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Events on Saturday 15 April 1944 2
1875 – 1944Giovanni Gentile (1875-1944)Died 15 April 1944, aged 68Italian idealist philosopher who called himself the philosopher of Fascism. As education minister he carried out major reforms of the Italian school system. He was assassinated by communist partisans in Florence.
1901 – 1944Nikolai Vatutin (1901-1944)Died 15 April 1944, aged 42Soviet army general who commanded fronts at Stalingrad, Kursk and the liberation of Kyiv. He was ambushed and badly wounded by Ukrainian nationalist insurgents in February 1944. He died of his wounds in Kyiv.