Historical Events In 1944

Mar 25   In the year 1944 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   On this day in history the birth of Diana Ross, American singer  

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

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

Mar 27   On this day in history 40 Jewish policemen in Riga Latvia ghetto are shot by the gestapo  

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   On this day in history children's Aktion-Nazis collect all the Jewish children of Lovno  

Mar 28   On this day in history 6th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Utah defeats Dartmouth 42-40  

Mar 28   Chayyim Most, Rabbi/Maggid of Kovono, killed by nazis on this day in history.  

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

Mar 30   781 British bombers attack Neurenberg on this day in history.  

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

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

Mar 31   On this day in history mineichi Koga, admiral of Japanese fleet, dies  

Apr 01   In the year 1944 german Abwehr ends England spiel, after 132 killed  

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

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

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

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

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

Apr 04   In the year 1944 british troops capture Addis Ababa Ethiopia  

Apr 04   On this day in history 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 in the year 1944.  

Apr 05   Isolde Kurz, German writer/poetess (Meine Mutter), dies at 90 on this day in history.  

Apr 06   Jewish nursery at Izieu-Ain France overrun by Nazis in the year 1944.  

Apr 07   On this day in history 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   In the year 1944 "Patrolling the Ether" is shown on 3 TV stations simultaneously  

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

Apr 12   In the year 1944 lillian Hellman's "Searching Wind," premieres in NYC  

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Jan 02   Peter Eotvos, composer was born on this day in history.  

Jan 02   Prince Norodom Ranariddh, Cambodian politician was born in the year 1944.  

Jan 03   On this day in history 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   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 in the year 1944.  

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   In the year 1944 adolph Goldschmidt, German/Swiss art historian, dies at 80  

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   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 in the year 1944.