Page 5: Famous Deaths Happened In 1944

Oct 15 On this day in history death of philip Mechanicus, journalist, executed in Auschwitz-Birkenau  

Oct 16 Eric Westberg, composer, dies at 52 on this day in history.  

Oct 17 Pavel Haas, composer, dies at 45 in the year 1944.  

Oct 20 In the year 1944 gabriel Groulez, composer, dies at 65  

Oct 21 On this day in history death of alois Kayser, German missionary to Nauru (b. 1877)  

Oct 23 In the year 1944 death of hana Brady, Holocaust victim  

Oct 24 On this day in history lauri S A Haarla, Finnish writer (Juudas, Sukeltaja), dies at 54  

Oct 25 In the year 1944 death of fake Krist, nazi collaborator, killed  

Oct 26 On this day in history death of princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom, daughter of Queen Victoria (b. 1857)  

Oct 27 Iman J Van de Bosch, Belgian resistance fighter, dies on this day in history.  

Oct 30 Paul Emile Ladmirault, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.  

Nov 02 Thomas Midgley, American chemist and inventor (b. 1889) died in the year 1944.  

Nov 05 On this day in history death of alexis Carrel, French surgeon and biologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1873)  

Nov 06 In the year 1944 death of hannah Senesh, Jewish poetess, executed by Nazis in Budapest  

Nov 07 Richard Sorge & Ozaki, spies, hanged in Tokyo died in the year 1944.  

Nov 08 In the year 1944 walter Nowotny, German combat/jet fighter pilot, dies  

Nov 09 Frank Marshall, American chess player (b. 1877) died on this day in history.  

Nov 12 In the year 1944 edgar Stillman Kelley, US composer (Gulliver), dies at 87  

Nov 13 In the year 1944 paul Graener, composer, dies at 72  

Nov 14 In the year 1944 death of carl Flesch, Hungarian violinist (b. 1873)  

Nov 15 On this day in history death of maarten Reuchlin, resistance fighter, executed  

Nov 16 On this day in history charles Kellaway, cricketer (26 Tests 1910-1928), dies  

Nov 17 In the year 1944 a C MacLaren, cricketer (England batsman from turn of century), dies  

Nov 20 Sekio Nishina, Japanese inventor (kaiten-suicide submarine), dies at 21 in the year 1944.  

Nov 22 Arthur Stanley Eddington, dies on this day in history.  

Nov 24 EMHCH Houtappel, resistance fighter: in Neuengamme, dies on this day in history.  

Nov 25 Kenesaw Mountain Landis, judge/baseball commisioner, dies at 78 on this day in history.  

Nov 27 In the year 1944 death of leonid Isaakovich Mandelshtam, Russian physicist (b. 1879)  

Nov 28 In the year 1944 death of bijnen, Dutch opposition leader (LKP), shot to death in Apeldoorn  

Nov 30 Max Halbe, writer, dies at 79 on this day in history.  

Dec 02 On this day in history filippo T Marinetti, Italian writer (father of futurism), dies at 67  

Dec 03 Delfien Vanhaute, Flemish pastor/poet (Ark of Noah), dies at 75 in the year 1944.  

Dec 04 Roger Bresnahan, American baseball player (b. 1879) died in the year 1944.  

Dec 09 Laird Cregar, actor (Charley's Aunt, Hangover Square), dies at 28 in the year 1944.  

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Jan 02 Peter Eotvos, composer was born on this day in history.  

Jan 02 Prince Norodom Ranariddh, Cambodian politician was born in the year 1944.  

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 On this day in history birth of blanche d'Alpuget, Australian novelist, biographer and second wife of Bob Hawke  

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 Tommie Smith, US, 200m dash (Olympic-gold-1968) [or Jun 5] was born on this day in history.