Famous Deaths In 1944
Tuesday, 19 March 2024
Jan 01 C T B Turner, cricket (17 Tests 1886-95, 101 wkt All time great), dies in the year 1944.
Jan 03 Jurgis Baltrušaitis, 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 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 J Verleun, Dutch resistance fighter, executed died in the year 1944.
Jan 08 William Kissam Vanderbilt II, member of the Vanderbilt family (b. 1878) died on this day in history.
Jan 11 On this day in history galeazzo count of Cortellazzo Ciano, Italian politician, dies
Jan 12 Lance C. Wade, American pilot (b. 1915) died in the year 1944.
Jan 14 Mohammed Emin Yurdakul, Turkish poet, dies at about 74 on this day in history.
Jan 19 Harold Fraser-Simson, composer, dies at 71 in the year 1944.
Jan 20 James McKeen Cattell, American psychologist (b. 1860) died on this day in history.
Jan 21 In the year 1944 gustaaf DFL Schamelhout, Flemish physician/writer, dies at 74
Jan 23 Edvard Munch, Norwegian painter (The Scream), dies at 80 on this day in history.
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 In the year 1944 martin Lunssens, composer, dies at 72
Feb 04 Yvette Guilbert, French singer and actress (b. 1867) died in the year 1944.
Feb 05 In the year 1944 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 in the year 1944.
Feb 10 On this day in history death of eugène Michel Antoniadi, Greek astronomer, a crater on Mars and the Antoniadi crater on the Moon were named in his honor (b. 1870)
Feb 11 On this day in history ivan Sollertinski, friend of Russian composer D Sjostakovitsj, dies
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 Siegfried Garibaldi Kallenberg, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.
Feb 21 In the year 1944 death of ferenc Szisz, Hungarian-born race car driver (b. 1873)
Feb 22 On this day in history death of kasturba Gandhi, wife of Mohandas Gandhi (b. 1869)
Feb 23 Leo Hendrick Baekeland, inventor (Bakelite), dies in the year 1944.
Feb 24 In the year 1944 leo H A Baekeland, Belgian/US chemist (bakeliet), dies at 80
Feb 29 Pehr Evind Svinhufvud, President of Finland (b. 1861) died on this day in history.
Mar 01 ... Formans, director Milos Formans mother, dies in Auschwitz in the year 1944.
Mar 04 Louis Capone, New York organized crime figure (b. 1896) (executed) died in the year 1944.
Mar 05 Max Jacob, French writer, dies in nazi concentration camp at 67 on this day in history.