Page 6: Historical Events In 1944

Mar 25   In the year 1944 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 on this day in history.   

Mar 26   705 British bombers attack Essen in the year 1944.   

Mar 26   In the year 1944 the birth of Diana Ross, American singer   

Mar 27   1,000 Jews leave Drancy France for Auschwitz Concentration Camp on this day in history.   

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   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 in the year 1944.   

Mar 27   Children's Aktion-Nazis collect all the Jewish children of Lovno in the year 1944.   

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   In the year 1944 hungary orders all Jews to wear yellow stars   

Mar 31   Mineichi Koga, admiral of Japanese fleet, dies in the year 1944.   

Apr 01   In the year 1944 german Abwehr ends England spiel, after 132 killed   

Apr 02   On this day in history cPI-leader Palmiro Togliatti returns to Italy   

Apr 02   Mikulas Moyzes, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

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   Supreme Court, in "Smith v Allwright", declares "white primaries" unconstitutional on this day in history.   

Apr 04   In the year 1944 british troops capture Addis Ababa Ethiopia   

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   140 Lancasters bomb airplane manufacturer in Toulouse in the year 1944.   

Apr 05   Isolde Kurz, German writer/poetess (Meine Mutter), dies at 90 in the year 1944.   

Apr 06   Jewish nursery at Izieu-Ain France overrun by Nazis on this day in history.   

Apr 07   In the year 1944 general Montgomery speaks to generals about invastion plan   

Apr 09   Boleslaw Wallek-Walewski, composer, dies at 59 on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1944.   

Apr 11   RAF bombs census bureau in The Hague in the year 1944.   

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 in the year 1944.   

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

Jan 03   In the year 1944 birth of christina von Saltza, US, swimmer (Olympic-3 gold/silver-1960)   

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   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   On this day in history death of jurgis BaltruÅ¡aitis, Lithuanian poet (b. 1873)   

Jan 04   On this day in history death of henri "Hans" Flu, Indonesian/Dutch family doctor/antifascist, murder   

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 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   Galeazzo count of Cortellazzo Ciano, Italian politician, dies on this day in history.