Page 6: Historical Events In 1944

Mar 25   Germany troop executes 335 residents of Rome on this day in history.   

Mar 25   RAF Sergeant Nickolas Alkemade survives a jump from his Lancaster bomber from 18,000 feet without a parachute in the year 1944.   

Mar 26   705 British bombers attack Essen on this day in history.   

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   2,000 Jews are murdered in Kaunas Lithuania on this day in history.   

Mar 27   40 Jewish policemen in Riga Latvia ghetto are shot by the gestapo on this day in history.   

Mar 27   On this day in history 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   On this day in history children's Aktion-Nazis collect all the Jewish children of Lovno   

Mar 28   In the year 1944 6th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Utah defeats Dartmouth 42-40   

Mar 28   In the year 1944 chayyim Most, Rabbi/Maggid of Kovono, killed by nazis   

Mar 29   The birth of Vangelis, Greek musician on this day in history.   

Mar 30   781 British bombers attack Neurenberg on this day in history.   

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

Apr 02   CPI-leader Palmiro Togliatti returns to Italy in the year 1944.   

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

Apr 03   On this day in history british dive bombers attack battle cruiser Tirpitz   

Apr 03   On this day in history supreme Court (Smith v Allwright) "white primaries" unconstitutional   

Apr 03   On this day in history supreme Court, in "Smith v Allwright", declares "white primaries" unconstitutional   

Apr 04   British troops capture Addis Ababa Ethiopia on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1944.   

Apr 05   140 Lancasters bomb airplane manufacturer in Toulouse in the year 1944.   

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

Apr 06   Jewish nursery at Izieu-Ain France overrun by Nazis in the year 1944.   

Apr 07   General Montgomery speaks to generals about invastion plan in the year 1944.   

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

Apr 09   On this day in history pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Orientals Ecclesiae   

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   On this day in history lillian Hellman's "Searching Wind," premieres in NYC   

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

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 in the year 1944.   

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 on this day in history.   

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

Jan 06   Ida Tarbell, American journalist (b. 1857) died in the year 1944.   

Jan 07   In the year 1944 death of j Verleun, Dutch resistance fighter, executed   

Jan 08   On this day in history death of william Kissam Vanderbilt II, member of the Vanderbilt family (b. 1878)   

Jan 11   On this day in history galeazzo count of Cortellazzo Ciano, Italian politician, dies