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1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1944th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 944th year of the 2nd millennium, the 44th year of the 20th century, and the 5th year of the 1940s decade.
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January 4 – The Battle of Monte Cassinobegins.January 5 – Murder of Danish playwright Kaj MunkJanuary 17 – British forces, in Italy, cross the Garigliano River.January 9 - Jimmy Page, English guitarist (Led Zeppelin)February 23 – Johnny WinterMarch 1 - Roger Daltrey, English singer (The Who)March 28 – Ken Howard (d. 2016)7 January 1944 – Lou Henry Hoover, First Lady of the United States21 July 1944 – Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg, German army officer14 October 1944 – Erwin Rommel, German army officerAn American Dilemma – Gunnar MyrdalAu rendez-vous allemand – (To the German Rendezvous) – Paul ÉluardA Bell for Adano – John HerseyBeyond the Palisade (poetry) – James K. BaxterNobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Joseph Erlanger, American doctor, (1874-1965), and Herbert Gasser, American doctor (1888-1963)
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November 7. U.S. presidential election, 1944: Franklin D. Roosevelt wins reelection over Republican challenger Thomas E. Dewey, becoming the only U.S. president elected to a fourth term. A passenger train derails in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, due to excessive speed on a declining hill; 16 are killed, 50 injured.
4 killed, 20 injured. Wolf's Lair. The location of the assassination attempt on Hitler. The 20 July plot was a failed attempt to assassinate Adolf Hitler, the chancellor and leader of Nazi Germany, and subsequently to overthrow the Nazi regime on 20 July 1944. The plotters were part of the German resistance, mainly composed of Wehrmacht officers.
- 20 July 1944; 79 years ago
- Coup d'état
Clockwise from top left: Germany's V-2 rocket, aftermath of the Wola massacre in Poland, liberation of Paris, battle of the Philippine Sea. This is a timeline of events that occurred during 1944 in World War II.
Jan 22, 2024 · Explore a timeline of key events during 1944 in the history of Nazi Germany, World War II, and the Holocaust.
It happened on November 7, 1944. Incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR) won over Republican Thomas E. Dewey in the general election. In the Electoral College, Roosevelt won 432 votes while Dewey won 99. [2] Roosevelt, a Democrat, won an un precedented fourth term as president.
