September 2, 1944

1944Janet Simpson, English sprinter (died 2010)^[†]

Janet Mary Simpson was a British athlete who competed in sprint events and the 400 metres and competed at three Olympic Games.

1944Bella Rosenfeld, Russian-American model and author (born 1895)^[†]

Bella Rosenfeld Chagall was a Jewish Russian writer born in Vitebsk, Russian Empire, nowadays Belarus, and the first wife of painter Marc Chagall. She was the subject of many of Chagall's paintings including Bella au col blanc in 1917, and appears posthumously in Bouquet près de la fenêtre, painted in 1959–1960.

1944The last execution of a Finn in Finland takes place when soldier Olavi Laiho is executed by shooting in Oulu.^[†]

Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It borders Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bothnia to the west and the Gulf of Finland to the south, opposite Estonia. Finland has a population of 5.6 million, the majority being ethnic Finns. Its capital and largest city is Helsinki. The official languages are Finnish and Swedish, the mother tongues of 84.1 percent and 5.1 percent of the population, respectively. Finland's climate varies from humid continental in the south to boreal in the north. Its land is predominantly covered by boreal forest, with over 180,000 recorded lakes.