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   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   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 on this day in history.   

Mar 27   On this day in history 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   The birth of Vangelis, Greek musician in the year 1944.   

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

Apr 02   In the year 1944 cPI-leader Palmiro Togliatti returns to Italy   

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

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

Apr 03   On this day in history supreme Court (Smith v Allwright) "white primaries" unconstitutional   

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   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 in the year 1944.   

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 in the year 1944.   

Apr 09   In the year 1944 boleslaw Wallek-Walewski, composer, dies at 59   

Apr 09   Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Orientals Ecclesiae in the year 1944.   

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   On this day in history birth of peter Eotvos, composer   

Jan 02   Prince Norodom Ranariddh, Cambodian politician was born on this day in history.   

Jan 03   In the year 1944 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   In the year 1944 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   On this day in history 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   In the year 1944 c T B Turner, cricket (17 Tests 1886-95, 101 wkt All time great), dies   

Jan 03   In the year 1944 death of jurgis BaltruÅ¡aitis, Lithuanian poet (b. 1873)   

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   On this day in history death of ida Tarbell, American journalist (b. 1857)   

Jan 07   J Verleun, Dutch resistance fighter, executed died in the year 1944.   

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 in the year 1944.