Page 6: Historical Events In 1944

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

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   In the year 1944 the birth of Diana Ross, American singer   

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

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 in the year 1944.   

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   Children's Aktion-Nazis collect all the Jewish children of Lovno on this day in history.   

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

Mar 28   Chayyim Most, Rabbi/Maggid of Kovono, killed by nazis on this day in history.   

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

Mar 30   781 British bombers attack Neurenberg on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

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

Apr 01   German Abwehr ends England spiel, after 132 killed in the year 1944.   

Apr 02   On this day in history cPI-leader Palmiro Togliatti returns to Italy   

Apr 02   On this day in history mikulas Moyzes, composer, dies at 71   

Apr 03   British dive bombers attack battle cruiser Tirpitz on this day in history.   

Apr 03   Supreme Court (Smith v Allwright) "white primaries" unconstitutional on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history de Gaulle forms new regime in exile, with communists   

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 on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1944.   

Apr 07   General Montgomery speaks to generals about invastion plan in the year 1944.   

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

Apr 09   On this day in history pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Orientals Ecclesiae   

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

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

Apr 12   Lillian Hellman's "Searching Wind," premieres in NYC on this day in history.   

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Jan 02   In the year 1944 birth of peter Eotvos, composer   

Jan 02   On this day in history birth of prince Norodom Ranariddh, Cambodian politician   

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of christina von Saltza, US, swimmer (Olympic-3 gold/silver-1960)   

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 in the year 1944.   

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.   

Jan 01   C T B Turner, cricket (17 Tests 1886-95, 101 wkt All time great), dies on this day in history.   

Jan 03   Jurgis BaltruÅ¡aitis, 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   In the year 1944 death of ida Tarbell, American journalist (b. 1857)   

Jan 07   On this day in history death of j Verleun, Dutch resistance fighter, executed   

Jan 08   William Kissam Vanderbilt II, member of the Vanderbilt family (b. 1878) died in the year 1944.   

Jan 11   Galeazzo count of Cortellazzo Ciano, Italian politician, dies on this day in history.