What Happened In April 1944 In History

Historical Events for April, 1944

• 1st » Navigation errors lead to an accidental United States known as American bombing of the Switzerland known as Swiss city of Schaffhausen.
• 4th » World War II: Bombing of Bucharest in World War II known as First bombardment of oil refineries in Bucharest by Anglo-American forces kills 3000 civilians.
• 5th » World War II: 270 inhabitants of the Greek town of Kleisoura, Kastoria named Kleisoura are executed by the Nazi Germany named Germans.
• 10th » Rudolf Vrba and Alfréd Wetzler escape from the Auschwitz concentration camp or Birkenau death camp.
• 13th » Diplomatic relations between New Zealand and the Soviet Union are established.
• 14th » Bombay Explosion (1944) known as Bombay Explosion: A massive explosion in Bombay harbor kills 300 and causes economic damage valued then at 20 million pounds.
• 16th » World War II: Allied forces start bombing Belgrade, killing about 1,100 people. This bombing fell on the Orthodox Christian Easter.
• 22nd » The 1st Air Commando Group using Sikorsky R-4 helicopters stage the first use of helicopters in military helicopter named combat with combat search and rescue operations in the China Burma India Theater e.g China-Burma-India theater.
• 22nd » World War II: Operation Persecution is initiated Allies of World War II called Allied forces land in the Jayapura called Hollandia (currently known as Jayapura) area of New Guinea.
• 25th » The United Negro College Fund is incorporated.
• 26th » Georgios Papandreou becomes head of the Greek government-in-exile based in Egypt.
• 26th » Heinrich Kreipe is captured by Allied commandos in Axis occupation of Greece called occupied Crete.
• 28th » World War II: Nine German E-boats attacked US and UK units during Exercise Tiger, the rehearsal for the Normandy landings, killing 946.

