Page 6: 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 in the year 1944.   

Mar 26   705 British bombers attack Essen on this day in history.   

Mar 26   On this day in history the birth of Diana Ross, American singer   

Mar 27   1,000 Jews leave Drancy France for Auschwitz Concentration Camp in the year 1944.   

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   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   In the year 1944 the birth of Vangelis, Greek musician   

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

Mar 30   First use of torpedo squadrons from carriers to drop aerial mines (Palau Harbor) in the year 1944.   

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   German Abwehr ends England spiel, after 132 killed on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1944.   

Apr 03   In the year 1944 supreme Court (Smith v Allwright) "white primaries" unconstitutional   

Apr 03   On this day in history supreme Court, in "Smith v Allwright", declares "white primaries" unconstitutional   

Apr 04   British troops capture Addis Ababa Ethiopia on this day in history.   

Apr 04   De Gaulle forms new regime in exile, with communists on this day in history.   

Apr 04   John Peale Bishop, US poet (Undertaker's Garland), dies at 51 on this day in history.   

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   Jewish nursery at Izieu-Ain France overrun by Nazis on this day in history.   

Apr 07   General Montgomery speaks to generals about invastion plan on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1944.   

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

Jan 02   On this day in history 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   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 on this day in history.   

Jan 04   Volker Hornback, rocker (Tangerine Dream) was born in the year 1944.   

Jan 05   In the year 1944 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   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 in the year 1944.   

Jan 05   On this day in history adolph Goldschmidt, German/Swiss art historian, dies at 80   

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

Jan 11   Galeazzo count of Cortellazzo Ciano, Italian politician, dies in the year 1944.