The following events occurred in June 1944: June 1, 1944 (Thursday) The American submarine Herring was sunk by Japanese coastal batteries on Matua Island. British troops captured Frosinone, Italy. 60 men of the British 2nd Parachute Brigade began Operation Hasty, a mission behind German lines in Italy. Adolf Hitler dissolved the Abwehr and transferred its functions to the Reich Security Main Office under Heinrich Himmler. The BBC broadcast a coded message based on the Paul Verlaine poem Chanson d'automne to inform the French Resistance that the invasion of France was imminent. The Germans understood the intent of the message but failed to bring up sufficient forces. Two K-class blimps of the United States Navy completed the first transatlantic crossing by non-rigid airships, from the United States to French Morocco, in 80 hours. A general election was held in Cuba, in which Ramón Grau was elected president. José María Velasco Ibarra became President of Ecuador for the second time. Born: Robert Powell, actor, in Salford, Lancashire, England June 2, 1944 (Friday) Allied forces overran the Caesar C line south of Rome. Adolf Hitler ordered Albert Kesselring to abandon the Italian capital. First mission of Operation Frantic: Frantic-Joe, shuttle raid from Italy to Russia by the 15th AF Representatives of the Soviet Union and Romania secretly met in Stockholm to discuss conditions for Romania's withdrawal from the war. The Soham rail disaster occurred in the small town of Soham, Cambridgeshire, England when the cargo of an ammunition train exploded and killed two people. Born: Marvin Hamlisch, composer and conductor, in New York City (d. 2012) Died: Benoît Broutchoux, 64, French anarchist June 3, 1944 (Saturday) The Allies dropped 8,000 tons of bombs in a raid on German coastal positions around Boulogne. U.S. troops took Albano and Frascati on the outskirts of Rome, while Canadian forces took Anagni. Kesselring declared Rome an open city. German submarine U-477 was depth charged and sunk in the Norwegian Sea by a PBY Catalina of No. 162 Squadron RCAF. The Provisional Government of the French Republic was created, succeeding the French Committee of National Liberation as the provisional government of Free France. Bounding Home won the Belmont Stakes, depriving Pensive of the U.S. Triple Crown. Asperger syndrome was identified for the first time, in a paper by the Austrian pediatrician Hans Asperger. Born: Edith McGuire, Olympic gold medalist sprinter, in Atlanta, Georgia June 4, 1944 (Sunday) The