Historical Events In 1944

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

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   705 British bombers attack Essen in the year 1944.  

Mar 26   In the year 1944 the birth of Diana Ross, American singer  

Mar 27   In the year 1944 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   In the year 1944 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   In the year 1944 children's Aktion-Nazis collect all the Jewish children of Lovno  

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

Mar 28   Chayyim Most, Rabbi/Maggid of Kovono, killed by nazis in the year 1944.  

Mar 29   The birth of Vangelis, Greek musician in the year 1944.  

Mar 30   781 British bombers attack Neurenberg in the year 1944.  

Mar 30   In the year 1944 first use of torpedo squadrons from carriers to drop aerial mines (Palau Harbor)  

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

Apr 02   CPI-leader Palmiro Togliatti returns to Italy in the year 1944.  

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

Apr 03   British dive bombers attack battle cruiser Tirpitz on this day in history.  

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   On this day in history british troops capture Addis Ababa Ethiopia  

Apr 04   In the year 1944 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   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   In the year 1944 general Montgomery speaks to generals about invastion plan  

Apr 09   On this day in history boleslaw Wallek-Walewski, composer, dies at 59  

Apr 09   In the year 1944 pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Orientals Ecclesiae  

Apr 10   "Patrolling the Ether" is shown on 3 TV stations simultaneously on this day in history.  

Apr 11   On this day in history 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   On this day in history birth of peter Eotvos, composer  

Jan 02   In the year 1944 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   On this day in history birth of blanche d'Alpuget, Australian novelist, biographer and second wife of Bob Hawke  

Jan 04   In the year 1944 birth of volker Hornback, rocker (Tangerine Dream)  

Jan 05   On this day in history birth of felix Arons, Dutch director/actor (Waaldrecht)  

Jan 05   In the year 1944 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   In the year 1944 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 on this day in history.  

Jan 06   On this day in history 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   William Kissam Vanderbilt II, member of the Vanderbilt family (b. 1878) died on this day in history.  

Jan 11   In the year 1944 galeazzo count of Cortellazzo Ciano, Italian politician, dies