1944: On This Year

1944

1944 (MCMXLIV in Roman Numerals) was the year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1944th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations.

Is 1944 a year special to you? If so you may like to discover what 1944 was famous for, who won the Oscars and the Nobel Prizes in 1944, who was Time's Person of the Year in 1944, which books, music and movies were top of the charts in 1944, what Chinese zodiac sign is associated to 1944, what babynames were most popular that year, what was the World population on that year and what happend in 1944.

On this page we will address all your questions and curiosities about 1944 to help you enjoy your trip down memory lane.

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What was 1944 known for ?

  • In 1944, the world was plunged into the chaos of World War II. In April, U.S. troops rehearsing for the Normandy Landings were attacked by German E-boats.
  • In Europe, June saw the establishment of the Provisional French Government and the fall of Rome, first Axis capital to be taken by the Allies. By June 5th, the German Navy’s Enigma Code, which had hampered Allied efforts for most of the war, is decoded almost in real time and British bombers bombard the Normandy coast in preparation for the Normandy Landings which take place the following day.
  • On June 6th, 155,000 Allied troops land on the coast of Normandy – the largest amphibious military operation ever. Over the next two months, the Allies pushed through to Paris, liberating the French capital and loosening Nazi Germany’s hold on Western Europe.
  • In the arts, Michael Curtiz’s Casablanca wins Best Picture at the 16th Academy Awards on March 2nd and Jean-Paul Sartre publishes No Exit in May, including his most famous quotation, “Hell is other people”. Another famous play, Tennessee Williams’ The Glass Menagerie, premiered in Chicago in December.
  • World War II prevents the London Summer Olympics from being held and the Winter Olympics slated to take place at Cortina d’Ampezzo in Northern Italy are also cancelled. In science, Austrian podiatrist Hans Asperger published his paper on Asperger Syndrome on June 3rd, providing a key description of the symptoms of autism. Another Austrian intellectual, Friedrich Hayek, published The Road to Serfdom in March, which was tremendously influential on conservative and libertarian thought.
  • Notable births in 1944 include English guitarist Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin fame, American director and writer George Lucas, South Korean politician and United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon and Swiss immunologist and Nobel Prize Winner R.M. Zinkernagel.

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Oscar

1944: Oscar Winners of the Year

In 1944, during the 17th Academy Awards Cerimony, held on 15/03/1945 the following movies, actors, actresses and directors were awarded with the Oscar in 4 categories honoring the films released in 1944:

What movie won the Best Picture Oscar in 1944?

Going My Way
The Oscar for Best Movie went to Going My Way, directed by Leo McCarey, starring Bing Crosby, Barry Fitzgerald, Frank McHugh, James Brown produced in the United States of America.

Who won the Best Director Oscar in 1944?

Going My Way
The Oscar for Best Director went to Leo McCarey, for the movie Going My Way, starring Bing Crosby, Barry Fitzgerald, Frank McHugh, James Brown produced in the United States of America.

Who won the Best Actor Oscar in 1944?

Going My Way
The Oscar for Best Actor went to Bing Crosby, for the movie Going My Way, starring Bing Crosby, Barry Fitzgerald, Frank McHugh, James Brown produced in the United States of America.

Who won the Best Actress Oscar in 1944?

Gaslight
The Oscar for Best Actress went to Ingrid Bergman, for the movie Gaslight, starring Charles Boyer, Ingrid Bergman, Joseph Cotten, May Whitty produced in the United States of America.
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1944: Who was Time's Person of the Year?


Dwight D. Eisenhower
In 1944, Dwight D. Eisenhower was named by TIME magazine as Person of the Year. General Eisenhower was Supreme Allied Commander in Europe during 1944's Operation Overlord.
Monkey chinese zodiac sign

1944: What was the Chinese Zodiac sign associated with the year 1944?


According to the Chinese Zodiac and Astrology 1944 was the Year of the Monkey.

Discover Zodiac Sign Characteristics and Personality Traits of people born under the Monkey sign.

Nobel Prize

1944: Nobel Prize Winners of the Year


1944: Who won the Nobel Prize in None ?

In 1944 the Nobel Prize in None was awarded to:
  • Isidor Isaac Rabi

1944: Who won the Nobel Prize in None ?

In 1944 the Nobel Prize in None was awarded to:
  • Joseph Erlanger

1944: Who won the Nobel Prize in None ?

In 1944 the Nobel Prize in None was awarded to:
  • Herbert Spencer Gasser

1944: Who won the Nobel Prize in None ?

In 1944 the Nobel Prize in None was awarded to:
  • Otto Hahn

1944: Who won the Nobel Prize in None ?

In 1944 the Nobel Prize in None was awarded to:
  • International Committee of the Red Cross

1944: Who won the Nobel Prize in None ?

