Famous Deaths In 1944
Tuesday, 29 October 2024
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 Baltrušaitis, Lithuanian poet (b. 1873) died on this day in history.
Jan 04 Henri "Hans" Flu, Indonesian/Dutch family doctor/antifascist, murder died on this day in history.
Jan 05 On this day in history adolph Goldschmidt, German/Swiss art historian, dies at 80
Jan 06 Ida Tarbell, American journalist (b. 1857) died on this day in history.
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 In the year 1944 galeazzo count of Cortellazzo Ciano, Italian politician, dies
Jan 12 In the year 1944 death of lance C. Wade, American pilot (b. 1915)
Jan 14 On this day in history mohammed Emin Yurdakul, Turkish poet, dies at about 74
Jan 19 In the year 1944 harold Fraser-Simson, composer, dies at 71
Jan 20 James McKeen Cattell, American psychologist (b. 1860) died on this day in history.
Jan 21 Gustaaf DFL Schamelhout, Flemish physician/writer, dies at 74 on this day in history.
Jan 23 Edvard Munch, Norwegian painter (The Scream), dies at 80 on this day in history.
Jan 29 William Allen White, US journalist (Emporia Gazette), dies at 75 on this day in history.
Jan 31 Jean Giraudoux, French writer (b. 1882) died on this day in history.
Feb 01 In the year 1944 martin Lunssens, composer, dies at 72
Feb 04 On this day in history death of yvette Guilbert, French singer and actress (b. 1867)
Feb 05 Robert E Park, sociologist (human ecology, marginal man), dies at 79 in the year 1944.
Feb 07 Lina Cavalieri, Italian soprano (b. 1874) died on this day in history.
Feb 08 Clem Wilson, cricketer (bro of Rockley, 2 Tests for Engld 1896), dies in the year 1944.
Feb 10 In the year 1944 death of eugène Michel Antoniadi, Greek astronomer, a crater on Mars and the Antoniadi crater on the Moon were named in his honor (b. 1870)
Feb 11 On this day in history ivan Sollertinski, friend of Russian composer D Sjostakovitsj, dies
Feb 16 Edmund von Borck, composer, dies at 37 in the year 1944.
Feb 17 Fausto Agnelli, Swiss painter, dies at 64 on this day in history.
Feb 19 In the year 1944 siegfried Garibaldi Kallenberg, composer, dies at 76
Feb 21 On this day in history death of ferenc Szisz, Hungarian-born race car driver (b. 1873)
Feb 22 Kasturba Gandhi, wife of Mohandas Gandhi (b. 1869) died in the year 1944.
Feb 23 In the year 1944 leo Hendrick Baekeland, inventor (Bakelite), dies
Feb 24 In the year 1944 leo H A Baekeland, Belgian/US chemist (bakeliet), dies at 80
Feb 29 On this day in history death of pehr Evind Svinhufvud, President of Finland (b. 1861)
Mar 01 ... Formans, director Milos Formans mother, dies in Auschwitz in the year 1944.
Mar 04 Louis Capone, New York organized crime figure (b. 1896) (executed) died in the year 1944.
Mar 05 On this day in history max Jacob, French writer, dies in nazi concentration camp at 67