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American forces push back the Germans in Saint-Lô, capturing the city. June 16 – George Stinney , a 14-year old African-American , is executed for being accused of killing two white girls in his hometown, Alcolu, South Carolina .
WWII: Operation Tractable concludes, when Canadian troops relieve the Polish and link with the Americans, capturing remaining German forces in the Falaise Pocket, and securing the strategically important French town of Falaise, in the final offensive of the Battle of Normandy.
1944 – G.I. Bill; 1944 – D-Day (also known as Operation Overlord) 1944 – Bretton Woods Conference; 1944 – Battle of Peleliu; 1944 – Battle of Leyte; 1944 – Battle of the Bulge; 1944 – U.S. presidential election, 1944: Franklin D. Roosevelt reelection for a fourth term, becomes the only U.S. president elected four times.
October 1944 events in the United States (1 C, 1 P) November 1944 events in the United States (2 C, 35 P) December 1944 events in the United States (1 C, 1 P)
American money and manufactured goods flooded into Europe, South Korea, and Japan and helped in their reconstruction. US manufacturing dominance would be almost unchallenged for a quarter-century after 1945. The American economy grew dramatically in the post-war period, expanding at a rate of 3.5% per year between 1945 and 1970.
1944 events in the United States by month (12 C) / 1944 disestablishments in the United States ... 1944 American novels (34 P) P. 1944 in American politics (4 C, 2 P) S.
: Germans defeat American troops in the Battle of Cisterna near Anzio. [2] 3: American planes bomb Eniwetok in the Marshalls, later to be a major B-29 base. 4: Kwajalein, the world's largest atoll and a major Japanese naval base, is secured. 5: The American Navy bombards the Kuril Islands, northernmost in the Japanese homelands.
December 1944 events in North America (3 C) C. 1944 events in Canada by month (5 C) M. 1944 events in Mexico by month (1 C) T. 1944 events in the United States by ...