Historical Events In 1944

Mar 25   On this day in history germany troop executes 335 residents of Rome  

Mar 25   On this day in history rAF Sergeant Nickolas Alkemade survives a jump from his Lancaster bomber from 18,000 feet without a parachute  

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

Mar 26   The birth of Diana Ross, American singer on this day in history.  

Mar 27   1,000 Jews leave Drancy France for Auschwitz Concentration Camp in the year 1944.  

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

Mar 28   6th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Utah defeats Dartmouth 42-40 in the year 1944.  

Mar 28   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.  

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

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   In the year 1944 german Abwehr ends England spiel, after 132 killed  

Apr 02   On this day in history cPI-leader Palmiro Togliatti returns to Italy  

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   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   De Gaulle forms new regime in exile, with communists on this day in history.  

Apr 04   On this day in history 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   Isolde Kurz, German writer/poetess (Meine Mutter), dies at 90 on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

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   RAF bombs census bureau in The Hague on this day in history.  

Apr 12   Lillian Hellman's "Searching Wind," premieres in NYC in the year 1944.  

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Jan 02   Peter Eotvos, composer was born in the year 1944.  

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

Jan 03   Christina von Saltza, US, swimmer (Olympic-3 gold/silver-1960) was born on this day in history.  

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

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

Jan 05   On this day in history birth of tommie Smith, US, 200m dash (Olympic-gold-1968) [or Jun 5]  

Jan 01   On this day in history c T B Turner, cricket (17 Tests 1886-95, 101 wkt All time great), dies  

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

Jan 04   On this day in history death of henri "Hans" Flu, Indonesian/Dutch family doctor/antifascist, murder  

Jan 05   On this day in history 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   In the year 1944 death of j Verleun, Dutch resistance fighter, executed  

Jan 08   William Kissam Vanderbilt II, member of the Vanderbilt family (b. 1878) died on this day in history.  

Jan 11   On this day in history galeazzo count of Cortellazzo Ciano, Italian politician, dies