Historical Events In 1944

Mar 25   On this day in history germany troop executes 335 residents of Rome  

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

Mar 26   In the year 1944 705 British bombers attack Essen  

Mar 26   The birth of Diana Ross, American singer in the year 1944.  

Mar 27   In the year 1944 1,000 Jews leave Drancy France for Auschwitz Concentration Camp  

Mar 27   2,000 Jews are murdered in Kaunas Lithuania on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1944.  

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

Mar 28   6th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Utah defeats Dartmouth 42-40 on this day in history.  

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

Mar 29   In the year 1944 the birth of Vangelis, Greek musician  

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

Mar 30   In the year 1944 first use of torpedo squadrons from carriers to drop aerial mines (Palau Harbor)  

Mar 31   In the year 1944 hungary orders all Jews to wear yellow stars  

Mar 31   Mineichi Koga, admiral of Japanese fleet, dies on this day in history.  

Apr 01   On this day in history german Abwehr ends England spiel, after 132 killed  

Apr 02   CPI-leader Palmiro Togliatti returns to Italy on this day in history.  

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

Apr 03   In the year 1944 british dive bombers attack battle cruiser Tirpitz  

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

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

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

Apr 04   De Gaulle forms new regime in exile, with communists in the year 1944.  

Apr 04   In the year 1944 john Peale Bishop, US poet (Undertaker's Garland), dies at 51  

Apr 05   140 Lancasters bomb airplane manufacturer in Toulouse in the year 1944.  

Apr 05   Isolde Kurz, German writer/poetess (Meine Mutter), dies at 90 on this day in history.  

Apr 06   Jewish nursery at Izieu-Ain France overrun by Nazis on this day in history.  

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

Apr 09   Boleslaw Wallek-Walewski, composer, dies at 59 in the year 1944.  

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 in the year 1944.  

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

Apr 12   Lillian Hellman's "Searching Wind," premieres in NYC in the year 1944.  

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

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 on this day in history.  

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

Jan 03   Blanche d'Alpuget, Australian novelist, biographer and second wife of Bob Hawke was born on this day in history.  

Jan 04   On this day in history 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 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   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 in the year 1944.