Timeline February 1944

Events in February 1944 6

• 1872 – 1944 Piet Mondrian De Stijl · Netherlands Piet Mondrian (March 7, 1872 – February 1, 1944) was a Dutch painter who reduced painting to horizontal and vertical lines and primary colours. His De Stijl aesthetic influenced architecture, design and typography throughout the 20th century.
• 1906 – 1944 Missak Manouchian (1906-1944) Died 21 February 1944, aged 37 Armenian poet and survivor of the Armenian genocide who led a French Resistance group of immigrant fighters in Paris. He and his comrades were captured and shot at Mont-Valérien, after being denounced in the Nazi Affiche Rouge poster. He was inducted into the Panthéon in 2024.
• 1944 – 2023 Jerry Springer American TV Host & Politician British-born American television host, lawyer and politician. Born in a London Underground station during the Blitz, he emigrated to the United States as a child. He served as Mayor of Cincinnati before becoming host of The Jerry Springer Show, a ratings phenomenon that ran for 27 years and became a defining artefact of 1990s American pop culture.
• 1944 Jerry Springer born in London Born Gerald Norman Springer in Highgate tube station in London during a German bombing raid. His parents were Polish-Jewish refugees who had escaped the Holocaust.
• 1944 – 1978 Ronnie Peterson The SuperSwede Renowned for his incredible car control and speed; finished as runner-up twice before his death.
• 1944 Deportation of Chechens and Ingush Soviet Operation Lentil On Stalin's orders the NKVD deported the entire Chechen and Ingush populations, around 500,000 people, to Central Asia on charges of collaboration. Tens of thousands died during the transport and in exile. The Chechen-Ingush republic was abolished until 1957.