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   On this day in history 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   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   In the year 1944 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   In the year 1944 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   Chayyim Most, Rabbi/Maggid of Kovono, killed by nazis in the year 1944.   

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

Mar 30   781 British bombers attack Neurenberg in the year 1944.   

Mar 30   First use of torpedo squadrons from carriers to drop aerial mines (Palau Harbor) in the year 1944.   

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

Mar 31   In the year 1944 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   Mikulas Moyzes, composer, dies at 71 in the year 1944.   

Apr 03   British dive bombers attack battle cruiser Tirpitz in the year 1944.   

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   On this day in history british troops capture Addis Ababa Ethiopia   

Apr 04   On this day in history de Gaulle forms new regime in exile, with communists   

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

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

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

Apr 06   On this day in history jewish nursery at Izieu-Ain France overrun by Nazis   

Apr 07   On this day in history general Montgomery speaks to generals about invastion plan   

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

Apr 09   Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Orientals Ecclesiae on this day in history.   

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

Apr 11   On this day in history 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   On this day in history birth of peter Eotvos, composer   

Jan 02   Prince Norodom Ranariddh, Cambodian politician was born in the year 1944.   

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

Jan 03   David Atherton, English conductor was born in the year 1944.   

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 in the year 1944.   

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

Jan 05   In the year 1944 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 BaltruÅ¡aitis, Lithuanian poet (b. 1873) died in the year 1944.   

Jan 04   Henri "Hans" Flu, Indonesian/Dutch family doctor/antifascist, murder died in the year 1944.   

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   On this day in history 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.