Historical Events In 1944

Mar 25   Germany troop executes 335 residents of Rome in the year 1944.   

Mar 25   On this day in history 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   On this day in history 2,000 Jews are murdered in Kaunas Lithuania   

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

Mar 28   On this day in history 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   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   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   On this day in history supreme Court (Smith v Allwright) "white primaries" unconstitutional   

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 in the year 1944.   

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   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   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   On this day in history 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   RAF bombs census bureau in The Hague in the year 1944.   

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

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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   Christina von Saltza, US, swimmer (Olympic-3 gold/silver-1960) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 03   In the year 1944 birth of david Atherton, English conductor   

Jan 03   Blanche d'Alpuget, Australian novelist, biographer and second wife of Bob Hawke was born on this day in history.   

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of volker Hornback, rocker (Tangerine Dream)   

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

Jan 05   On this day in history birth of tommie Smith, US, 200m dash (Olympic-gold-1968) [or Jun 5]   

Jan 01   In the year 1944 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 BaltruÅ¡aitis, Lithuanian poet (b. 1873)   

Jan 04   Henri "Hans" Flu, Indonesian/Dutch family doctor/antifascist, murder died in the year 1944.   

Jan 05   Adolph Goldschmidt, German/Swiss art historian, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

Jan 06   In the year 1944 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 on this day in history.   

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