In 1944 the Nobel Prize in None was awarded to:
  • Johannes Vilhelm Jensen
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1944: What were the most popular baby names in the USA that year ?

The 3 most popular baby names in 1944 were James, Robert and John for boys and Mary, Barbara and Linda for girls according to the US Census Bureau historical records.

1944: What were the Top #10 male names given to baby boys that year?

The Top # 10 male names given to baby boys in 1944 in the USA according to the US Census Bureau historical records were:

  • James
  • Robert
  • John
  • William
  • Richard
  • David
  • Charles
  • Thomas
  • Michael
  • Ronald

1944: What were the Top #10 female names given to baby girls that year?

The Top # 10 female names given to baby girls in 1944 in the USA according to the US Census Bureau historical records were:

  • Mary
  • Barbara
  • Linda
  • Patricia
  • Carol
  • Sandra
  • Nancy
  • Judith
  • Sharon
  • Betty

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1944: What was the number 1 song in the USA that year?

The number 1 song in the USA in 1944, i.e. the best selling and most popular song of tha year, was White Christmas by Frank Sinatra

1944: What was the music chart in the USA that year?

The Music Chart in the USA in 1944 with the top 10 most popular songs, was:

  1. White Christmas by Frank Sinatra
  2. Swinging On A Star by Bing Crosby
  3. Don't Fence Me In by Bing Crosby & Andrews Sisters
  4. A Hot Time in the Town of Berlin by Bing Crosby & Andrews Sisters
  5. You Always Hurt The One You Love by Mills Brothers
  6. I Love You by Bing Crosby
  7. Mairzy Doats by Merry Macs
  8. I'll Walk Alone by Dinah Shore
  9. I'll Be Seeing You by Bing Crosby
  10. White Christmas by Bing Crosby

1944: What were the most popular movies that year ?

The most popular movies and box office hits in 1944 were:

Double Indemnity

Double Indemnity

Release year: 1944

Directed by: Billy Wilder

Starring: Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward G. Robinson, Byron Barr

Country: United States of America

Laura

Laura

Release year: 1944

Directed by: Otto Preminger

Starring: Gene Tierney, Dana Andrews, Clifton Webb, Vincent Price

Country: United States of America

Arsenic and Old Lace

Arsenic and Old Lace

Release year: 1944

Directed by: Frank Capra

Starring: Cary Grant, Priscilla Lane, Raymond Massey, Jack Carson

Country: United States of America

To Have and Have Not

To Have and Have Not

Release year: 1944

Directed by: Howard Hawks

Starring: Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Walter Brennan, Dolores Moran

Country: United States of America

Lifeboat

Lifeboat

Release year: 1944

Directed by: Alfred Hitchcock

Starring: Tallulah Bankhead, John Hodiak, Walter Slezak, William Bendix

Country: United States of America

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What happened in 1944?

Here's what happened in 1944:

