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 on this day in history.  

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

Mar 26   In the year 1944 the birth of Diana Ross, American singer  

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 in the year 1944.  

Mar 27   On this day in history 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  

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   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   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   On this day in history hungary orders all Jews to wear yellow stars  

Mar 31   Mineichi Koga, admiral of Japanese fleet, dies in the year 1944.  

Apr 01   German Abwehr ends England spiel, after 132 killed on this day in history.  

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

Apr 02   Mikulas Moyzes, composer, dies at 71 in the year 1944.  

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

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   In the year 1944 british troops capture Addis Ababa Ethiopia  

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   On this day in history 140 Lancasters bomb airplane manufacturer in Toulouse  

Apr 05   In the year 1944 isolde Kurz, German writer/poetess (Meine Mutter), dies at 90  

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

Apr 07   General Montgomery speaks to generals about invastion plan on this day in history.  

Apr 09   On this day in history boleslaw Wallek-Walewski, composer, dies at 59  

Apr 09   In the year 1944 pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Orientals Ecclesiae  

Apr 10   In the year 1944 "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   On this day in history lillian Hellman's "Searching Wind," premieres in NYC  

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

Jan 02   On this day in history 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   Blanche d'Alpuget, Australian novelist, biographer and second wife of Bob Hawke was born on this day in history.  

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

Jan 05   In the year 1944 birth of felix Arons, Dutch director/actor (Waaldrecht)  

Jan 05   In the year 1944 birth of tommie Smith, US, 200m dash (Olympic-gold-1968) [or Jun 5]  

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

Jan 03   On this day in history 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   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 in the year 1944.  

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