Page 5: Famous Deaths Happened In 1944

Oct 15 In the year 1944 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 on this day in history.  

Oct 20 Gabriel Groulez, composer, dies at 65 on this day in history.  

Oct 21 Alois Kayser, German missionary to Nauru (b. 1877) died on this day in history.  

Oct 23 In the year 1944 death of hana Brady, Holocaust victim  

Oct 24 Lauri S A Haarla, Finnish writer (Juudas, Sukeltaja), dies at 54 on this day in history.  

Oct 25 Fake Krist, nazi collaborator, killed died in the year 1944.  

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

Oct 27 In the year 1944 iman J Van de Bosch, Belgian resistance fighter, dies  

Oct 30 On this day in history paul Emile Ladmirault, composer, dies at 66  

Nov 02 On this day in history death of 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) died in the year 1944.  

Nov 06 In the year 1944 death of hannah Senesh, Jewish poetess, executed by Nazis in Budapest  

Nov 07 Richard Sorge & Ozaki, spies, hanged in Tokyo died on this day in history.  

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

Nov 09 Frank Marshall, American chess player (b. 1877) died in the year 1944.  

Nov 12 Edgar Stillman Kelley, US composer (Gulliver), dies at 87 on this day in history.  

Nov 13 On this day in history paul Graener, composer, dies at 72  

Nov 14 Carl Flesch, Hungarian violinist (b. 1873) died on this day in history.  

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

Nov 16 Charles Kellaway, cricketer (26 Tests 1910-1928), dies in the year 1944.  

Nov 17 A C MacLaren, cricketer (England batsman from turn of century), dies in the year 1944.  

Nov 20 In the year 1944 sekio Nishina, Japanese inventor (kaiten-suicide submarine), dies at 21  

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

Nov 24 EMHCH Houtappel, resistance fighter: in Neuengamme, dies on this day in history.  

Nov 25 On this day in history kenesaw Mountain Landis, judge/baseball commisioner, dies at 78  

Nov 27 Leonid Isaakovich Mandelshtam, Russian physicist (b. 1879) died in the year 1944.  

Nov 28 On this day in history death of bijnen, Dutch opposition leader (LKP), shot to death in Apeldoorn  

Nov 30 On this day in history max Halbe, writer, dies at 79  

Dec 02 Filippo T Marinetti, Italian writer (father of futurism), dies at 67 in the year 1944.  

Dec 03 Delfien Vanhaute, Flemish pastor/poet (Ark of Noah), dies at 75 in the year 1944.  

Dec 04 On this day in history death of roger Bresnahan, American baseball player (b. 1879)  

Dec 09 In the year 1944 laird Cregar, actor (Charley's Aunt, Hangover Square), dies at 28  

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

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

Jan 03 Christina von Saltza, US, swimmer (Olympic-3 gold/silver-1960) was born on this day in history.  

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

Jan 05 Felix Arons, Dutch director/actor (Waaldrecht) was born in the year 1944.  

Jan 05 Tommie Smith, US, 200m dash (Olympic-gold-1968) [or Jun 5] was born on this day in history.