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 on this day in history.  

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

Mar 26   The birth of Diana Ross, American singer in the year 1944.  

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   On this day in history 40 Jewish policemen in Riga Latvia ghetto are shot by the gestapo  

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 in the year 1944.  

Mar 29   On this day in history the birth of Vangelis, Greek musician  

Mar 30   On this day in history 781 British bombers attack Neurenberg  

Mar 30   In the year 1944 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   In the year 1944 mineichi Koga, admiral of Japanese fleet, dies  

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   On this day in history mikulas Moyzes, composer, dies at 71  

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   In the year 1944 supreme Court, in "Smith v Allwright", declares "white primaries" unconstitutional  

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   John Peale Bishop, US poet (Undertaker's Garland), dies at 51 on this day in history.  

Apr 05   140 Lancasters bomb airplane manufacturer in Toulouse on this day in history.  

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   On this day in history general Montgomery speaks to generals about invastion plan  

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

Apr 09   On this day in history pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Orientals Ecclesiae  

Apr 10   On this day in history "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   Peter Eotvos, composer was born in the year 1944.  

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

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   Felix Arons, Dutch director/actor (Waaldrecht) was born in the year 1944.  

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   On this day in history death of jurgis Baltrušaitis, Lithuanian poet (b. 1873)  

Jan 04   Henri "Hans" Flu, Indonesian/Dutch family doctor/antifascist, murder died on this day in history.  

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

Jan 06   In the year 1944 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.