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In the year 1944
704 Notable deaths
William Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington
English politician and soldier (1917-1944).
Born December 10th, 1917 in London.
Died September 9th, 1944 at 26 years old in Heppen (gunshot wound).
Friedrich Olbricht
German general (1888–1944).
Born October 4th, 1888 in Leisnig.
Died July 21st, 1944 at 55 years old in Berlin (gunshot wound).
Harold Lowe
British sailor (1882-1944).
Born November 21st, 1882 in Llanrhos.
Died May 12th, 1944 at 61 years old in Deganwy.
Lesley J. McNair
Recipient of the purple heart medal (1883-1944).
Born May 25th, 1883 in Verndale.
Died July 25th, 1944 at 61 years old in Saint-Lô.
Abdülmecid 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).
Mariya Oktyabrskaya
Soviet war hero (1902–1944).
Born July 21st, 1907 in Blyzhnie.
Died March 15th, 1944 at 36 years old in Smolensk.
Margaret Woodrow Wilson
Acting first lady of the united states (1914-1915).
Born April 16th, 1886 in Georgia.
Died February 12th, 1944 at 57 years old in Pondicherry (uremia).
Romain Rolland
French author (1866-1944).
Born January 29th, 1866 in Clamecy.
Died December 30th, 1944 at 78 years old in Vézelay (tuberculosis).
Leo Baekeland
Belgium american inventor (1863-1944).
Born November 14th, 1863 in Ghent.
Died February 23rd, 1944 at 80 years old in Beacon (cerebral hemorrhage).
Princess Mafalda of Savoy
Savoyard and hesse-kasselian royal.
Born November 2nd, 1902 in Rome.
Died August 28th, 1944 at 41 years old in Buchwald, Buchenwald concentration camp.
Christian Wirth
Nazi german police chief, extermination camp commandant, holocaust perpetrator (1885–1944).
Born November 24th, 1885 in Balzheim.
Died May 26th, 1944 at 58 years old in Municipality of Hrpelje-Kozina (gunshot wound).
Walter Guinness, 1st Baron Moyne
British politician, businessman and army officer (1880-1944).
Born March 29th, 1880 in Dublin.
Died November 6th, 1944 at 64 years old in Cairo.
William Hale Thompson
American politician (1869–1944).
Born May 14th, 1869 in Boston. [ref]
Died March 19th, 1944 at 74 years old in The Blackstone Hotel.
William Heath Robinson
British illustrator (1872–1944).
Born May 31st, 1872 in London.
Died September 13th, 1944 at 72 years old in London.
Marc Bloch
French historian (1886–1944).
Born July 6th, 1886 in 2nd arrondissement of Lyon. [ref]
Died June 16th, 1944 at 57 years old in Saint-Didier-de-Formans (gunshot wound, execution).
Amy Beach
American composer and pianist.
Born September 5th, 1867 in Henniker. [ref]
Died December 27th, 1944 at 77 years old in New York City (cardiac arrest).
Trafford Leigh-Mallory
British military officer during world wars i and ii (1892–1944).
Born July 11th, 1892 in Mobberley.
Died November 14th, 1944 at 52 years old in Grenoble.
Heinz Heydrich
Ss officer.
Born September 29th, 1905 in Halle (Saale).
Died November 19th, 1944 at 39 years old in Prabuty (gunshot wound).
Alexis Carrel
French surgeon and biologist.
Born June 28th, 1873 in Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon.
Died November 5th, 1944 at 71 years old in Paris.
Louis Buchalter
American mobster (1899-1947).
Born February 6th, 1897 in New York City.
Died March 4th, 1944 at 47 years old in Sing Sing (electrocution).
Zinaida Portnova
Soviet partisan (1926–1944).
Born February 20th, 1926 in Saint Petersburg.
Died January 15th, 1944 at 17 years old in Polatsk.
Fritz Pfeffer
German physician (1889–1944).
Born April 30th, 1889 in Giessen. [ref]
Died December 20th, 1944 at 55 years old in Neuengamme concentration camp.
Stephen Leacock
Canadian writer and economist (1869–1944).
Born December 30th, 1869 in Hampshire.
Died March 28th, 1944 at 74 years old in Toronto (esophageal cancer).
Bronislav Kaminski
Polish-russian-german ss-brigadeführer (1899-1944).
Born June 16th, 1899 in Dobrzyń nad Wisłą.
Died August 28th, 1944 at 45 years old in Łódź (gunshot wound).
Eoin O'Duffy
Irish political activist, soldier and police commissioner (1890–1944).
Born October 20th, 1892 in Castleblayney.
Died November 30th, 1944 at 52 years old in Dublin.
Deaths 51 to 75 of 704
I could just remember how my father used to say that the reason for living was to get ready to stay dead a long time. William Faulkner