  • Jan 1, 1944: US General Clark replaces General George Patton as commander of 7th Army.
  • Jan 2, 1944: WWII: Free French General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny is appointed to command French Army B, part of the Sixth United States Army Group in North Africa.
  • Jan 3, 1944: World War II: US flying ace Major Greg "Pappy" Boyington is shot down in his Vought F4U Corsair by Captain Masajiro Kawato flying a Mitsubishi A6M Zero.
  • Jan 4, 1944: Ralph Bunche appointed 1st Negro official in US State Department
  • Jan 5, 1944: The ''Daily Mail'' becomes the first transoceanic newspaper.
  • Jan 7, 1944: US Air Force announces production of first US jet fighter, the Bell P-59.
  • Jan 8, 1944: WWII: Philippine Commonwealth troops enter the province of Ilocos Sur in Northern Luzon and attack Japanese forces.
  • Jan 10, 1944: First mobile electric power plant delivered, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
  • Jan 11, 1944: US President Franklin Delano Roosevelt proposes a Second Bill of Rights for social and economic security in his State of the Union address
  • Jan 12, 1944: Failed resistance raid on distribution office of Borgerstraat, Amsterdam.
  • Jan 14, 1944: Soviet army begins offensive at Oranienbaum / Wolchow
  • Jan 15, 1944: General Eisenhower arrives in England
  • Jan 16, 1944: Gen Eisenhower took command of Allied Invasion Force in London
  • Jan 17, 1944: Korvet Violet sinks U-641 in Atlantic Ocean
  • Jan 18, 1944: First Chinese naturalized US citizen since repeal of exclusion acts.
  • Jan 20, 1944: RAF drops 2300 ton bombs on Berlin
  • Jan 21, 1944: 649 British bombers attack Magdeburg.
  • Jan 22, 1944: During World War II, Allied forces begin landing at Anzio Italy
  • Jan 23, 1944: Detroit Red Wings score 15 goals against New York Rangers and NHL record 37 points, also most consecutive goals and most lopsided game 15-0.
  • Jan 24, 1944: Allied troops occupy Nettuno, Italy.
  • Jan 27, 1944: Casey Stengel, manager of the Boston Braves since 1938, resigns; Lou Perini, Guido Rugo, and Joseph Maney buy control of Boston Braves.
  • Jan 28, 1944: U-271 and U-571 sunk off Ireland
  • Jan 29, 1944: 285 German bombers attack London, England.
  • Jan 30, 1944: US invades Majuro, Marshall Islands.
  • Jan 31, 1944: U-592 sunk off Ireland
  • Feb 1, 1944: US 7th Infantry / 25th Marine Division lands on Kwajalein / Roi / Namur
  • Feb 2, 1944: Baseball meets in NYC to discuss postwar action
  • Feb 3, 1944: World War II: During the Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign, U.S. Army and Marine forces seize Kwajalein Atoll from the defending Japanese garrison.
  • Feb 4, 1944: US 7th Infantry Division captures Kwajalein.
  • Feb 5, 1944: 358 RAF-bombers attack Stettin, Germany.
  • Feb 7, 1944: Bing Crosby records Swinging on a Star for Decca Records
  • Feb 8, 1944: 1st black reporter accredited to White House, Harry McAlpin
  • Feb 9, 1944: U-734 / U-238 sunk off Ireland
  • Feb 10, 1944: Belgium resistance fighter / Author Kamiel van Baelen arrested
  • Feb 11, 1944: U-424 sunk off Ireland
  • Feb 12, 1944: Wendell Wilkie (Republican) enters US presidential race.
  • Feb 14, 1944: Carl Wick publishes Salmon Trolling for Commercial and Sport Fishing
  • Feb 15, 1944: Bombing and shooting at Monte Cassino convent Italy, begins
  • Feb 17, 1944: US begins night bombing of Truk.
  • Feb 18, 1944: Maastricht resistance fighter JAJ Janssen arrested
  • Feb 19, 1944: U-264 sinks off Ireland
  • Feb 20, 1944: Batman and Robin comic strip premieres in newspapers
  • Feb 21, 1944: War As It Happens news show premieres on NBC TV
  • Feb 22, 1944: US 8th Air Force bombs Enschede, Arnhem and Nijmegen by mistake / 800+ die
  • Feb 23, 1944: The Soviet Union begins the forced deportation of the Chechen and Ingush people from the North Caucasus to Central Asia.
  • Feb 24, 1944: Leo Hendrick A Baekeland, Belgian/US chemist (Bakelite), dies at age 80.
  • Feb 25, 1944: US 1st Army completes invasion plan
  • Feb 26, 1944: 1st female US navy captain, Sue Dauser of nurse corps, appointed
  • Feb 29, 1944: US troops land on Los Negros, Admirality Islands.
  • Mar 1, 1944: U-358 sinks in Atlantic
  • Mar 2, 1944: 16th Academy Awards - Casablanca, Jennifer Jones and Paul Lukas win
