Page 5: Famous Deaths Happened In 1944

Oct 15 On this day in history death of philip Mechanicus, journalist, executed in Auschwitz-Birkenau  

Oct 16 On this day in history eric Westberg, composer, dies at 52  

Oct 17 Pavel Haas, composer, dies at 45 in the year 1944.  

Oct 20 Gabriel Groulez, composer, dies at 65 in the year 1944.  

Oct 21 In the year 1944 death of alois Kayser, German missionary to Nauru (b. 1877)  

Oct 23 Hana Brady, Holocaust victim died in the year 1944.  

Oct 24 In the year 1944 lauri S A Haarla, Finnish writer (Juudas, Sukeltaja), dies at 54  

Oct 25 In the year 1944 death of fake Krist, nazi collaborator, killed  

Oct 26 On this day in history death of princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom, daughter of Queen Victoria (b. 1857)  

Oct 27 On this day in history iman J Van de Bosch, Belgian resistance fighter, dies  

Oct 30 In the year 1944 paul Emile Ladmirault, composer, dies at 66  

Nov 02 In the year 1944 death of thomas Midgley, American chemist and inventor (b. 1889)  

Nov 05 In the year 1944 death of alexis Carrel, French surgeon and biologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1873)  

Nov 06 On this day in history death of hannah Senesh, Jewish poetess, executed by Nazis in Budapest  

Nov 07 On this day in history death of richard Sorge & Ozaki, spies, hanged in Tokyo  

Nov 08 On this day in history walter Nowotny, German combat/jet fighter pilot, dies  

Nov 09 In the year 1944 death of frank Marshall, American chess player (b. 1877)  

Nov 12 On this day in history edgar Stillman Kelley, US composer (Gulliver), dies at 87  

Nov 13 Paul Graener, composer, dies at 72 in the year 1944.  

Nov 14 On this day in history death of carl Flesch, Hungarian violinist (b. 1873)  

Nov 15 Maarten Reuchlin, resistance fighter, executed died on this day in history.  

Nov 16 Charles Kellaway, cricketer (26 Tests 1910-1928), dies on this day in history.  

Nov 17 On this day in history a C MacLaren, cricketer (England batsman from turn of century), dies  

Nov 20 Sekio Nishina, Japanese inventor (kaiten-suicide submarine), dies at 21 in the year 1944.  

Nov 22 On this day in history arthur Stanley Eddington, dies  

Nov 24 In the year 1944 eMHCH Houtappel, resistance fighter: in Neuengamme, dies  

Nov 25 Kenesaw Mountain Landis, judge/baseball commisioner, dies at 78 in the year 1944.  

Nov 27 Leonid Isaakovich Mandelshtam, Russian physicist (b. 1879) died on this day in history.  

Nov 28 In the year 1944 death of bijnen, Dutch opposition leader (LKP), shot to death in Apeldoorn  

Nov 30 Max Halbe, writer, dies at 79 on this day in history.  

Dec 02 Filippo T Marinetti, Italian writer (father of futurism), dies at 67 on this day in history.  

Dec 03 In the year 1944 delfien Vanhaute, Flemish pastor/poet (Ark of Noah), dies at 75  

Dec 04 Roger Bresnahan, American baseball player (b. 1879) died in the year 1944.  

Dec 09 Laird Cregar, actor (Charley's Aunt, Hangover Square), dies at 28 on this day in history.  

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

Jan 02 In the year 1944 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 In the year 1944 birth of tommie Smith, US, 200m dash (Olympic-gold-1968) [or Jun 5]