1944 in the United States

Events from the year 1944 in the United States.

1944
in
the United States

Decades:
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Incumbents

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Events

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January

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February

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March

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April

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June

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June 6: Normandy Landings

July

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August

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September

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September 17–25: Operation Market Garden

October

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October 20: Douglas MacArthur returns to the Philippines

November

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December

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Undated

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  • National Committee for Education on Alcoholism, predecessor of the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence, is established by Marty Mann.
  • 14-year-old Warren Buffett's father introduces him to a newspaper office to do the job of taking a newspaper to the subscriber. Then, with a salary of US$1,200, he buys 40 acres of land and starts a sub-leased tenant farming business.
  • Rio Grande company is founded in Albuquerque, New Mexico.[3]

Ongoing

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Births

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January

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Joe Frazier
 
Angela Davis

February

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Jonathan Demme
 
Dennis Farina

March

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R. Lee Ermey
 
Diana Ross

April

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Craig T. Nelson
 
Jill Clayburgh
 
George Lucas
 
Danny Trejo
 
Rudy Giuliani

June

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Michelle Phillips
 
Tommie Smith
 
Gary Busey

July

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Jeffrey Tambor

August

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Richard Belzer
 
Sam Elliott

September

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Barry White
 
Michael Douglas

October

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Dale Dye

November

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Danny DeVito
 
Harold Ramis
 
Ben Stein

December

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John Densmore
 
Dennis Wilson

Undated

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Deaths

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References

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  1. ^ Fuller, John F. C. (1956). The Decisive Battles of the Western World. Vol. III. London: Eyre & Spottiswoode.
  2. ^ Morison, Samuel E. (1956). "Leyte, June 1944–January 1945". History of United States Naval Operations in World War II. Vol. XII. Boston: Little & Brown.
  3. ^ "Meet Rio Grande - JCK". www.jckonline.com. Archived from the original on 27 April 2012. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
  4. ^ "General Authorities and General Officers, Elder Lowell M. Snow". churchofjesuschrist.org. Intellectual Reserve, Inc. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
  5. ^ Carter, Gregg Lee (2012). "Guns in American Society". An Encyclopedia of History, Politics, Culture and the Law (2nd ed.). ABC-CLIO. p. 539. ISBN 978-0-313-38671-8.
  6. ^ Rosenberg, Eli (17 March 2016). "Frank Sinatra Jr., singer who followed in his father's footsteps, dies at 72". The New York Times. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
  7. ^ Member of New York Mets' First World Series Champions Dies
  8. ^ "Angela Davis". Britannica Presents 100 Women Trailblazers. 25 March 2020. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  9. ^ Sam Smith
  10. ^ Richard McGeagh
  11. ^ US billionaire financier Thomas Lee found dead at 78
  12. ^ Retired federal judge Marianne Battani dies after long illness: 'We have lost a gem'
  13. ^ Jon Roger Brittenum, Sr. San Benito, TX, 1944 - 2022
  14. ^ Gordon Randall Kehler
  15. ^ Former Bradley Central and Alabama quarterback Steve Sloan dies
  16. ^ "Space Shuttle Challenger Fast Facts". CNN. 16 September 2013. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
  17. ^ Remembering Tom Shales, a TV critic with a biting wit
  18. ^ Leland Wilkinson, creator of The Grammar of Graphics, passed away
  19. ^ Herz, Bob (1 November 2019). "Reflections on the Career of Donald T. Nicolaisen". The CPA Journal. New York State Society of CPAs. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
  20. ^ Bahr, Robert (1979). Least of All Saints: the Story of Aimee Semple McPherson. Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall. ISBN 978-0-13-527978-6. OCLC 4493103.
  21. ^ "James M. Redmond (Service #19179914)". American Battle Monuments Commission. abmc.gov.
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