Page 20: Historical Events In 1944

Oct 30   Aaron Copland's "Appalachian Spring," premieres in Wash DC on this day in history.   

Oct 30   Anne Frank (of Diary fame) is deported from Auschwitz to Belsen on this day in history.   

Oct 30   Paul Emile Ladmirault, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.   

Oct 31   Chief of staff Kruls names De Quay chairman of Universal Commission on this day in history.   

Nov 01   On this day in history final mass gassing at Auschwitz, 73 women are murdered. The remainder of the prisoners, approximately 2,300, are deported to Ravensbruck and Bergen-Belsen to meet the growing slave labor demand.   

Nov 02   In the year 1944 auschwitz begins gassing inmates   

Nov 03   Allied commando's lands at Westkapelle Walcheren on this day in history.   

Nov 04   German troops reconquer Schmidt Hurtgenwald in the year 1944.   

Nov 05   Allied troops reach Zoutelande Walcheren in the year 1944.   

Nov 06   On this day in history bill Henderson, Vancouver BC, rock vocalist/guitarist (Chilliwack)   

Nov 06   Hannah Senesh, Jewish poetess, executed by Nazis in Budapest in the year 1944.   

Nov 06   In the year 1944 recognition of the future importance of turbojet and turboprop powerplants led the Bureau of Aeronautics to request the Naval Air Material Center to study requirements for a laboratory to develop and test gas-turbine powerplants   

Nov 07   FDR wins 4th term in office, defeating Thomas E Dewey (R) in the year 1944.   

Nov 07   Franklin D.Roosevelt elected for a record fourth term as President on this day in history.   

Nov 07   Richard Sorge & Ozaki, spies, hanged in Tokyo in the year 1944.   

Nov 08   25,000 Hungarian Jews are loaned to Nazis for forced labor on this day in history.   

Nov 08   25,000 Hungarian Jews are loaned to the Nazis for forced labor on this day in history.   

Nov 08   On this day in history roosevelt wins the U.S. Presidency for a fourth term. Democrats gain in the House.   

Nov 08   Walter Nowotny, German combat/jet fighter pilot, dies on this day in history.   

Nov 09   Red Cross wins Nobel peace prize on this day in history.   

Nov 10   In the year 1944 german riots in Rotterdam/Schiedam 52,000 men sent to Germany   

Nov 12   Edgar Stillman Kelley, US composer (Gulliver), dies at 87 in the year 1944.   

Nov 12   On this day in history rAF sink German battleship "Tirpitz" at Tromso Fjord Norway   

Nov 12   The German battleship Tirpitz is sunk off the Norwegian coast on this day in history.   

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

Nov 15   In the year 1944 government approves sending members of the Australian Women's Army Service (AWAS) to New Guinea to replace men for service in forward areas Members of the Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS) and the Australian Army Medical Women's Service (AAMWS) were already serving in New Guinea   

Nov 15   On this day in history maarten Reuchlin, resistance fighter, executed   

Nov 15   Surprise attack on office of Nethche Bank in the year 1944.   

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

Nov 16   On this day in history uS 9th division & 1st Army attacks at Geilenkirchen   

Nov 17   -Nov 19] Nazi raids in Dutch NE Polder on this day in history.   

Nov 17   In the year 1944 a C MacLaren, cricketer (England batsman from turn of century), dies   

Nov 19   World War II: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt announces the 6th War Loan Drive, aimed at selling $14 billion USD in war bonds to help pay for the war effort in the year 1944.   

Nov 20   In the year 1944 1st Japanse suicide submarine attack (Ulithi Atol, Carolines)   

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

Jan 02   Prince Norodom Ranariddh, Cambodian politician was born on this day in history.   

Jan 03   Christina von Saltza, US, swimmer (Olympic-3 gold/silver-1960) was born in the year 1944.   

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   In the year 1944 birth of felix Arons, Dutch director/actor (Waaldrecht)   

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

Jan 01   C T B Turner, cricket (17 Tests 1886-95, 101 wkt All time great), dies in the year 1944.   

Jan 03   In the year 1944 death of jurgis BaltruÅ¡aitis, Lithuanian poet (b. 1873)   

Jan 04   Henri "Hans" Flu, Indonesian/Dutch family doctor/antifascist, murder died on this day in history.   

Jan 05   Adolph Goldschmidt, German/Swiss art historian, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

Jan 06   In the year 1944 death of ida Tarbell, American journalist (b. 1857)   

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   Galeazzo count of Cortellazzo Ciano, Italian politician, dies on this day in history.