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1944 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.
December 10 – Legendary Italian conductor Arturo Toscanini leads a concert performance of the first half of Beethoven's Fidelio (minus its spoken dialogue) on NBC Radio, starring Rose Bampton. He chooses this opera for its political message – a statement against tyranny and dictatorship.
The Associated Press polled editors of its member newspapers in Michigan and ranked the state's top news stories of 1944 as follows: [1] Judge Leland Carr's grand jury investigation into graft in the Michigan Legislature (213 points) Dewey loses Michigan to Roosevelt; Gov. Kelly defeats Frank McKay as Republican national committeeman
June 6 marks the 80th anniversary of the Allied invasion of Normandy during World War II. Here's how the news played out in Northern Michigan.
D-Day on June 6, 1944, marked the largest amphibious assault in history, leading to the Allied victory in WWII. D-Day Anniversary: Normandy invasion remembered for World War II impact Skip to main ...
On June 6, 1944, the world was forever changed. World War II had already been raging around the globe for four years when the planning for Operation Neptune -- what we now know as "D-Day" -- began ...
10 February – PAYE (pay as you earn) system of tax collection introduced. [2] 20 February – World War II: destroyer HMS Warwick (1917) is torpedoed by German submarine U-413 off Trevose Head, Cornwall, sinking in 6 minutes with the loss of 66 men, over half her crew. 26 February – World War II: last heavy air-raids on London. [3]
10 April – Constance Kent, convicted murderer (born in the United Kingdom) (b. 1844) 5 May – George John Bell, Tasmanian politician (b. 1872) 10 May – Digby Denham, 18th Premier of Queensland (born in the United Kingdom) (b. 1859) 11 May – John Balmer, air force bomber pilot (died in Belgium) (b. 1910)