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Gary Goldman, American animator, film producer and director; Tom Seaver, American baseball player (d. 2020) Sammy Younge Jr., American civil rights activist (d. 1966) November 18. Lorinda Cherry, American computer scientist (d. 2022) Ed Krupp, American astronomer, Director of the Griffith Observatory and science popularizer
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.
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American and Filipino troops (with Filipino guerrillas) begin the Battle of Leyte in the Philippines. American forces land on Red Beach in Palo, Leyte, as General Douglas MacArthur returns to the Philippines with Philippine Commonwealth president Sergio Osmeña and Armed Forces of the Philippines Generals Basilio J. Valdes and Carlos P. Romulo.
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.
November 1944 events in North America (2 C, 1 P) December 1944 events in North America (3 C) C. 1944 events in Canada by month (5 C) M. 1944 events in Mexico by month ...
After small-scale invasions of North Africa (1942) and Italy (1943), the main American effort was a strategic bombing campaign that destroyed the German Luftwaffe, followed by a massive invasion of France in 1944. American forces met up with Soviet forces marching into Germany from the east in May 1945.
The American Home Front, 1941–1945 (1970), popular history; Perrett, Geoffrey. Days of Sadness, Years of Triumph: The American People, 1939–1945 (1973), popular history. Polenberg, Richard. War and Society: The United States, 1941–1945 (1980) Smith, Gaddis. American Diplomacy During the Second World War, 1941–1945 (1965) online