with the nomination of New York Governor Thomas E. Dewey in a quick first-ballot nomination. Ohio Governor John W. Bricker accepted the nomination for vice president. Dewey, who had not attended the convention, flew in that evening to give a speech accepting the nomination and vowing to "bring an end to one-man government in America." Died: Philippe Henriot, 55, French poet, journalist and Vichy official (assassinated by the French Resistance); Robert Martinek, 55, Bohemian artillery officer of the Austro-Hungarian Army and the Wehrmacht (killed in an air attack near Berezino) June 29, 1944 (Thursday) Born: Gary Busey, American actor; in Goose Creek, Texas June 30, 1944 (Friday) Operation Epsom ended. The last German forces on La Hague surrendered. The Battle of Vyborg Bay began. President Roosevelt signed a bill providing independence for the Philippines as soon as the Japanese were removed from the islands. Bush House, the headquarters of BBC World Service radio, was hit by a German flying bomb. German submarine U-478 was depth charged and sunk east of the Faroe Islands by Allied aircraft. Born: Terry Funk, professional wrestler, in Hammond, Indiana; Raymond Moody, philosopher, physician and author, in Porterdale, Georgia References 1944 1944-06 1944-06