Page 20: Historical Events In 1944

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

Oct 30   In the year 1944 anne Frank (of Diary fame) is deported from Auschwitz to Belsen   

Oct 30   In the year 1944 paul Emile Ladmirault, composer, dies at 66   

Oct 31   In the year 1944 chief of staff Kruls names De Quay chairman of Universal Commission   

Nov 01   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 in the year 1944.   

Nov 02   In the year 1944 auschwitz begins gassing inmates   

Nov 03   On this day in history allied commando's lands at Westkapelle Walcheren   

Nov 04   German troops reconquer Schmidt Hurtgenwald on this day in history.   

Nov 05   In the year 1944 allied troops reach Zoutelande Walcheren   

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

Nov 06   Hannah Senesh, Jewish poetess, executed by Nazis in Budapest in the year 1944.   

Nov 06   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 in the year 1944.   

Nov 07   On this day in history fDR wins 4th term in office, defeating Thomas E Dewey (R)   

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

Nov 07   Richard Sorge & Ozaki, spies, hanged in Tokyo on this day in history.   

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

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

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

Nov 08   Walter Nowotny, German combat/jet fighter pilot, dies on this day in history.   

Nov 09   In the year 1944 red Cross wins Nobel peace prize   

Nov 10   On this day in history german riots in Rotterdam/Schiedam 52,000 men sent to Germany   

Nov 12   In the year 1944 edgar Stillman Kelley, US composer (Gulliver), dies at 87   

Nov 12   On this day in history 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   Paul Graener, composer, dies at 72 in the year 1944.   

Nov 15   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 in the year 1944.   

Nov 15   On this day in history maarten Reuchlin, resistance fighter, executed   

Nov 15   Surprise attack on office of Nethche Bank in the year 1944.   

Nov 16   Charles Kellaway, cricketer (26 Tests 1910-1928), dies on this day in history.   

Nov 16   US 9th division & 1st Army attacks at Geilenkirchen in the year 1944.   

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

Nov 17   A C MacLaren, cricketer (England batsman from turn of century), dies on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history 1st Japanse suicide submarine attack (Ulithi Atol, Carolines)   

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Jan 02   Peter Eotvos, composer was born in the year 1944.   

Jan 02   In the year 1944 birth of prince Norodom Ranariddh, Cambodian politician   

Jan 03   On this day in history 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 in the year 1944.   

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   Tommie Smith, US, 200m dash (Olympic-gold-1968) [or Jun 5] was born in the year 1944.   

Jan 01   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

Jan 04   In the year 1944 death of henri "Hans" Flu, Indonesian/Dutch family doctor/antifascist, murder   

Jan 05   Adolph Goldschmidt, German/Swiss art historian, dies at 80 in the year 1944.   

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.