  • Mar 4, 1944: Anti-Germany strikes in North Italy
  • Mar 5, 1944: World War II: The Red Army begins the Uman : Botosani Offensive in western Ukrainian SSR.
  • Mar 6, 1944: US Air Force begins daylight bombing of Berlin.
  • Mar 8, 1944: US resumes bombing Berlin, Germany.
  • Mar 9, 1944: World War II: Japanese troops counter-attack American forces on Hill 700 in Bougainville in a battle that would last five days.
  • Mar 10, 1944: Greek Civil War: The Political Committee of National Liberation is established in Greece by the National Liberation Front.
  • Mar 11, 1944: Dutch resistance fighter Joop Westerweel arrested
  • Mar 12, 1944: WWII: The Political Committee of National Liberation is created in Greece.
  • Mar 13, 1944: USSR recognizes Italian Badoglio government.
  • Mar 15, 1944: Italian town of Cassino destroyed by Allied bombing
  • Mar 16, 1944: Vichy Internal minister Pucheu sentenced to death.
  • Mar 17, 1944: Actor Charlton Heston weds Lydia Clarke.
  • Mar 18, 1944: Nazi Germany occupies Hungary
  • Mar 19, 1944: World War II: Nazi forces occupy Hungary.
  • Mar 20, 1944: Mount Vesuvius, Italy explodes.
  • Mar 21, 1944: Gen Eisenhower postpones S France invasion until after Normandy
  • Mar 22, 1944: 600+ US 8th Air Force bombers attack Berlin, Germany.
  • Mar 23, 1944: Nicholas Alkemade falls 5,500 m without a parachute and lives
  • Mar 24, 1944: 811 British bombers attack Berlin
  • Mar 25, 1944: Germany troop executes 335 residents of Rome
  • Mar 26, 1944: 705 British bombers attack Essen, Germany.
  • Mar 27, 1944: 40 Jewish policemen in Riga, Latvia ghetto are shot by the Gestapo.
  • Mar 28, 1944: Astrid Lindgren sprains ankle and begins writing Pippi Longstocking
  • Mar 30, 1944: 781 British bombers attack Neurenberg, Germany.
  • Mar 31, 1944: Hungary orders all Jews to wear yellow stars.
  • Apr 1, 1944: German Abwehr ends England spiel, after 132 killed
  • Apr 2, 1944: CPI-leader Palmiro Togliatti returns to Italy.
  • Apr 3, 1944: British dive bombers attack battle cruiser Tirpitz
  • Apr 4, 1944: British troops capture Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
  • Apr 5, 1944: 140 Lancasters bomb airplane manufacturer in Toulouse.
  • Apr 6, 1944: Jewish nursery at Izieu-Ain, France overrun by Germans.
  • Apr 9, 1944: Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Orientals Ecclesiae
  • Apr 10, 1944: Patrolling the Ether is shown on 3 TV stations simultaneously
  • Apr 11, 1944: RAF bombs census bureau in The Hague.
  • Apr 13, 1944: SC rejects black suffrage
  • Apr 14, 1944: Freighter Fort Stikene explodes in Bombay India, killing 1,376
  • Apr 16, 1944: World War II: Allied forces start bombing Belgrade, killing about 1,100 people. This bombing fell on the Orthodox Christian Easter.
  • Apr 19, 1944: Allied fleet attack Sabang Sumatra.
  • Apr 20, 1944: NFL legalizes coaching from the bench.
  • Apr 21, 1944: NFL Chicago Cardinals and Pittsburgh Steelers merge (dissolves on December 3).
  • Apr 22, 1944: Hitler and Mussolini meet at Salzburg
  • Apr 24, 1944: RAF bombs Munich
  • Apr 25, 1944: United Negro College Fund incorporates in the USA.
  • Apr 26, 1944: First B-29 attacked by Japanese fighters, one fighter shot down.
  • Apr 27, 1944: Boston Braves' Jim Tobin no-hits Brooklyn Dodgers, 2-0.
  • Apr 28, 1944: Stalin meets Polish / US priest S Orlemanski
  • Apr 29, 1944: Surprise attack by Van de Peat on General Landsdrukkerij in the Hague.
  • May 1, 1944: Pulitzer prize awarded to Martin Flavin
  • May 2, 1944: WABD (WNEW, now WNYW) TV channel 5 in NYC (DUM / MET / FOX) 1st broadcast
  • May 3, 1944: Meet Me in St. Louis opens on Broadway
  • May 5, 1944: Russian offensive against Sebastopol Krim.
  • May 6, 1944: KJR-AM in Seattle Washington swaps calls with KOMO
  • May 8, 1944: 33 communist resistance fighter sentenced to death
  • May 9, 1944: Country singer Jimmie Davis becomes Governor of Louisiana.
  • May 10, 1944: US court case Smith v Allwright: excluding Blacks from primary voting is illegal.
  • May 11, 1944: Opposition group surprise attack post office Washer
  • May 12, 1944: Krim purged of Nazi troops
  • May 13, 1944: 70th Preakness: Conn McCreary aboard Pensive wins in 1:59.2.
