2012 Event In Surrey, England, a message found on the leg of a pigeon from WWII stumps GCHQ code-breakers, who say the message hidden in the code may never be revealed 2001 Death Emilie Schindler, humanitarian, ", helped save 1,000 Jews during WWII, ", dies at 93 2001 Death Harold Stassen, perennial presidential candidate/politician, resigned as governor of Minnesota to enlist for WWII, dies at 93 1992 Death Daan van Driel, Dutch cartoonist/WWII resist fighter (Trouw), dies 1978 Death Gesina Van der Molen, Dutch WWII resistance fighter/lawyer, dies at 86 1972 Death Frans Masereel, Flem WWII resistance fighter (Le Soleil), dies at 82 1969 Death Dwight D. Eisenhower, 34th president/general WWII, dies in Washington at 78 1942 Event U.S. rations coffee during WWII 1915 Birthday Halfdan Rasmussen, Danish poet/WWII resistance fighter, Skoven 1912 Birthday Jack Cowie, cricketer, successful New Zealand fast bowler either side of WWII
