Page 6: Historical Events In 1944

Mar 25   In the year 1944 germany troop executes 335 residents of Rome   

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   705 British bombers attack Essen on this day in history.   

Mar 26   The birth of Diana Ross, American singer on this day in history.   

Mar 27   In the year 1944 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   In the year 1944 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   

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

Mar 28   On this day in history 6th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Utah defeats Dartmouth 42-40   

Mar 28   Chayyim Most, Rabbi/Maggid of Kovono, killed by nazis in the year 1944.   

Mar 29   On this day in history the birth of Vangelis, Greek musician   

Mar 30   On this day in history 781 British bombers attack Neurenberg   

Mar 30   First use of torpedo squadrons from carriers to drop aerial mines (Palau Harbor) on this day in history.   

Mar 31   In the year 1944 hungary orders all Jews to wear yellow stars   

Mar 31   In the year 1944 mineichi Koga, admiral of Japanese fleet, dies   

Apr 01   On this day in history german Abwehr ends England spiel, after 132 killed   

Apr 02   CPI-leader Palmiro Togliatti returns to Italy on this day in history.   

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

Apr 03   British dive bombers attack battle cruiser Tirpitz on this day in history.   

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

Apr 03   In the year 1944 supreme Court, in "Smith v Allwright", declares "white primaries" unconstitutional   

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   John Peale Bishop, US poet (Undertaker's Garland), dies at 51 in the year 1944.   

Apr 05   140 Lancasters bomb airplane manufacturer in Toulouse on this day in history.   

Apr 05   On this day in history isolde Kurz, German writer/poetess (Meine Mutter), dies at 90   

Apr 06   In the year 1944 jewish nursery at Izieu-Ain France overrun by Nazis   

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

Apr 09   Boleslaw Wallek-Walewski, composer, dies at 59 in the year 1944.   

Apr 09   Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Orientals Ecclesiae on this day in history.   

Apr 10   In the year 1944 "Patrolling the Ether" is shown on 3 TV stations simultaneously   

Apr 11   In the year 1944 rAF bombs census bureau in The Hague   

Apr 12   In the year 1944 lillian Hellman's "Searching Wind," premieres in NYC   

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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   On this day in history birth of christina von Saltza, US, swimmer (Olympic-3 gold/silver-1960)   

Jan 03   David Atherton, English conductor was born on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

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   Jurgis BaltruÅ¡aitis, Lithuanian poet (b. 1873) died in the year 1944.   

Jan 04   Henri "Hans" Flu, Indonesian/Dutch family doctor/antifascist, murder died on this day in history.   

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

Jan 06   On this day in history death of ida Tarbell, American journalist (b. 1857)   

Jan 07   J Verleun, Dutch resistance fighter, executed died in the year 1944.   

Jan 08   On this day in history 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.