Historical Events In 1944

Oct 30   Aaron Copland's "Appalachian Spring," premieres in Wash DC on this day in history.   

Oct 30   On this day in history anne Frank (of Diary fame) is deported from Auschwitz to Belsen   

Oct 30   In the year 1944 paul Emile Ladmirault, composer, dies at 66   

Oct 31   In the year 1944 chief of staff Kruls names De Quay chairman of Universal Commission   

Nov 01   Final mass gassing at Auschwitz, 73 women are murdered. The remainder of the prisoners, approximately 2,300, are deported to Ravensbruck and Bergen-Belsen to meet the growing slave labor demand on this day in history.   

Nov 02   Auschwitz begins gassing inmates in the year 1944.   

Nov 03   In the year 1944 allied commando's lands at Westkapelle Walcheren   

Nov 04   German troops reconquer Schmidt Hurtgenwald in the year 1944.   

Nov 05   Allied troops reach Zoutelande Walcheren on this day in history.   

Nov 06   Bill Henderson, Vancouver BC, rock vocalist/guitarist (Chilliwack) in the year 1944.   

Nov 06   In the year 1944 hannah Senesh, Jewish poetess, executed by Nazis in Budapest   

Nov 06   In the year 1944 recognition of the future importance of turbojet and turboprop powerplants led the Bureau of Aeronautics to request the Naval Air Material Center to study requirements for a laboratory to develop and test gas-turbine powerplants   

Nov 07   In the year 1944 fDR wins 4th term in office, defeating Thomas E Dewey (R)   

Nov 07   Franklin D.Roosevelt elected for a record fourth term as President in the year 1944.   

Nov 07   In the year 1944 richard Sorge & Ozaki, spies, hanged in Tokyo   

Nov 08   25,000 Hungarian Jews are loaned to Nazis for forced labor on this day in history.   

Nov 08   25,000 Hungarian Jews are loaned to the Nazis for forced labor on this day in history.   

Nov 08   Roosevelt wins the U.S. Presidency for a fourth term. Democrats gain in the House in the year 1944.   

Nov 08   Walter Nowotny, German combat/jet fighter pilot, dies in the year 1944.   

Nov 09   On this day in history red Cross wins Nobel peace prize   

Nov 10   In the year 1944 german riots in Rotterdam/Schiedam 52,000 men sent to Germany   

Nov 12   Edgar Stillman Kelley, US composer (Gulliver), dies at 87 in the year 1944.   

Nov 12   On this day in history rAF sink German battleship "Tirpitz" at Tromso Fjord Norway   

Nov 12   On this day in history the German battleship Tirpitz is sunk off the Norwegian coast.   

Nov 13   In the year 1944 paul Graener, composer, dies at 72   

Nov 15   On this day in history government approves sending members of the Australian Women's Army Service (AWAS) to New Guinea to replace men for service in forward areas Members of the Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS) and the Australian Army Medical Women's Service (AAMWS) were already serving in New Guinea   

Nov 15   In the year 1944 maarten Reuchlin, resistance fighter, executed   

Nov 15   On this day in history surprise attack on office of Nethche Bank   

Nov 16   On this day in history charles Kellaway, cricketer (26 Tests 1910-1928), dies   

Nov 16   US 9th division & 1st Army attacks at Geilenkirchen in the year 1944.   

Nov 17   -Nov 19] Nazi raids in Dutch NE Polder on this day in history.   

Nov 17   On this day in history a C MacLaren, cricketer (England batsman from turn of century), dies   

Nov 19   World War II: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt announces the 6th War Loan Drive, aimed at selling $14 billion USD in war bonds to help pay for the war effort in the year 1944.   

Nov 20   1st Japanse suicide submarine attack (Ulithi Atol, Carolines) on this day in history.   

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Jan 02   On this day in history birth of peter Eotvos, composer   

Jan 02   Prince Norodom Ranariddh, Cambodian politician was born on this day in history.   

Jan 03   In the year 1944 birth of christina von Saltza, US, swimmer (Olympic-3 gold/silver-1960)   

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of david Atherton, English conductor   

Jan 03   In the year 1944 birth of blanche d'Alpuget, Australian novelist, biographer and second wife of Bob Hawke   

Jan 04   Volker Hornback, rocker (Tangerine Dream) was born in the year 1944.   

Jan 05   On this day in history birth of felix Arons, Dutch director/actor (Waaldrecht)   

Jan 05   Tommie Smith, US, 200m dash (Olympic-gold-1968) [or Jun 5] was born on this day in history.   

Jan 01   On this day in history c T B Turner, cricket (17 Tests 1886-95, 101 wkt All time great), dies   

Jan 03   Jurgis BaltruÅ¡aitis, Lithuanian poet (b. 1873) died on this day in history.   

Jan 04   On this day in history death of henri "Hans" Flu, Indonesian/Dutch family doctor/antifascist, murder   

Jan 05   Adolph Goldschmidt, German/Swiss art historian, dies at 80 in the year 1944.   

Jan 06   Ida Tarbell, American journalist (b. 1857) died in the year 1944.   

Jan 07   J Verleun, Dutch resistance fighter, executed died on this day in history.   

Jan 08   William Kissam Vanderbilt II, member of the Vanderbilt family (b. 1878) died in the year 1944.   

Jan 11   On this day in history galeazzo count of Cortellazzo Ciano, Italian politician, dies