Historical Events In 1944

Oct 30   Aaron Copland's "Appalachian Spring," premieres in Wash DC in the year 1944.   

Oct 30   On this day in history anne Frank (of Diary fame) is deported from Auschwitz to Belsen   

Oct 30   On this day in history paul Emile Ladmirault, composer, dies at 66   

Oct 31   On this day in history chief of staff Kruls names De Quay chairman of Universal Commission   

Nov 01   In the year 1944 final mass gassing at Auschwitz, 73 women are murdered. The remainder of the prisoners, approximately 2,300, are deported to Ravensbruck and Bergen-Belsen to meet the growing slave labor demand.   

Nov 02   On this day in history auschwitz begins gassing inmates   

Nov 03   Allied commando's lands at Westkapelle Walcheren on this day in history.   

Nov 04   In the year 1944 german troops reconquer Schmidt Hurtgenwald   

Nov 05   Allied troops reach Zoutelande Walcheren on this day in history.   

Nov 06   In the year 1944 bill Henderson, Vancouver BC, rock vocalist/guitarist (Chilliwack)   

Nov 06   On this day in history hannah Senesh, Jewish poetess, executed by Nazis in Budapest   

Nov 06   In the year 1944 recognition of the future importance of turbojet and turboprop powerplants led the Bureau of Aeronautics to request the Naval Air Material Center to study requirements for a laboratory to develop and test gas-turbine powerplants   

Nov 07   FDR wins 4th term in office, defeating Thomas E Dewey (R) in the year 1944.   

Nov 07   Franklin D.Roosevelt elected for a record fourth term as President in the year 1944.   

Nov 07   In the year 1944 richard Sorge & Ozaki, spies, hanged in Tokyo   

Nov 08   On this day in history 25,000 Hungarian Jews are loaned to Nazis for forced labor   

Nov 08   In the year 1944 25,000 Hungarian Jews are loaned to the Nazis for forced labor   

Nov 08   In the year 1944 roosevelt wins the U.S. Presidency for a fourth term. Democrats gain in the House.   

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

Nov 09   Red Cross wins Nobel peace prize on this day in history.   

Nov 10   German riots in Rotterdam/Schiedam 52,000 men sent to Germany in the year 1944.   

Nov 12   Edgar Stillman Kelley, US composer (Gulliver), dies at 87 in the year 1944.   

Nov 12   In the year 1944 rAF sink German battleship "Tirpitz" at Tromso Fjord Norway   

Nov 12   The German battleship Tirpitz is sunk off the Norwegian coast on this day in history.   

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

Nov 15   In the year 1944 government approves sending members of the Australian Women's Army Service (AWAS) to New Guinea to replace men for service in forward areas Members of the Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS) and the Australian Army Medical Women's Service (AAMWS) were already serving in New Guinea   

Nov 15   Maarten Reuchlin, resistance fighter, executed on this day in history.   

Nov 15   Surprise attack on office of Nethche Bank on this day in history.   

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

Nov 16   In the year 1944 uS 9th division & 1st Army attacks at Geilenkirchen   

Nov 17   On this day in history -Nov 19] Nazi raids in Dutch NE Polder   

Nov 17   A C MacLaren, cricketer (England batsman from turn of century), dies in the year 1944.   

Nov 19   In the year 1944 world War II: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt announces the 6th War Loan Drive, aimed at selling $14 billion USD in war bonds to help pay for the war effort.   

Nov 20   1st Japanse suicide submarine attack (Ulithi Atol, Carolines) on this day in history.   

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Jan 02   On this day in history birth of peter Eotvos, composer   

Jan 02   In the year 1944 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   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   On this day in history birth of volker Hornback, rocker (Tangerine Dream)   

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.   

Jan 01   C T B Turner, cricket (17 Tests 1886-95, 101 wkt All time great), dies on this day in history.   

Jan 03   Jurgis BaltruÅ¡aitis, Lithuanian poet (b. 1873) died on this day in history.   

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   J Verleun, Dutch resistance fighter, executed died on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1944.