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 on this day in history.   

Mar 26   In the year 1944 705 British bombers attack Essen   

Mar 26   On this day in history 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   On this day in history 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   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   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   Hungary orders all Jews to wear yellow stars in the year 1944.   

Mar 31   In the year 1944 mineichi Koga, admiral of Japanese fleet, dies   

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

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

Apr 02   On this day in history mikulas Moyzes, composer, dies at 71   

Apr 03   In the year 1944 british dive bombers attack battle cruiser Tirpitz   

Apr 03   Supreme Court (Smith v Allwright) "white primaries" unconstitutional in the year 1944.   

Apr 03   Supreme Court, in "Smith v Allwright", declares "white primaries" unconstitutional on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history john Peale Bishop, US poet (Undertaker's Garland), dies at 51   

Apr 05   140 Lancasters bomb airplane manufacturer in Toulouse in the year 1944.   

Apr 05   On this day in history 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   In the year 1944 general Montgomery speaks to generals about invastion plan   

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

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

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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   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 in the year 1944.   

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   In the year 1944 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   Jurgis BaltruÅ¡aitis, Lithuanian poet (b. 1873) died in the year 1944.   

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   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 on this day in history.   

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