April 1944 calendar

Events

• 01 Apr 1944 German Abwehr ends England spiel, after 132 killed
• 02 Apr 1944 CPI-leader Palmiro Togliatti returns to Italy.
• 03 Apr 1944 British dive bombers attack battle cruiser Tirpitz
• 04 Apr 1944 British troops capture Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
• 05 Apr 1944 140 Lancasters bomb airplane manufacturer in Toulouse.
• 06 Apr 1944 Jewish nursery at Izieu-Ain, France overrun by Germans.
• 09 Apr 1944 Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Orientals Ecclesiae
• 10 Apr 1944 Patrolling the Ether is shown on 3 TV stations simultaneously
• 11 Apr 1944 RAF bombs census bureau in The Hague.
• 13 Apr 1944 SC rejects black suffrage
• 14 Apr 1944 Freighter Fort Stikene explodes in Bombay India, killing 1,376
• 16 Apr 1944 Allied forces started bombing of Belgrade, killing about 1,100 people. This bombing fell on the Orthodox Christian Easter.
• 19 Apr 1944 Allied fleet attack Sabang Sumatra.
• 20 Apr 1944 NFL legalizes coaching from the bench.
• 21 Apr 1944 NFL Chicago Cardinals and Pittsburgh Steelers merge (dissolves on December 3).
• 22 Apr 1944 Hitler and Mussolini meet at Salzburg
• 24 Apr 1944 RAF bombs Munich
• 25 Apr 1944 United Negro College Fund incorporates in the USA.
• 26 Apr 1944 First B-29 attacked by Japanese fighters, one fighter shot down.
• 27 Apr 1944 Boston Braves' Jim Tobin no-hits Brooklyn Dodgers, 2-0.
• 28 Apr 1944 Stalin meets Polish / US priest S Orlemanski
• 29 Apr 1944 Surprise attack by Van de Peat on General Landsdrukkerij in the Hague.

Famous Birthday

• Christine Ockrent

  Belgian news journalist on Channel A2 in Belgium.

• Charles Sobhraj

  French serial killer of Indian and Vietnamese parentage, Sobhraj was known as "The Serpent" for his cunning and poisonous ways.

• Anita Pallenberg

  Italian-English model actress and fashion designer.

• Nicoletta
• Gerhard Schröder

  German politician, a Social Democrat elected Chancellor on 9/27/1998, defeating Helmut Kohl and ending a 16-year era in Germany.

• Steve Fossett

  American billionaire and adventurer, a record-breaking aviator, balloonist and sailor, accomplished mountain-climber, tri-athlete and...

• Jill Clayburgh

  American actress and singer (d. 2010).

• Craig T Nelson

  American actor.

• Jean Benguigui

  French actor of the screen, stage and on television.

• Alexis Gruss
• Daniel Richard

  French engineer, businessman and political activist.

• Jean-François Stévenin

  French actor who has appeared in 150 films and television shows since 1968.

• John Kay (musician)
• Willeke van Ammelrooy

  Amsterdam, Holland -- Actress (Cidke de Rat, Antonia).

• Yves-Marie Maurin
• Herbert Pagani
• Robert Namias

  French journalist and spokesperson of the French newspaper Nice-Matin employees' Collective Interest Cooperative Society (SCIC).

• Jack Casady

  American bass player (Jefferson Airplane Hot Tuna and Jefferson Starship).

• Pat Fairley
• François Garnier (bishop)
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Famous Deaths

• Isolde Kurz

  German writer / poetess (Meine Mutter), dies at 90.

• Mikulas Moyzes

  Composer, dies at 71.

• Karel Weis

  Composer, dies at 82.

• Boleslaw Wallek-Walewski

  Composer, dies at 59.

• Mezio Agostini

  Composer, dies at 68.

• JT Hearne

  English cricketer (Born 1867).

• Willy Derby [Dieben]

  singer ("Hello Bandoeng"), dies.

• Tommy Hitchcock

  polo player (Westchester Cup 1924, 1927), dies at age 44.

• Cecile Chaminade

  French composer and pianist (Born 1857).

• Nikolai Fyodorovich Vatutin

  Soviet general (Born 1901).

• Mohammed Alim Khan

  the last Emir of the Emirate of Bukhara (Born 1880).

• Elmer Gedeon

  American baseball player with the Washington Senators.

• Paul Hazard

  French scholar, professor and historian of ideas.

• Charles Jordan

  American athlete, played pro basketball in 1976 for the Indiana Pacers.

• Violette Morris

  French athlete and Nazi collaborator.

• Tony Mullane

  Irish-American baseball player and manager (d. 1944).

• Bernardino Machado

  Portuguese academic and politician 3rd President of Portugal (d. 1944).

• Nikolaos Roussen

  Greek naval officer in World War II (Born 1913).

• George Herriman

  American cartoonist (d. 1944).

• William Stephens

  American lawyer and politician 24th Governor of California (d. 1944).

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Stan Kenton & His Orchestra - Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me
2. Enric Madriguera & His Orchestra - I Love You
3. Pied Pipers - Mairzy Doats
4. Four King Sisters - It's Love-Love-Love
5. Harry James & His Orchestra (Vocal Dick Haymes) - I'll Get By (As Long As I Have You)