Famous Deaths Happened In 1944

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

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

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

Jan 07 In the year 1944 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 In the year 1944 galeazzo count of Cortellazzo Ciano, Italian politician, dies  

Jan 12 Lance C. Wade, American pilot (b. 1915) died on this day in history.  

Jan 14 Mohammed Emin Yurdakul, Turkish poet, dies at about 74 in the year 1944.  

Jan 19 Harold Fraser-Simson, composer, dies at 71 in the year 1944.  

Jan 20 James McKeen Cattell, American psychologist (b. 1860) died in the year 1944.  

Jan 21 Gustaaf DFL Schamelhout, Flemish physician/writer, dies at 74 on this day in history.  

Jan 23 In the year 1944 edvard Munch, Norwegian painter (The Scream), dies at 80  

Jan 29 William Allen White, US journalist (Emporia Gazette), dies at 75 on this day in history.  

Jan 31 Jean Giraudoux, French writer (b. 1882) died on this day in history.  

Feb 01 Martin Lunssens, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.  

Feb 04 Yvette Guilbert, French singer and actress (b. 1867) died on this day in history.  

Feb 05 On this day in history robert E Park, sociologist (human ecology, marginal man), dies at 79  

Feb 07 Lina Cavalieri, Italian soprano (b. 1874) died on this day in history.  

Feb 08 Clem Wilson, cricketer (bro of Rockley, 2 Tests for Engld 1896), dies on this day in history.  

Feb 10 Eugène Michel Antoniadi, Greek astronomer, a crater on Mars and the Antoniadi crater on the Moon were named in his honor (b. 1870) died in the year 1944.  

Feb 11 Ivan Sollertinski, friend of Russian composer D Sjostakovitsj, dies on this day in history.  

Feb 16 Edmund von Borck, composer, dies at 37 on this day in history.  

Feb 17 In the year 1944 fausto Agnelli, Swiss painter, dies at 64  

Feb 19 In the year 1944 siegfried Garibaldi Kallenberg, composer, dies at 76  

Feb 21 Ferenc Szisz, Hungarian-born race car driver (b. 1873) died in the year 1944.  

Feb 22 In the year 1944 death of kasturba Gandhi, wife of Mohandas Gandhi (b. 1869)  

Feb 23 In the year 1944 leo Hendrick Baekeland, inventor (Bakelite), dies  

Feb 24 Leo H A Baekeland, Belgian/US chemist (bakeliet), dies at 80 on this day in history.  

Feb 29 In the year 1944 death of pehr Evind Svinhufvud, President of Finland (b. 1861)  

Mar 01 ... Formans, director Milos Formans mother, dies in Auschwitz in the year 1944.  

Mar 04 On this day in history death of louis Capone, New York organized crime figure (b. 1896) (executed)  

Mar 05 Max Jacob, French writer, dies in nazi concentration camp at 67 in the year 1944.  

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Jan 02 Peter Eotvos, composer was born in the year 1944.  

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 on this day in history.  

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 In the year 1944 birth of volker Hornback, rocker (Tangerine Dream)  

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 in the year 1944.