  • May 14, 1944: British troops occupy Kohima.
  • May 15, 1944: Dwight Eisenhower, Bernard Montgomery, Winston Churchill and King George VI discuss D-Day plan.
  • May 16, 1944: Military police attack gypsies
  • May 17, 1944: Operation Straightline: Allies land in the Netherlands New-Guinea
  • May 18, 1944: Expulsion of more than 200,000 Tartars from Crimea by Soviet Union begins; they are accused of collaborating with the Germans.
  • May 19, 1944: 240 gypsies transported to Auschwitz from Westerbork Netherlands.
  • May 20, 1944: US Communist Party dissolves.
  • May 21, 1944: Adolf Hitler begins attack on English/US "terror pilots".
  • May 23, 1944: Operation-Buffalo: Allied jailbreak out Anzio-bridgehead.
  • May 24, 1944: Icelandic voters sever all ties with Denmark.
  • May 25, 1944: Partisan leader Tito escapes Germans surrounding Bosnia.
  • May 26, 1944: US 82nd Airborne division D-day-landing at La Haye du Puits to Ste MFre Eglise.
  • May 27, 1944: Jean-Paul Sartres Huis Clos, premieres in Paris
  • May 29, 1944: British troops occupy Aprilia, Italy.
  • May 30, 1944: Transport nr 75 departs with French Jews to Nazi-Germany
  • May 31, 1944: Allied breakthrough in Italy
  • Jun 1, 1944: Gen Montgomery / Patton / Bradley / Dempsey / Crerar meet in Portsmouth
  • Jun 2, 1944: Generals Eisenhower and Montgomery dine in Portsmouth
  • Jun 3, 1944: 76th Belmont: G L Smith aboard Bounding Home wins in 2:32.2
  • Jun 4, 1944: 1st British gliders touches down on French soil for D-Day
  • Jun 5, 1944: 1st British gliders touched down on French soil for D-Day
  • Jun 6, 1944: Baseball cancels all games honoring D-Day invasion
  • Jun 7, 1944: Achilles Veen soccer team forms in Veen
  • Jun 8, 1944: 1st SS-Pantser corps counter attacks at Normandy
  • Jun 9, 1944: Russian offensive in Carelia
  • Jun 10, 1944: Nazi murders in Oradour-sur-Glane, France
  • Jun 11, 1944: 15 US aircraft carriers attack Japanese bases on Marianas
  • Jun 12, 1944: 1st V-1 rocket assault on London
  • Jun 13, 1944: German counter attack on Villers-Bocage Normandy
  • Jun 14, 1944: 1st B-29 raid against mainland Japan
  • Jun 15, 1944: American B-29 Super Fortress bombers based in China begin bombing the Japanese home island of Northern Kyushu.
  • Jun 16, 1944: Iceland adopts constitution
  • Jun 17, 1944: Hitler secretly meets with von Rundstedt in Marjival Soissons
  • Jun 18, 1944: Farewell concert of Willem Mengelberg in Paris
  • Jun 19, 1944: 300 Japanese aircrafts shot down
  • Jun 20, 1944: Congress charters Central Intelligence Agency
  • Jun 21, 1944: Very heavy bombing on Berlin
  • Jun 22, 1944: Boston Brave Jim Tobin 2nd no-hitter of yr beats Phils, 7-0 in 5 inn
  • Jun 23, 1944: Russian offensive in central front sector
  • Jun 25, 1944: British assault at Caen Normandy
  • Jun 26, 1944: 2nd British army reaches Grainville-Mouen line
  • Jun 27, 1944: Cherbourg, France liberated by Allies
  • Jun 29, 1944: German counter attack at Caen
  • Jun 30, 1944: Allies land on Vogelkop, New Guinea
  • Jul 1, 1944: 2500+ killed in London / SE England by German flying bombs
  • Jul 2, 1944: Marshal von Kluge replaces General von Rundstedt
  • Jul 3, 1944: US V-III-E Army corp opens assault on Coutances Cotentin
  • Jul 4, 1944: 1,100 US guns fire 4th of July salute at German lines in Normandy
  • Jul 5, 1944: Harry Crosby takes first rocket airplane, MX-324, for maiden flight.
  • Jul 6, 1944: 170 die in a fire at Ringling Bros Circus in Hartford Conn
  • Jul 7, 1944: Bomber Command drop 2,572 tons of bombs on Caen, France
  • Jul 8, 1944: British troops march into Caen
  • Jul 9, 1944: In World War II, US troops secure Saipan as Japan fell
  • Jul 10, 1944: U-821 sinks
  • Jul 11, 1944: 12th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 7-1 at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh
  • Jul 12, 1944: Theresienstadt Family camp disbands, with 4,000 people gased
  • Jul 13, 1944: Vilnius, Lithuania, liberated
  • Jul 14, 1944: Attempt to liberate prisoners in Amsterdam fails, John Post arrested
  • Jul 15, 1944: Greenwich Observatory in England damaged by V-1 flying bomb.
  • Jul 16, 1944: Dodgers score 8 unearned runs against Braves to win 8-5 and break their 16-game losing streak, they will lose another 5 in a row
