration, he was known for his attempts to establish a democratic federation of Central European states.

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1944World War II: Mogaung is the first place in Burma to be liberated from the Japanese by British Chindits, supported by the Chinese.^[†]

Mogaung is a town in Kachin State, Myanmar. It is situated on the Mandalay-Myitkyina railway line. It's near the capital city state Myitkyina.

Headlines from June 27, 1944

3-Cornered Baseball Game Yields $56,500,000 in Fifth Bond Drive; BALL GAME YIELDS $56,500,000 IN LOAN

WILLKIE CONDEMNS PEACE-POLICY PLAN; Republican Draft on Foreign Relations Could Be Used to Balk Cooperation, He Says WILLKIE HITS PLAN ON FOREIGN POLICY IN ATTENDANCE AT THE OPENING OF THE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION IN CHICAGO

14 WARSHIPS SHELL CHERBOURG AT ONCE; British Newsman Describes Destruction of Batteries Defending Harbor 14 WARSHIPS SHELL CHERBOURG AT ONCE

VICTORY IN FRANCE; Capture of Port Seals First Phase of Allied Liberation of Europe FIGHT SHARP TO END British Reported Near Main Enemy Highway at Base of Peninsula CHERBOURG FALLS TO THE AMERICANS

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