Historical Events In 1944

Mar 25   On this day in history germany troop executes 335 residents of Rome  

Mar 25   RAF Sergeant Nickolas Alkemade survives a jump from his Lancaster bomber from 18,000 feet without a parachute in the year 1944.  

Mar 26   705 British bombers attack Essen on this day in history.  

Mar 26   The birth of Diana Ross, American singer in the year 1944.  

Mar 27   On this day in history 1,000 Jews leave Drancy France for Auschwitz Concentration Camp  

Mar 27   On this day in history 2,000 Jews are murdered in Kaunas Lithuania  

Mar 27   40 Jewish policemen in Riga Latvia ghetto are shot by the gestapo in the year 1944.  

Mar 27   Australian Government launches First Victory Loan aimed at raising £150 million ($300 million) for the war effort Twelve major government war loans were offered to the Australian public during World War Two in the year 1944.  

Mar 27   Children's Aktion-Nazis collect all the Jewish children of Lovno in the year 1944.  

Mar 28   6th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Utah defeats Dartmouth 42-40 in the year 1944.  

Mar 28   Chayyim Most, Rabbi/Maggid of Kovono, killed by nazis in the year 1944.  

Mar 29   The birth of Vangelis, Greek musician on this day in history.  

Mar 30   On this day in history 781 British bombers attack Neurenberg  

Mar 30   First use of torpedo squadrons from carriers to drop aerial mines (Palau Harbor) in the year 1944.  

Mar 31   Hungary orders all Jews to wear yellow stars in the year 1944.  

Mar 31   Mineichi Koga, admiral of Japanese fleet, dies in the year 1944.  

Apr 01   On this day in history german Abwehr ends England spiel, after 132 killed  

Apr 02   CPI-leader Palmiro Togliatti returns to Italy on this day in history.  

Apr 02   In the year 1944 mikulas Moyzes, composer, dies at 71  

Apr 03   British dive bombers attack battle cruiser Tirpitz on this day in history.  

Apr 03   In the year 1944 supreme Court (Smith v Allwright) "white primaries" unconstitutional  

Apr 03   Supreme Court, in "Smith v Allwright", declares "white primaries" unconstitutional in the year 1944.  

Apr 04   British troops capture Addis Ababa Ethiopia in the year 1944.  

Apr 04   On this day in history de Gaulle forms new regime in exile, with communists  

Apr 04   On this day in history john Peale Bishop, US poet (Undertaker's Garland), dies at 51  

Apr 05   On this day in history 140 Lancasters bomb airplane manufacturer in Toulouse  

Apr 05   Isolde Kurz, German writer/poetess (Meine Mutter), dies at 90 in the year 1944.  

Apr 06   Jewish nursery at Izieu-Ain France overrun by Nazis on this day in history.  

Apr 07   On this day in history general Montgomery speaks to generals about invastion plan  

Apr 09   Boleslaw Wallek-Walewski, composer, dies at 59 in the year 1944.  

Apr 09   In the year 1944 pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Orientals Ecclesiae  

Apr 10   On this day in history "Patrolling the Ether" is shown on 3 TV stations simultaneously  

Apr 11   RAF bombs census bureau in The Hague on this day in history.  

Apr 12   On this day in history lillian Hellman's "Searching Wind," premieres in NYC  

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

Jan 02   In the year 1944 birth of prince Norodom Ranariddh, Cambodian politician  

Jan 03   Christina von Saltza, US, swimmer (Olympic-3 gold/silver-1960) was born in the year 1944.  

Jan 03   David Atherton, English conductor was born on this day in history.  

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of blanche d'Alpuget, Australian novelist, biographer and second wife of Bob Hawke  

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of volker Hornback, rocker (Tangerine Dream)  

Jan 05   Felix Arons, Dutch director/actor (Waaldrecht) was born in the year 1944.  

Jan 05   On this day in history birth of tommie Smith, US, 200m dash (Olympic-gold-1968) [or Jun 5]  

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

Jan 03   On this day in history death of jurgis Baltrušaitis, Lithuanian poet (b. 1873)  

Jan 04   In the year 1944 death of henri "Hans" Flu, Indonesian/Dutch family doctor/antifascist, murder  

Jan 05   On this day in history adolph Goldschmidt, German/Swiss art historian, dies at 80  

Jan 06   On this day in history death of ida Tarbell, American journalist (b. 1857)  

Jan 07   On this day in history death of j Verleun, Dutch resistance fighter, executed  

Jan 08   In the year 1944 death of william Kissam Vanderbilt II, member of the Vanderbilt family (b. 1878)  

Jan 11   Galeazzo count of Cortellazzo Ciano, Italian politician, dies in the year 1944.