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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.
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 ...
This is a timeline of events that occurred during 1944 in World War II. January. January 1944. 1st: 15th:
The 1944 Summer Olympics, scheduled for London, are not held due to World War II. 3 August – the Education Act , promoted by Rab Butler , creates a Tripartite System of secondary education in England and Wales with Secondary Modern , Technical, and Grammar schools , entrance being determined in most cases by the results of the Eleven plus exam .
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.
The following events occurred in April 1944: ... Action of 26 April 1944: A German torpedo boat was sunk in the English Channel off Jentilez by Allied destroyers.
The following events occurred in September 1944: September 1, 1944 (Friday) The Battle of Lone Tree Hill ended in American victory.
The following events occurred in December 1944: December 1, 1944 (Friday) ... The Thiaroye massacre happened in French West Africa. [3] Born: John Densmore, ...