Page 5: Famous Deaths Happened In 1944

Oct 15 Philip mechanicus: Journalist, executed in auschwitz-birkenau  

Oct 16 Eric westberg: Composer,  

Oct 17 Pavel haas: Composer,  

Oct 20 Gabriel groulez: Composer,  

Oct 21 Alois kayser: German missionary to nauru (b. 1877)  

Oct 23 Hana brady: Holocaust victim  

Oct 24 Lauri s a haarla: Finnish writer (juudas, sukeltaja),  

Oct 25 Fake krist: Nazi collaborator, killed  

Oct 26 Princess beatrice of the united kingdom: Daughter of queen victoria (b. 1857)  

Oct 27 Iman j van de bosch: Belgian resistance fighter,  

Oct 30 Paul emile ladmirault: Composer,  

Nov 02 Thomas midgley: American chemist and inventor (b. 1889)  

Nov 05 Alexis carrel: French surgeon and biologist, recipient of the nobel prize in physiology or medicine (b. 1873)  

Nov 06 Hannah senesh: Jewish poetess, executed by nazis in budapest  

Nov 07 Richard sorge & ozaki: Spies, hanged in tokyo  

Nov 08 Walter nowotny: German combat/jet fighter pilot,  

Nov 09 Frank marshall: American chess player (b. 1877)  

Nov 12 Edgar stillman kelley: Us composer (gulliver),  

Nov 13 Paul graener: Composer,  

Nov 14 Carl flesch: Hungarian violinist (b. 1873)  

Nov 15 Maarten reuchlin: Resistance fighter, executed  

Nov 16 Charles kellaway: Cricketer (26 tests 1910-1928),  

Nov 17 A c maclaren: Cricketer (england batsman from turn of century),  

Nov 20 Sekio nishina: Japanese inventor (kaiten-suicide submarine),  

Nov 22 Arthur stanley eddington:  

Nov 24 Emhch houtappel: Resistance fighter: in neuengamme,  

Nov 25 Kenesaw mountain landis: Judge/baseball commisioner,  

Nov 27 Leonid isaakovich mandelshtam: Russian physicist (b. 1879)  

Nov 28 Bijnen: Dutch opposition leader (lkp), shot to death in apeldoorn  

Nov 30 Max halbe: Writer,  

Dec 02 Filippo t marinetti: Italian writer (father of futurism),  

Dec 03 Delfien vanhaute: Flemish pastor/poet (ark of noah),  

Dec 04 Roger bresnahan: American baseball player (b. 1879)  

Dec 09 Laird cregar: Actor (charley's aunt, hangover square),  

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Jan 02 Peter eotvos: Composer  

Jan 02 Prince norodom ranariddh: Cambodian politician  

Jan 03 Christina von saltza: Us, swimmer (olympic-3 gold/silver-1960)  

Jan 03 David atherton: English conductor  

Jan 03 Blanche d'alpuget: Australian novelist, biographer and second wife of bob hawke  

Jan 04 Volker hornback: Rocker (tangerine dream)  

Jan 05 Felix arons: Dutch director/actor (waaldrecht)  

Jan 05 Tommie smith: Us, 200m dash (olympic-gold-1968) [or jun 5]