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- 26 Mar 1944
  
  Diana Ross · Diana is born in Detroit, Michigan and is the second eldest child to Ernestine and Fred Ross
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- 1 Aug 1944
  
  Manuel L. Quezon · Died tuberculosis at a cure cottage in Saranac Lake, New York. Age: 65
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- 8 Sep 1944 - Apr 1945
  
  Philippe Pétain · Following the liberation of France, Pétain and other members of the French cabinet at Vichy were relocated by the Germans to the Sigmaringen enclave in Germany, where they became a government-in-exile until April 1945. Age: 88 - 88
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- 28 Sep 1944
  
  Josip Broz Tito · Signed an agreement with the Soviet Union allowing "temporary entry" of Soviet troops into Yugoslav territory Age: 52
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- 15 Dec 1944
  
  George McGovern · Was almost fatally injured at a flight mission in Linz Age: 22
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- 11 May 1944
  
  Mildred Gillars · Made her most famous broadcast a few weeks prior to the D-Day invasion of Normandy, in a radio play written by Koischwitz called Vision of Invasion Age: 43
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- 14 Mar 1944
  
  Wernher von Braun · Was detained and taken to a Gestapo cell in Stettin Age: 31
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- 21 May 1944
  
  Charles A. Lindbergh · Flew his first combat mission: a strafing run with VMF-222 near the Japanese garrison of Rabaul Age: 42
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- 18 Dec 1944
  
  Douglas MacArthur · Was promoted to the new five-star rank of General of the Army, placing him in the company of Marshall and followed by Eisenhower and Henry "Hap" Arnold, the only four men to achieve the rank in World War II. Age: 64
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- 9 Nov 1944
  
  Robin Olds · Completed his first combat tour accruing 270 hours of combat time and six kills Age: 22
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- 14 Aug 1944
  
  Robin Olds · Shot down his first German aircraft, a pair of Focke-Wulf Fw 190s Age: 22
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- Jul 1944
  
  Princess Irene, Duchess of Aosta · Was interned by the Germans at the Hotel Ifen in Hirschegg, Austria, along with her infant son, her sister-in-law and two nieces. Age: 40
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- 1 Aug 1944
  
  George Bush · Was promoted to lieutenant (junior grade) Age: 20
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- 6 Jun 1944
  
  John S.D. Eisenhower · Graduated from United States Military Academy, Age: 21
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- 13 Sep 1944
  
  Noor Inayat Khan · Executed alongside her four colleges at the Dachau concentration camp Age: 30
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- 25 Jul 1944
  
  Eileen Nearne · Arrested after her transmitter was detected Age: 23
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- 3 Mar 1944
  
  Eileen Nearne · Worked as a wireless operator for the Wizard network as part of Operation Mitchel with Jean Savy Age: 22
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- 15 Aug 1944
  
  Eileen Nearne · She was sent to Ravensbrück concentration camp where she refused to do prison work Age: 23
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- 4 Dec 1944
  
  Albert Gore Sr. · Resigned Member of the U.S. House of Representatives, to enter the U.S. Army Age: 36
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- 6 May 1944
  
  Kathleen 'Kick' Kennedy · Married William Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington in a civil ceremony at the Caxton Hall Register Office Age: 24
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- 1 Jul 1944
  
  Joseph Kennedy Jr. · Was appointed a lieutenant with 25 combat missions completed Age: 28
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- 12 Aug 1944
  
  Joseph Kennedy Jr. · Was killed in action during World War II while serving as a land-based patrol bomber pilot Age: 29
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- 10 Aug 1944
  
  Erich Fellgiebel · Was found guilty by Roland Freisler and sentenced to death Age: 57
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- 4 Sep 1944
  
  Erich Fellgiebel · Was executed at Plötzensee Prison in Berlin. Age: 57
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- 22 Jul 1944
  
  Friedrich Fromm · Fromm and other members of the conspiracy were arrested Age: 55
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- 21 Jul 1944
  
  Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg · Stauffenberg, his aide 1st Lieutenant Werner von Haeften, General Friedrich Olbricht and Colonel Albrecht Mertz von Quirnheim were executed before 1:00 in the morning by a makeshift firing squad in the courtyard of the Bendlerblock, which was lit by the headlights of a truck Age: 36
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- 20 Dec 1944
  
  Dwight D. Eisenhower · Promoted to General of the Army, equivalent to the rank of Field Marshal Age: 54
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- 23 Jul 1944
  
  Joseph Goebbels · Hitler appointed him as Reich Plenipotentiary for Total War Age: 46
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- Oct 1944
  
  Princess Antonia of Luxembourg · Antonia and her children were captured, while Rupprecht, still in Italy, evaded arrest. They were imprisoned at Sachsenhausen. Age: 44
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- Sep 1944
  
  Princess Irmingard of Bavaria · Arrested by the Nazis who had been unsuccessful in trying to find and arrest her father. She fell ill from typhus and was sent to a prison hospital in Innsbruck. When she recovered, she was sent to the concentration camp at Oranienburg-Sachsenhausen, where she was reunited with other members of her family who had also been arrested Age: 21
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- 7 Jun 1944
  
  Josephine-Charlotte Grandduchess of Luxemburg · She and her father were sent to Germany and kept there under house arrest Age: 16
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- 20 Jul 1944
  
  Adolf Hitler · Survived the 20 July assasination plot with only minor injuries, due to Colonel Heinz Brandt moving the briefcase containing the bomb further away from Hitler, placing it behind a solid wooden table leg, as it was in his way Age: 55
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- Jul 1944
  
  Josias, Hereditary Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont · Was made a general in the Waffen-SS. Age: 48
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- 4 May 1944
  
  Fritz Neumüller · Awarded the Iron Cross Age: 28
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- 15 Dec 1944
  
  Chester W. Nimitz · Appointed by President Franklin Roosevelt as fleet admiral Age: 59
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