Historical Events In 1944

Mar 25   Germany troop executes 335 residents of Rome in the year 1944.  

Mar 25   In the year 1944 rAF Sergeant Nickolas Alkemade survives a jump from his Lancaster bomber from 18,000 feet without a parachute  

Mar 26   On this day in history 705 British bombers attack Essen  

Mar 26   On this day in history the birth of Diana Ross, American singer  

Mar 27   On this day in history 1,000 Jews leave Drancy France for Auschwitz Concentration Camp  

Mar 27   In the year 1944 2,000 Jews are murdered in Kaunas Lithuania  

Mar 27   40 Jewish policemen in Riga Latvia ghetto are shot by the gestapo on this day in history.  

Mar 27   Australian Government launches First Victory Loan aimed at raising £150 million ($300 million) for the war effort Twelve major government war loans were offered to the Australian public during World War Two on this day in history.  

Mar 27   On this day in history children's Aktion-Nazis collect all the Jewish children of Lovno  

Mar 28   In the year 1944 6th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Utah defeats Dartmouth 42-40  

Mar 28   In the year 1944 chayyim Most, Rabbi/Maggid of Kovono, killed by nazis  

Mar 29   On this day in history the birth of Vangelis, Greek musician  

Mar 30   On this day in history 781 British bombers attack Neurenberg  

Mar 30   First use of torpedo squadrons from carriers to drop aerial mines (Palau Harbor) on this day in history.  

Mar 31   Hungary orders all Jews to wear yellow stars in the year 1944.  

Mar 31   On this day in history mineichi Koga, admiral of Japanese fleet, dies  

Apr 01   In the year 1944 german Abwehr ends England spiel, after 132 killed  

Apr 02   CPI-leader Palmiro Togliatti returns to Italy in the year 1944.  

Apr 02   In the year 1944 mikulas Moyzes, composer, dies at 71  

Apr 03   On this day in history british dive bombers attack battle cruiser Tirpitz  

Apr 03   In the year 1944 supreme Court (Smith v Allwright) "white primaries" unconstitutional  

Apr 03   Supreme Court, in "Smith v Allwright", declares "white primaries" unconstitutional in the year 1944.  

Apr 04   British troops capture Addis Ababa Ethiopia on this day in history.  

Apr 04   In the year 1944 de Gaulle forms new regime in exile, with communists  

Apr 04   On this day in history john Peale Bishop, US poet (Undertaker's Garland), dies at 51  

Apr 05   140 Lancasters bomb airplane manufacturer in Toulouse on this day in history.  

Apr 05   On this day in history isolde Kurz, German writer/poetess (Meine Mutter), dies at 90  

Apr 06   In the year 1944 jewish nursery at Izieu-Ain France overrun by Nazis  

Apr 07   In the year 1944 general Montgomery speaks to generals about invastion plan  

Apr 09   Boleslaw Wallek-Walewski, composer, dies at 59 on this day in history.  

Apr 09   Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Orientals Ecclesiae in the year 1944.  

Apr 10   "Patrolling the Ether" is shown on 3 TV stations simultaneously on this day in history.  

Apr 11   In the year 1944 rAF bombs census bureau in The Hague  

Apr 12   On this day in history lillian Hellman's "Searching Wind," premieres in NYC  

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Jan 02   On this day in history birth of peter Eotvos, composer  

Jan 02   In the year 1944 birth of prince Norodom Ranariddh, Cambodian politician  

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

Jan 03   In the year 1944 birth of david Atherton, English conductor  

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of blanche d'Alpuget, Australian novelist, biographer and second wife of Bob Hawke  

Jan 04   Volker Hornback, rocker (Tangerine Dream) was born in the year 1944.  

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

Jan 05   On this day in history birth of tommie Smith, US, 200m dash (Olympic-gold-1968) [or Jun 5]  

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

Jan 03   Jurgis Baltrušaitis, Lithuanian poet (b. 1873) died in the year 1944.  

Jan 04   On this day in history death of henri "Hans" Flu, Indonesian/Dutch family doctor/antifascist, murder  

Jan 05   In the year 1944 adolph Goldschmidt, German/Swiss art historian, dies at 80  

Jan 06   On this day in history death of ida Tarbell, American journalist (b. 1857)  

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

Jan 08   William Kissam Vanderbilt II, member of the Vanderbilt family (b. 1878) died on this day in history.  

Jan 11   On this day in history galeazzo count of Cortellazzo Ciano, Italian politician, dies