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

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 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   Children's Aktion-Nazis collect all the Jewish children of Lovno in the year 1944.  

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 in the year 1944.  

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 on this day in history.  

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

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

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

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

Apr 03   In the year 1944 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   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   In the year 1944 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   In the year 1944 jewish nursery at Izieu-Ain France overrun by Nazis  

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

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   "Patrolling the Ether" is shown on 3 TV stations simultaneously in the year 1944.  

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   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   In the year 1944 birth of christina von Saltza, US, swimmer (Olympic-3 gold/silver-1960)  

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

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of blanche d'Alpuget, Australian novelist, biographer and second wife of Bob Hawke  

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   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.  

Jan 03   On this day in history death of jurgis BaltruÅ¡aitis, Lithuanian poet (b. 1873)  

Jan 04   In the year 1944 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   Ida Tarbell, American journalist (b. 1857) died in the year 1944.  

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.