  • Jul 17, 1944: 2 ammunition ships explodes at Port Chicago, California kills 322
  • Jul 18, 1944: 7:45 Operation-Goodwood: British assault east of Caen
  • Jul 19, 1944: 1,200+ 8th Air Force bombers bomb targets in SW Germany
  • Jul 20, 1944: British / Canadian troops occupy Hill 67 / Ifs / Bras / Frenouville, Normandy
  • Jul 21, 1944: British Premier Winston Churchill flies to France, meets Montgomery
  • Jul 22, 1944: The International Monetary Fund is created at the conference at Bretton Woods, New Hampshire.
  • Jul 23, 1944: Chicago Cubs Bill Nicholson hits 4 HRs in a doubleheader
  • Jul 24, 1944: 300 allied bombers drop fire bombs on Allied / German positions
  • Jul 25, 1944: US troop march into Guam
  • Jul 26, 1944: Japanese suicide attack on US lines in Guam
  • Jul 27, 1944: Soviet Army frees Majdanek concentration camp
  • Jul 28, 1944: Hitler routes 4 division of South France to Normandy
  • Jul 29, 1944: Allied air force bomb Germany for 6 hours
  • Jul 30, 1944: Heavy battles at Tessy-sur-Vire and Villebaudon Normandy
  • Jul 31, 1944: Last deportation train out Mechelen departs to Auschwitz
  • Aug 1, 1944: Adam Clayton Powell elected 1st black congressman from East
  • Aug 2, 1944: Amsterdam soccer team The Volewijckers plays in orange shirts
  • Aug 3, 1944: Allied troops conquer Myitkyina Burma
  • Aug 4, 1944: Anne Frank arrested in Amsterdam by Nazis
  • Aug 5, 1944: US 79th / 90th division occupy Laval / Mayenne
  • Aug 6, 1944: All 1,200 Jewish death marchers from Lipcani Moldavia have died
  • Aug 7, 1944: Anton de Kom arrested by Surinam resistance fighter
  • Aug 8, 1944: Canada / Polish troops occupy Cramesnil / Secqueville / Cintheaux / St-Aignan
  • Aug 9, 1944: 12 workers of Dutch illegal paper Trouw, executed at Camp Vught
  • Aug 10, 1944: US recaptures Guam from Japanese
  • Aug 11, 1944: British Premier Winston Churchill arrives in Italy
  • Aug 12, 1944: Churchill and Tito meet in Naples
  • Aug 13, 1944: British 8th army occupies Florence
  • Aug 14, 1944: British Premier Winston Churchill arrives at Corsica
  • Aug 15, 1944: Allied air raid on train in North Netherlands, 32 killed
  • Aug 16, 1944: 2nd Canadian Division occupies Falaise Normandy
  • Aug 17, 1944: 4th Canadian Armour division occupiers Trun Normandy
  • Aug 18, 1944: Paris railroad workers strike against Nazi occupiers
  • Aug 19, 1944: Allied air raid on Maastricht, 80+ killed
  • Aug 20, 1944: Anna Lucasta, opens on Broadway
  • Aug 21, 1944: Germans storm up Hill 262 (Mont Ormel) Normandy
  • Aug 22, 1944: Last transport of French Jews to Nazi-Germany
  • Aug 23, 1944: Allied troops capture Marseilles France
  • Aug 24, 1944: Gen LeClercs troops open assault on Paris
  • Aug 25, 1944: France 2nd Tank division under General Leclerc reaches Notre Dame
  • Aug 26, 1944: Bulgaria announces withdrawal and German troops are to be disarmed
  • Aug 27, 1944: 200 Halifax bombers attack oil-installations in Homburg
  • Aug 28, 1944: Last German troops in Marseille surrendered and Toulon cleared
  • Aug 29, 1944: Anti German rebellion in Slovakia
  • Aug 30, 1944: 11th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Chi Bears 24, All-Stars 21
  • Aug 31, 1944: Allied offensive at Gothen-linie, Italy
  • Sep 1, 1944: Bulgaria government of Bagrjanow, resigns
  • Sep 2, 1944: During WWII, George Bush ejects from a burning plane
  • Sep 3, 1944: 58th US Womens Tennis: P Betz beats Margaret Osborne duPont
  • Sep 4, 1944: 2,087 Jews transported for Westerbork to KZ-Lower Theresienstadt
  • Sep 5, 1944: Mad Tuesday 65,000 Dutch Nazi collaborators flee to Germany
  • Sep 6, 1944: Gen Von Zangens 15th army escape from Zealand
  • Sep 7, 1944: SS-General Kurt Meyer takes Durnal Belgium
  • Sep 8, 1944: 1st V-2 rockets land in London and Antwerp
  • Sep 9, 1944: Resistance fighter Jaap Musch arrested in Nijverdal Neth
  • Sep 10, 1944: Lieutenant General Frederick Browning against Montgomery But, sir, I think we might be going a bridge too far
  • Sep 11, 1944: FDR and Churchill meet in Canada at 2nd Quebec Conference
  • Sep 12, 1944: Noorbeek and Mheer freed
  • Sep 13, 1944: 30th Infantry division of US 1st Army frees Margraten
  • Sep 14, 1944: 6,500 Dutch / Indonesian captives sent to Junyo Maru
