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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.
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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 ...
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)
28: Brig. Gen. Theodore Roosevelt Jr., dead of a heart attack on 12 July 1944, is posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his leadership and actions on D-Day at Utah Beach.:The Soviets capture entire mainland Estonia. 29: Soviet forces begin the Moonsund Landing Operation to capture the West Estonian archipelago from German forces.
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.
April 4 is the 94th day of the year (95th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 271 days remain until the end of the year. Events ... 1944 – Toktamış Ate ...
Pages in category "1944 in the United States" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...