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   In the year 1944 705 British bombers attack Essen  

Mar 26   In the year 1944 the birth of Diana Ross, American singer  

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

Mar 27   2,000 Jews are murdered in Kaunas Lithuania in the year 1944.  

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

Mar 27   In the year 1944 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  

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 on this day in history.  

Mar 29   In the year 1944 the birth of Vangelis, Greek musician  

Mar 30   In the year 1944 781 British bombers attack Neurenberg  

Mar 30   In the year 1944 first use of torpedo squadrons from carriers to drop aerial mines (Palau Harbor)  

Mar 31   On this day in history hungary orders all Jews to wear yellow stars  

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

Apr 01   German Abwehr ends England spiel, after 132 killed on this day in history.  

Apr 02   On this day in history cPI-leader Palmiro Togliatti returns to Italy  

Apr 02   Mikulas Moyzes, composer, dies at 71 in the year 1944.  

Apr 03   British dive bombers attack battle cruiser Tirpitz in the year 1944.  

Apr 03   On this day in history supreme Court (Smith v Allwright) "white primaries" unconstitutional  

Apr 03   Supreme Court, in "Smith v Allwright", declares "white primaries" unconstitutional on this day in history.  

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

Apr 04   In the year 1944 de Gaulle forms new regime in exile, with communists  

Apr 04   John Peale Bishop, US poet (Undertaker's Garland), dies at 51 in the year 1944.  

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

Apr 05   In the year 1944 isolde Kurz, German writer/poetess (Meine Mutter), dies at 90  

Apr 06   On this day in history jewish nursery at Izieu-Ain France overrun by Nazis  

Apr 07   In the year 1944 general Montgomery speaks to generals about invastion plan  

Apr 09   On this day in history boleslaw Wallek-Walewski, composer, dies at 59  

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

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

Apr 11   In the year 1944 rAF bombs census bureau in The Hague  

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

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Jan 02   In the year 1944 birth of peter Eotvos, composer  

Jan 02   On this day in history birth of prince Norodom Ranariddh, Cambodian politician  

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of christina von Saltza, US, swimmer (Olympic-3 gold/silver-1960)  

Jan 03   In the year 1944 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   On this day in history birth of volker Hornback, rocker (Tangerine Dream)  

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

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

Jan 01   In the year 1944 c T B Turner, cricket (17 Tests 1886-95, 101 wkt All time great), dies  

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

Jan 04   Henri "Hans" Flu, Indonesian/Dutch family doctor/antifascist, murder died on this day in history.  

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

Jan 06   Ida Tarbell, American journalist (b. 1857) died on this day in history.  

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

Jan 08   On this day in history death of william Kissam Vanderbilt II, member of the Vanderbilt family (b. 1878)  

Jan 11   Galeazzo count of Cortellazzo Ciano, Italian politician, dies on this day in history.