Page 6: Historical Events In 1944

Mar 25   Germany troop executes 335 residents of Rome on this day in history.   

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   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   2,000 Jews are murdered in Kaunas Lithuania in the year 1944.   

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

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   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   The birth of Vangelis, Greek musician on this day in history.   

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   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   In the year 1944 cPI-leader Palmiro Togliatti returns to Italy   

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   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   In the year 1944 140 Lancasters bomb airplane manufacturer in Toulouse   

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 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   In the year 1944 birth of peter Eotvos, composer   

Jan 02   In the year 1944 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   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   On this day in history birth of volker Hornback, rocker (Tangerine Dream)   

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

Jan 05   Tommie Smith, US, 200m dash (Olympic-gold-1968) [or Jun 5] was born on this day in history.   

Jan 01   On this day in history 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   Adolph Goldschmidt, German/Swiss art historian, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

Jan 06   On this day in history 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.