Historical Events In 1944

Oct 30   Aaron Copland's "Appalachian Spring," premieres in Wash DC in the year 1944.  

Oct 30   On this day in history anne Frank (of Diary fame) is deported from Auschwitz to Belsen  

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

Oct 31   On this day in history chief of staff Kruls names De Quay chairman of Universal Commission  

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 in the year 1944.  

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

Nov 05   On this day in history allied troops reach Zoutelande Walcheren  

Nov 06   Bill Henderson, Vancouver BC, rock vocalist/guitarist (Chilliwack) on this day in history.  

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) on this day in history.  

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

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

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

Nov 08   In the year 1944 25,000 Hungarian Jews are loaned to the Nazis for forced labor  

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

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

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

Nov 13   Paul Graener, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.  

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

Nov 15   Surprise attack on office of Nethche Bank on this day in history.  

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

Nov 16   In the year 1944 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   A C MacLaren, cricketer (England batsman from turn of century), dies in the year 1944.  

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   1st Japanse suicide submarine attack (Ulithi Atol, Carolines) in the year 1944.  

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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 on this day in history.  

Jan 03   David Atherton, English conductor was born on this day in history.  

Jan 03   In the year 1944 birth of blanche d'Alpuget, Australian novelist, biographer and second wife of Bob Hawke  

Jan 04   Volker Hornback, rocker (Tangerine Dream) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 05   Felix Arons, Dutch director/actor (Waaldrecht) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 05   Tommie Smith, US, 200m dash (Olympic-gold-1968) [or Jun 5] was born in the year 1944.  

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 in the year 1944.  

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

Jan 05   On this day in history adolph Goldschmidt, German/Swiss art historian, dies at 80  

Jan 06   Ida Tarbell, American journalist (b. 1857) died on this day in history.  

Jan 07   J Verleun, Dutch resistance fighter, executed died on this day in history.  

Jan 08   On this day in history death of william Kissam Vanderbilt II, member of the Vanderbilt family (b. 1878)  

Jan 11   In the year 1944 galeazzo count of Cortellazzo Ciano, Italian politician, dies