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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. November 26 – USS Bon Homme Richard is ...
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.
7: Japanese begin an invasion attempt on India, starting a four-month battle around Imphal. 8: American forces are attacked by Japanese troops on Hill 700 in Bougainville; the battle will last five days.: A Red Army offensive on a wide front west of the Dnieper in Ukraine forces the Germans into a major retreat.
Action of 11 January 1944: The Japanese cruiser Kuma was torpedoed and sunk off Penang, Malaya by the British submarine Tally-Ho. U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt made the annual State of the Union Address to Congress, in which he proposed the Second Bill of Rights guaranteeing such things as housing, medical care and education.
National income - ₹ 76,509 million 8 March – 3 July - Battle of Imphal against Operation U-Go. 20-26 March – Battle of Sangshak 4 April – 22 June - Battle of Kohima 14 April - INA hoisted the Indian tricolor for the first time on mainland India at Moirang in Manipur.
The King, Queen and Prince of Wales joined veterans to mark the Normandy landings' 80th anniversary.
Action of 14 February 1944: In one of the few naval engagements in the Asian and Pacific theater to involve German and Italian forces, the British submarine Tally-Ho sank the German-commanded U-boat UIT-23 (formerly the Italian submarine Giuliani). The United States declared neutrality in the border dispute between Poland and the Soviet Union. [2]
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