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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.
As 1944 began, the frontrunners for the Republican nomination appeared to be Wendell Willkie, the party's 1940 nominee, Senator Robert A. Taft from Ohio, the leader of the party's conservatives, New York Governor Thomas E. Dewey, the leader of the party's moderate eastern establishment, General Douglas MacArthur, then serving as an Allied ...
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.
The 1944 United States presidential election was held. Incumbent Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected to an unprecedented fourth term, defeating Thomas E. Dewey 432 electoral votes to 99 and carrying 36 out of 48 states. The Battle of Knin began between Yugoslav Partisans and Axis forces around the city of Knin in North Dalmatia.
In July 1944, World War II was raging in the Pacific. U.S. forces were in desperate need of ammunition, and Port Chicago in northern California became a critical supply point. At the time, the ...
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.
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.