November 7, 1944

1944Gigi Riva, Italian footballer and manager (died 2024)^[†]

Luigi "Gigi" Riva was an Italian professional footballer who played as a striker.

1944Peter Wilby, English journalist^[†]

Peter John Wilby is a British journalist and convicted sex offender. He is a former editor of The Independent on Sunday and the New Statesman.

1944Richard Sorge, Azerbaijani-German journalist and spy (born 1895)^[†]

Richard Gustavovich Sorge was a German-Russian journalist and Soviet military intelligence officer who was active before and during World War II and worked undercover as a German journalist in both Nazi Germany and the Empire of Japan. His codename was "Ramsay" (Рамза́й).

1944Hannah Szenes, Hungarian-Israeli soldier and poet (born 1921)^[†]

Hannah Szenes was a Hungarian-born poet, playwright, and resistance operative trained by the British Special Operations Executive (SOE). In 1944, she was one of 37 Jewish volunteers from Mandatory Palestine parachuted into occupied Europe to support Allied efforts and help rescue Jews facing deportation.

1944Soviet spy Richard Sorge, a half-Russian, half-German World War I veteran, is hanged by his Japanese captors along with 34 of his ring.^[†]

Richard Gustavovich Sorge was a German-Russian journalist and Soviet military intelligence officer who was active before and during World War II and worked undercover as a German journalist in both Nazi Germany and the Empire of Japan. His codename was "Ramsay" (Рамза́й).

1944Franklin D. Roosevelt is elected for a record fourth term as President of the United States.^[†]

Franklin Delano Roosevelt, also known as FDR, was the 32nd president of the United States from 1933 until his death in 1945. He is the longest-serving U.S. president, and the only one to have served more than two terms. His first two terms were centered on combating the Great Depression, while his third and fourth saw him shift his focus to America's involvement in World War II.