  • Sep 15, 1944: British bombers hit Tirpitz with Tallboy bombs
  • Sep 16, 1944: Adolf Hitler meets with military advisors at Wolfsschanze in East Prussia. Hitler announces he will launch an offensive through the Ardennes, with objective being Antwerp, Belgium. The idea is to isolate the British, Canadian, and two American armies in the north, and force their surrender. The reduced strength of the US might then cause them to make peace, fearful of communist Soviet Union.
  • Sep 17, 1944: British Premier Winston Churchill travels to US
  • Sep 18, 1944: Eindhoven free
  • Sep 19, 1944: Luftwaffe bombs Eindhoven: 200 killed
  • Sep 20, 1944: Nijmegen free
  • Sep 21, 1944: Last British paratroopers at bridge of Arnhem surrenders
  • Sep 22, 1944: Operation Market Garden: Polish paratroopers land at Driel
  • Sep 24, 1944: WWII: The U.S. Army 45th Infantry Division takes the strongly defended city of Epinal before crossing the Moselle River and entering the western foothills of the Vosges.
  • Sep 25, 1944: World War II: Surviving elements of the British 1st Airborne Division withdraw from Arnhem in the Netherlands, thus ending the Battle of Arnhem and Operation Market Garden.
  • Sep 26, 1944: British and Polish paratroopers evacuate Oosterbeek (Arnhem)
  • Sep 27, 1944: Helmond and Oss, Netherlands liberated
  • Sep 28, 1944: 1st TV Musical comedy (The Boys from Boise)
  • Sep 29, 1944: Browns last in AL attendance, only 6,172 watch them sweep Yanks in DH
  • Sep 30, 1944: Dutch General Mine Workers Union (ABWM) forms
  • Oct 2, 1944: Nazis crush Warsaw Uprising killing 250,000 people
  • Oct 3, 1944: 1st broadcast of Radio Herrijzend Netherland
  • Oct 4, 1944: British troops land on Greek continent
  • Oct 5, 1944: Harold Arlen / ET Harburgs musical premieres in New York City
  • Oct 6, 1944: Allied aircrafts bombard per accident Fishing, Overijssel
  • Oct 7, 1944: Riots in Amersfoort / Utrecht / Strugle
  • Oct 8, 1944: Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet debuts on CBS radio in the USA.
  • Oct 9, 1944: British Prime Minister Winston Churchill arrives in Russia for talks with Stalin
  • Oct 10, 1944: US takes Okinawa
  • Oct 11, 1944: Allies bomb sea wall at Veere
  • Oct 12, 1944: German army retreats from Athens
  • Oct 13, 1944: Riga Latvia freed
  • Oct 14, 1944: British troops march into Athens.
  • Oct 15, 1944: The Arrow Cross Party (very similar to Hitler's NSDAP (Nazi party)) takes power in Hungary.
  • Oct 16, 1944: Hungary: Horthy government falls / Nazi count Szalasi becomes Premier
  • Oct 18, 1944: Eisenhower, Bradley and Montgomery confer in Brussel
  • Oct 19, 1944: British Premier Winston Churchill flies back to London from Moscow
  • Oct 20, 1944: Liquid-gas tanks in Cleveland explodes, 135 die, 3,600 homeless
  • Oct 21, 1944: Canadian troops occupy Breskens
  • Oct 22, 1944: World War II: Battle of Aachen: The city of Aachen falls to American forces after three weeks of fighting, making it the first German city to fall to the Allies.
  • Oct 23, 1944: 1st Central Kitchen opens in Amsterdam
  • Oct 24, 1944: Rotterdam Passage fight frees 46 prisoners
  • Oct 25, 1944: Battle at Samar-island
  • Oct 26, 1944: The Battle of Leyte Gulf ends, as the Japanese fleet withdraws from the victorious American fleet. The Japanese lost 34 ships, including four carriers, three battleships, and forty cruisers.
  • Oct 27, 1944: Hertogenbosch and Tilburg freed from Nazi occupation
  • Oct 28, 1944: Russia and Bulgaria sign weapon pact
  • Oct 29, 1944: 1st Polish Armoured Division liberates Breda Neth
  • Oct 30, 1944: Last transport for Auschwitz arrives in Birkenau
  • Oct 31, 1944: Chief of Staff Kruls names De Quay Chairman of Universal Commission
  • Nov 1, 1944: Zeeuws and Flanders freed
  • Nov 2, 1944: Auschwitz begins gassing inmates
  • Nov 3, 1944: German troops in Vlissingen surrenders
  • Nov 4, 1944: RAF bombs Dinteloord, 54 killed
  • Nov 5, 1944: Allied troops reach Zoutelande Walcheren
  • Nov 6, 1944: Plutonium is first produced at the Hanford Atomic Facility in the USA, subsequently used in the Fat Man Atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki, Japan.
  • Nov 7, 1944: FDR wins 4th term in office, defeating Thomas E Dewey
