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 On this day in history eric Westberg, composer, dies at 52  

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 Alois Kayser, German missionary to Nauru (b. 1877) died on this day in history.  

Oct 23 On this day in history death of hana Brady, Holocaust victim  

Oct 24 Lauri S A Haarla, Finnish writer (Juudas, Sukeltaja), dies at 54 in the year 1944.  

Oct 25 On this day in history death of fake Krist, nazi collaborator, killed  

Oct 26 In the year 1944 death of princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom, daughter of Queen Victoria (b. 1857)  

Oct 27 On this day in history iman J Van de Bosch, Belgian resistance fighter, dies  

Oct 30 Paul Emile Ladmirault, composer, dies at 66 in the year 1944.  

Nov 02 On this day in history death of thomas Midgley, American chemist and inventor (b. 1889)  

Nov 05 In the year 1944 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 on this day in history.  

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

Nov 09 In the year 1944 death of frank Marshall, American chess player (b. 1877)  

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

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

Nov 14 On this day in history death of carl Flesch, Hungarian violinist (b. 1873)  

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

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 On this day in history arthur Stanley Eddington, dies  

Nov 24 On this day in history eMHCH Houtappel, resistance fighter: in Neuengamme, dies  

Nov 25 On this day in history kenesaw Mountain Landis, judge/baseball commisioner, dies at 78  

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

Nov 28 Bijnen, Dutch opposition leader (LKP), shot to death in Apeldoorn died on this day in history.  

Nov 30 Max Halbe, writer, dies at 79 in the year 1944.  

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 On this day in history birth of prince Norodom Ranariddh, Cambodian politician  

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 In the year 1944 birth of felix Arons, Dutch director/actor (Waaldrecht)  

Jan 05 In the year 1944 birth of tommie Smith, US, 200m dash (Olympic-gold-1968) [or Jun 5]