Timeline Tuesday 7 November 1944

Events on Tuesday 7 November 1944 2

• 1921 – 1944 Hannah Szenes (1921-1944) Died 7 November 1944, aged 23 Hungarian-born Jewish poet who emigrated to Palestine and joined British SOE as a parachutist. She was captured after crossing into Hungary on a mission to help Jews facing deportation. She was executed by firing squad in Budapest and is a national heroine in Israel.
• 1944 Roosevelt elected to fourth term Franklin D. Roosevelt defeats Thomas Dewey Franklin D. Roosevelt won an unprecedented fourth term as President of the United States, with Harry S. Truman as his running mate. He carried 36 of the 48 states. Roosevelt died less than three months into the new term.