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 in the year 1944.   

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 in the year 1944.   

Mar 27   On this day in history 2,000 Jews are murdered in Kaunas Lithuania   

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

Mar 27   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 in the year 1944.   

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

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

Mar 28   On this day in history chayyim Most, Rabbi/Maggid of Kovono, killed by nazis   

Mar 29   The birth of Vangelis, Greek musician in the year 1944.   

Mar 30   In the year 1944 781 British bombers attack Neurenberg   

Mar 30   In the year 1944 first use of torpedo squadrons from carriers to drop aerial mines (Palau Harbor)   

Mar 31   Hungary orders all Jews to wear yellow stars on this day in history.   

Mar 31   On this day in history mineichi Koga, admiral of Japanese fleet, dies   

Apr 01   German Abwehr ends England spiel, after 132 killed on this day in history.   

Apr 02   In the year 1944 cPI-leader Palmiro Togliatti returns to Italy   

Apr 02   On this day in history mikulas Moyzes, composer, dies at 71   

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

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

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

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   On this day in history john Peale Bishop, US poet (Undertaker's Garland), dies at 51   

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

Apr 05   Isolde Kurz, German writer/poetess (Meine Mutter), dies at 90 on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1944 boleslaw Wallek-Walewski, composer, dies at 59   

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   RAF bombs census bureau in The Hague on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

Jan 04   In the year 1944 birth of volker Hornback, rocker (Tangerine Dream)   

Jan 05   On this day in history 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]   

Jan 01   C T B Turner, cricket (17 Tests 1886-95, 101 wkt All time great), dies in the year 1944.   

Jan 03   In the year 1944 death of jurgis BaltruÅ¡aitis, Lithuanian poet (b. 1873)   

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   In the year 1944 death of ida Tarbell, American journalist (b. 1857)   

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

Jan 08   William Kissam Vanderbilt II, member of the Vanderbilt family (b. 1878) died in the year 1944.   

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