Page 6: Historical Events In 1944

Mar 25   In the year 1944 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   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   On this day in history 2,000 Jews are murdered in Kaunas Lithuania   

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

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

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

Mar 31   Hungary orders all Jews to wear yellow stars on this day in history.   

Mar 31   Mineichi Koga, admiral of Japanese fleet, dies on this day in history.   

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

Apr 02   CPI-leader Palmiro Togliatti returns to Italy on this day in history.   

Apr 02   In the year 1944 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   On this day in history supreme Court, in "Smith v Allwright", declares "white primaries" unconstitutional   

Apr 04   In the year 1944 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 on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history jewish nursery at Izieu-Ain France overrun by Nazis   

Apr 07   General Montgomery speaks to generals about invastion plan in the year 1944.   

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   On this day in history "Patrolling the Ether" is shown on 3 TV stations simultaneously   

Apr 11   On this day in history rAF bombs census bureau in The Hague   

Apr 12   On this day in history lillian Hellman's "Searching Wind," premieres in NYC   

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Jan 02   In the year 1944 birth of peter Eotvos, composer   

Jan 02   On this day in history birth of prince Norodom Ranariddh, Cambodian politician   

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 in the year 1944.   

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

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 on this day in history.   

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 BaltruÅ¡aitis, Lithuanian poet (b. 1873)   

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

Jan 05   In the year 1944 adolph Goldschmidt, German/Swiss art historian, dies at 80   

Jan 06   Ida Tarbell, American journalist (b. 1857) died in the year 1944.   

Jan 07   On this day in history death of j Verleun, Dutch resistance fighter, executed   

Jan 08   In the year 1944 death of william Kissam Vanderbilt II, member of the Vanderbilt family (b. 1878)   

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