Famous Birthdays on April in 1944

• 1st » Rusty Staub, American baseball player and coach
• 2nd » Bill Malinchak, American football player
• 3rd » Tony Orlando, American singer and actor (Tony Orlando and Dawn)
• 4th » Magda Aelvoet, Belgian politician
• 4th » Mary Kenny, Irish journalist, author, and playwright
• 4th » Craig T. Nelson, American actor
• 5th » Peter T. King, American soldier, lawyer, and politician
• 5th » Pedro Rosselló, Puerto Rican physician and politician, 7th Governor of Puerto Rico
• 6th » Anita Pallenberg, Italian-English model, actress, and fashion designer
• 6th » Felicity Palmer, English soprano and educator
• 7th » Julia Phillips, American film producer and author (d. 2002)
• 7th » Gerhard Schröder, German politician, 7th List of Chancellors of Germany named Chancellor of Germany
• 7th » Bill Stoneman, American baseball player and manager
• 8th » Hywel Bennett, Welsh actor
• 8th » Odd Nerdrum, Norwegian painter
• 8th » Deke Richards, American songwriter and producer (d. 2013)
• 8th » Joey D. Vieira, American actor
• 9th » Joe Brinkman, American baseball player and umpire
• 10th » Mike Carrell, American politician (d. 2013)
• 11th » Peter Barfuß, German footballer
• 11th » John Milius, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 12th » Georgios Balanos, Greek author
• 12th » Lisa Jardine, English historian, author, and academic
• 12th » John Kay (musician) John Kay, German-Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (The Sparrows (band) The Sparrows and Steppenwolf (band) Steppenwolf)
• 13th » Charles Burnett (director) called Charles Burnett, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 13th » Jack Casady, American bass player (Jefferson Airplane, Hot Tuna, and Jefferson Starship)
• 13th » Susan Davis (politician) known as Susan Davis, American politician
• 14th » John Sergeant (journalist) called John Sergeant, English journalist
• 15th » Dzhokhar Dudayev, Russian-Chechen general and politician, 1st President of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria (d. 1996)
• 15th » Dave Edmunds, Welsh singer, guitarist, and producer (Love Sculpture and Rockpile)
• 16th » Sue Clifford, English environmentalist and academic, co-founded Common Ground (United Kingdom) named Common Ground
• 18th » Robert Hanssen, American FBI agent and spy
• 18th » Philip Jackson (sculptor) e.g Philip Jackson, Scottish sculptor
• 19th » Keith Erickson, American basketball player and sportscaster
• 19th » James Heckman, American economist, Nobel Prize in Economics called Nobel Prize laureate
• 20th » Toivo Aare, Estonian journalist (d. 1999)
• 21st » Paul Geremia, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 21st » Adrian Hurley, Australian basketball player and coach
• 22nd » Steve Fossett, American businessman, pilot, and sailor (d. 2007)
• 22nd » Doug Jarrett, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2014)
• 22nd » Joshua Rifkin, American conductor and musicologist
• 23rd » Jean-François Stévenin, French actor
• 24th » Peter Cresswell (judge) known as Peter Cresswell, English judge
• 24th » St. Clair Lee, American singer (The Hues Corporation) (d. 2011)
• 24th » Maarja Nummert, Estonian architect
• 24th » Tony Visconti, American singer and producer
• 25th » Len Goodman, English dancer
• 25th » Stephen Nickell, English economist and academic
• 26th » Richard Bradshaw (conductor) e.g Richard Bradshaw, English conductor (d. 2007)
• 26th » Roger Coulam, English keyboard player (Blue Mink)
• 26th » Amien Rais, Indonesian politician
• 27th » Stoker Cavendish, 12th Duke of Devonshire, English academic and politician
• 27th » Michael Fish, English meteorologist
• 27th » Cuba Gooding, Sr., American singer and actor (The Main Ingredient (band) known as The Main Ingredient)
• 27th » Herb Pedersen, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Desert Rose Band)
• 28th » Elizabeth LeCompte, American director and producer
• 28th » Jean-Claude Van Cauwenberghe, Belgian politician, 10th Minister-President of the Walloon Region
• 28th » Alice Waters, American chef and author
• 29th » Princess Benedikte of Denmark
• 29th » Richard Kline, American actor and director
• 29th » Francis Lee, English footballer
• 30th » Jon Bing, Norwegian author, scholar, and academic (d. 2014)
• 30th » Jill Clayburgh, American actress (d. 2010)
• 30th » Graham Upton, English academic

Famous Deaths for April 1944

• 7th » Johann Gruber, Austrian Roman Catholic priest known as the "Saint of Gusen", murdered at Mauthausen-Gusen Concentration Camp (b. 1889)
• 9th » Yevgeniya Rudneva, Ukrainian lieutenant and pilot (b. 1920)
• 13th » Cécile Chaminade, French pianist and composer (b. 1857)
• 15th » Nikolai Fyodorovich Vatutin, Russian general (b. 1901)
• 17th » J. T. Hearne, English cricketer and coach (b. 1867)
• 17th » Dimitrios Psarros, Greek lieutenant, founded the National and Social Liberation (b. 1893)
• 20th » Elmer Gedeon, American baseball player and pilot (b. 1917)
• 22nd » Nikolaos Roussen, Greek captain (b. 1913)
• 24th » Charles Jordan (magician) known as Charles Jordan, American magician (b. 1888)
• 25th » George Herriman, American cartoonist (b. 1880)
• 25th » Tony Mullane, Irish-American baseball player (b. 1859)
• 25th » William Stephens, American politician, 24th Governor of California (b. 1859)
• 26th » Violette Morris, French footballer, shot putter, and discus thrower (b. 1893)
• 28th » Mohammed Alim Khan, Manghud ruler (b. 1880)
• 28th » Frank Knox, American journalist and politician, 46th United States Secretary of the Navy (b. 1874)
• 29th » Bernardino Machado, Portuguese politician, 8th President of Portugal (b. 1851)

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