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In the year 1944
638 Notable deaths
Michael Wittmann
German waffen-ss tank commander.
Born April 22nd, 1914 in Vogelthal.
Died August 8th, 1944 at 30 years old in Caen.
Wendell Willkie
American lawyer and corporate executive (1892–1944).
Born February 18th, 1892 in Elwood.
Died October 8th, 1944 at 52 years old in New York City (myocardial infarction).
Thomas Midgley
American chemist (1889-1944).
Born May 18th, 1889 in Beaver Falls.
Died November 2nd, 1944 at 55 years old in Worthington (strangling).
Hilma af Klint
Swedish artist (1862–1944).
Born October 26th, 1862 in Solna.
Died October 21st, 1944 at 81 years old in Danderyd (traffic collision).
Edwin Lutyens
British architect (1869–1944).
Born March 29th, 1869 in London.
Died January 1st, 1944 at 74 years old in London.
Abdulmejid II
Last caliph of the ottoman dynasty (1868–1944).
Born May 29th, 1868 in Beşiktaş.
Died August 23rd, 1944 at 76 years old in Paris (myocardial infarction).
Henning von Tresckow
German general and member of the resistance of 20 july 1944 (1901-1944).
Born January 10th, 1901 in Magdeburg.
Died July 21st, 1944 at 43 years old in Białystok, Ostrów Mazowiecka (hand grenade).
Wang Jingwei
Chinese politician, leader of wang jingwei regime (1883-1944).
Born May 4th, 1883 in Sanshui District. [ref]
Died November 10th, 1944 at 61 years old in Nagoya (cancer). [ref]
Chūichi Nagumo
Japanese admiral.
Born March 25th, 1887 in Yamagata.
Died July 6th, 1944 at 57 years old in Saipan (gunshot wound).
Ida Tarbell
American journalist (1857-1944).
Born November 5th, 1857 in Erie County.
Died January 6th, 1944 at 86 years old in Bridgeport (pneumonia).
Galeazzo Ciano
Italian noble, diplomat and politician (1903-1944).
Born March 18th, 1903 in Livorno.
Died January 11th, 1944 at 40 years old in Verona (gunshot wound).
Ludwig Beck
German general.
Born June 29th, 1880 in Biebrich.
Died July 21st, 1944 at 64 years old in Berlin (ballistic trauma).
Richard Sorge
Soviet spy in germany and japan (1895－1944).
Born October 4th, 1895 in Baku.
Died November 7th, 1944 at 49 years old in Sugamo Prison (hanging).
Ernst Thälmann
German communist politician, leader of communist party of germany (1886–1944).
Born April 16th, 1886 in Hamburg.
Died August 18th, 1944 at 58 years old in Buchenwald concentration camp (gunshot wound, execution).
Günther von Kluge
German general (1882-1944).
Born October 30th, 1882 in Poznań.
Died August 19th, 1944 at 61 years old in Dombasle-en-Argonne (poison).
Lou Henry Hoover
First lady of the united states from 1929 to 1933.
Born March 29th, 1874 in Waterloo.
Died January 7th, 1944 at 69 years old in New York City (myocardial infarction).
Kenesaw Mountain Landis
American judge and baseball commissioner (1866-1944).
Born November 20th, 1866 in Millville.
Died November 25th, 1944 at 78 years old in Chicago (myocardial infarction).
Guy Gibson
First co of the royal air force's 617 squadron.
Born August 12th, 1918 in Shimla.
Died September 19th, 1944 at 26 years old in Steenbergen.
Arthur Eddington
British astrophysicist (1882-1944).
Born December 28th, 1882 in Kendal.
Died November 22nd, 1944 at 61 years old in Cambridge.
Giovanni Gentile
Italian philosopher, educator, fascist theoretician and politician.
Born May 29th, 1875 in Castelvetrano.
Died April 15th, 1944 at 68 years old in Florence.
Prafulla Chandra Ray
Indian chemist, educationist, poet, historian, industrialist and philanthropist..
Born August 2nd, 1861 in Khulna.
Died June 16th, 1944 at 82 years old in Kolkata.
Erwin von Witzleben
German field marshal (1881–1944).
Born December 4th, 1881 in Wrocław.
Died August 8th, 1944 at 62 years old in Plötzensee Prison (hanging to death).
Sergei Prokudin-Gorskii
Russian chemist and photographer.
Born August 30th, 1863 in Funikova Gora. [ref]
Died September 27th, 1944 at 81 years old in Paris. [ref]
Orde Wingate
British army officer, creator of the chindit mission in world war ii (1903–1944).
Born February 26th, 1903 in Nainital.
Died March 24th, 1944 at 41 years old in Manipur State.
Friedrich Olbricht
German general (1888–1944).
Born October 4th, 1888 in Leisnig.
Died July 21st, 1944 at 55 years old in Berlin (gunshot wound).
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It is the secret of the world that all things subsist and do not die, but retire a little from sight and afterwards return again. Ralph Waldo Emerson