Historical Events In 1944

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

Mar 25   In the year 1944 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   In the year 1944 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 on this day in history.  

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

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 in the year 1944.  

Mar 27   Children's Aktion-Nazis collect all the Jewish children of Lovno on this day in history.  

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

Mar 28   On this day in history chayyim Most, Rabbi/Maggid of Kovono, killed by nazis  

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

Mar 30   781 British bombers attack Neurenberg on this day in history.  

Mar 30   On this day in history first use of torpedo squadrons from carriers to drop aerial mines (Palau Harbor)  

Mar 31   In the year 1944 hungary orders all Jews to wear yellow stars  

Mar 31   Mineichi Koga, admiral of Japanese fleet, dies in the year 1944.  

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

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   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   On this day in history supreme Court, in "Smith v Allwright", declares "white primaries" unconstitutional  

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 in the year 1944.  

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 in the year 1944.  

Apr 06   Jewish nursery at Izieu-Ain France overrun by Nazis in the year 1944.  

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

Apr 11   RAF bombs census bureau in The Hague in the year 1944.  

Apr 12   Lillian Hellman's "Searching Wind," premieres in NYC on this day in history.  

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Jan 02   On this day in history birth of peter Eotvos, composer  

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 on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

Jan 05   In the year 1944 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   C T B Turner, cricket (17 Tests 1886-95, 101 wkt All time great), dies on this day in history.  

Jan 03   Jurgis Baltrušaitis, Lithuanian poet (b. 1873) died on this day in history.  

Jan 04   In the year 1944 death of henri "Hans" Flu, Indonesian/Dutch family doctor/antifascist, murder  

Jan 05   Adolph Goldschmidt, German/Swiss art historian, dies at 80 in the year 1944.  

Jan 06   On this day in history 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 in the year 1944.  

Jan 11   Galeazzo count of Cortellazzo Ciano, Italian politician, dies on this day in history.