  • Nov 8, 1944: Last German troops at Walcheren surrenders
  • Nov 9, 1944: Red Cross wins Nobel peace prize
  • Nov 10, 1944: German riots in Rotterdam / Schiedam 52,000 men sent to Germany
  • Nov 11, 1944: New York Rangers set NHL record of 25 games without a win (0-21-4).
  • Nov 12, 1944: World War II: The Royal Air Force launches 29 Avro Lancaster bombers in one of the most successful precision bombing attacks of war and sinks the German battleship Tirpitz, with 12,000 lb Tallboy bombs off Troms?, Norway.
  • Nov 15, 1944: Surprise attack on office of Nethche Bank
  • Nov 16, 1944: US 9th division and 1st Army attacks at Geilenkirchen
  • Nov 19, 1944: World War II: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt announces the 6th War Loan Drive, aimed at selling $14 billion USD in war bonds to help pay for the war effort.
  • Nov 20, 1944: 1st Japanse suicide submarine attack
  • Nov 21, 1944: Personnel and executive staff of Philips demonstrate for more food
  • Nov 22, 1944: Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry occupies Hoven at Geilenkirchen
  • Nov 23, 1944: US 7th army under General Patch conquers Straatsburg
  • Nov 24, 1944: US bombers based on Saipan first attack Tokyo, Japan.
  • Nov 25, 1944: 32nd CFL Grey Cup: Montreal HMCS defeat Hamilton Flying Wildcats, 7-6
  • Nov 26, 1944: 1st allied marines move onto Antwerp harbor
  • Nov 27, 1944: 3,500-4,000 ton explosive, explodes in Staffordshire, 68 killed
  • Nov 28, 1944: 1st allied ship sails into Schelde Antwerp
  • Nov 29, 1944: Albania liberated from Nazi control
  • Nov 30, 1944: Biggest and last British Battleship HMS Vanguard runs aground
  • Dec 1, 1944: Mail routing resumes in free South Netherlands.
  • Dec 2, 1944: General De Gaulle arrives in Moscow
  • Dec 3, 1944: Mussert puts Seyss-Inquart plan for small Nazi-Europe
  • Dec 4, 1944: Germans destroy Rhine dikes, flooding Betuwe.
  • Dec 5, 1944: German troops rob all the silver coin in Utrecht.
  • Dec 6, 1944: US 95th Infantry division reaches German Westwall.
  • Dec 7, 1944: Convention on International Civil Aviation drawn up in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
  • Dec 10, 1944: 9 Dutch citizens hanged by Nazis
  • Dec 11, 1944: Surprise attack on House of Keeping Axe, 29 prisoners freed
  • Dec 12, 1944: December 13 ampndash WWII: British units attempt to take the hilltop town of Tossignano, but are repulsed.
  • Dec 13, 1944: Japanese kamikaze crashes into US cruiser Nashville, kills 138.
  • Dec 14, 1944: Begin (ning) Liese-Aktion: werving of labor force for Germany
  • Dec 15, 1944: bandleader/composer Glenn Miller ("Chattanooga Choo-Choo"), at age 40, in a plane crash between London and Paris.
  • Dec 16, 1944: Battle of Bulge begins in Belgium
  • Dec 17, 1944: Japanese-Americans released from detention camps
  • Dec 18, 1944: US Destroyers Hull, Spence, and Monaghan sink in typhoon off Philippines, 790 killed.
  • Dec 19, 1944: The entire territory of Estonia is taken by the Red Army.
  • Dec 20, 1944: Archbishop De Young and Bishop Huibers condemn black market
  • Dec 22, 1944: Germans demand surrender of American troops at Bastogne, Belgium
  • Dec 23, 1944: Beginning of harsh winter
  • Dec 26, 1944: Budapest surrounded by Soviet army.
  • Dec 27, 1944: Greece: British Premier Churchill flies back to London
  • Dec 28, 1944: Eisenhower and Montgomery meet in Hasselt Belgium
  • Dec 29, 1944: Gen Eisenhowers train returns to Versailles
  • Dec 30, 1944: King George II of Greece declares a regency, leaving the throne vacant.
  • Dec 31, 1944: 48 people die in a train accident in Ogden, Utah, USA.
  • Jan 5, 1944: The Daily Mail becomes the first major London newspaper to be published on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean.

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What does the year 1944 refer to in the Gregorian calendar?

The year 1944 refers to a specific year in the Gregorian calendar, which is commonly used internationally. It is the 45th year of the 20th century and the 4th year of the 1940s decade. In the Gregorian calendar, it follows 1943 and precedes 1945.

calendars for year 1944

Can you show me the calendar for the year 1944?

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