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1944 (''' MCMXLIV ''') was a Leap Year Starting On Saturday (the link is to a full 1944 calendar).
Events
World War II
January
February
March
May
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July
August
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September
October
December
Other events
January-July
- January 5 - The '' Daily Mail '' becomes the first transoceanic Newspaper .
- January 15 - Earthquake in San Juan, Argentina , kills 8000-10000 people.
- February 26 - - Shooting begins of the Nazi propaganda film, "The Fuehrer Gives a Village to the Jews" in Theresienstadt .
- March 1 - USS Tarawa laid down
- March 4 - In Ossining, New York , Louis Buchalter , the leader of 1930s crime syndicate Murder, Inc. , is executed at Sing Sing .
- March 24 - In the Polish village of Markowa , German police kill Józef and Wiktoria Ulm, their six children and eight Jewish people they were hiding.
- April 25 - The United Negro College Fund is incorporated.
- May 30 - Princess Charlotte Louise Juliette Louvet Grimaldi of Monaco , heir to the throne resigns from her rights in favor of her son Prince Rainier Louis Henri Maxence Bertrand Grimaldi , later reigning Prince Rainier III Of Monaco .
- June 17 - Iceland declares full independence from Denmark .
- July 1 - Start of the United Nations Monetary And Financial Conference at Bretton Woods, New Hampshire .
- July 6 - A fire broke out during a performance of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey circus in Hartford, Connecticut, resulting in the deaths of 168 people, most of them children. See '' Hartford Circus Fire ''
- , two ships laden with Ammunition for the war explode in Port Chicago, California killing 232.
- July 22 - End of Bretton Woods conference and signing of Agreements.
August-November
Unknown dates
Ongoing events
Births
''For more 1944 births see ''
January
- January 2 - Prince Norodom Ranariddh , Cambodian politician
- January 6 - Bonnie Franklin , American actress
- January 6 - Rolf M. Zinkernagel , Swiss immunologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize In Physiology Or Medicine
- January 9 - Jimmy Page , English guitarist ( Led Zeppelin )
- January 12 - Joe Frazier , American boxer
- January 17 - Françoise Hardy , French singer
- January 18 - Paul Keating , twenty-fourth Prime Minister Of Australia
- January 23 - Rutger Hauer , Dutch actor
- January 24 - Neil Diamond , American singer
- January 25 - Anita Pallenberg , Italian model and actress
- January 26 - Angela Davis , American feminist and activist
- January 27 - Mairead Corrigan , Northern Irish activist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
- January 27 - Nick Mason , English drummer ( Pink Floyd )
February
- February 3 - Dave Davies , British musician ( The Kinks )
- February 5 - Al Kooper , American musician ( Blood, Sweat, And Tears )
- February 9 - Alice Walker , American writer
- February 10 - Vernor Vinge , American writer
- February 11 - Michael G. Oxley , American politician
- February 13 - Stockard Channing , American actress
- February 13 - Jerry Springer , English-born television host
- February 14 - Carl Bernstein , American journalist
- February 14 - Alan Parker , English-born film director, actor, and writer
- February 16 - Richard Ford , American writer
- February 17 - Karl Jenkins , Welsh composer
- February 20 - Willem Van Hanegem , Dutch football player and coach
- February 22 - Jonathan Demme , American film director, producer, and writer
- February 22 - Tom Okker , Dutch tennis player
- February 23 - Johnny Winter , American musician
- February 24 - Nicky Hopkins , British musician (d. 1994 )
- February 28 - Sepp Maier , German footballer
March
- March 1 - John Breaux , U.S. Senator from Louisiana
- March 1 - Roger Daltrey , English musician ( The Who )
- March 2 - Uschi Glas , German actress
- March 4 - Bobby Womack , American singer and songwriter
- March 6 - Kiri Te Kanawa , New Zealand soprano
- March 11 - Don Maclean , British comedian
- March 15 - Sly Stone , American singer
- March 17 - John Sebastian , American singer and songwriter ( The Lovin' Spoonful )
- March 19 - Said Musa , Prime Minister Of Belize
- March 19 - Sirhan Sirhan , Palestinian assassin of Robert F. Kennedy
- March 24 - R. Lee Ermey , U.S. Marine and actor
- March 26 - Diana Ross , American singer
- March 28 - Rick Barry , American basketball player
- March 29 - Denny McLain , baseball player
April
- April 3 - Tony Orlando , American musician
- April 4 - Craig T. Nelson , American actor
- April 6 - Felicity Palmer , English soprano
- April 7 - Gerhard Schröder , Chancellor Of Germany
- April 8 - Odd Nerdrum , Norwegian painter
- April 11 - John Milius , American film director, producer, and screenwriter
- April 19 - James Heckman , American economist, Nobel Prize laureate
- April 22 - Steve Fossett , American millionaire adventurer
- April 28 - Jean-Claude Van Cauwenberghe , Belgian politician
- April 29 - Richard Kline , American actor and television director
- April 30 - Jill Clayburgh , American actress
May
- May 1 - Suresh Kalmadi , Indian politician
- May 4 - Paul Gleason , American actor
- May 5 - John Rhys-Davies , Welsh actor
- May 8 - Gary Glitter , English singer
- May 9 - Richie Furay , American musician ( Poco and Buffalo Springfield )
- May 10 - Jim Abrahams , American film director
- May 13 - Armistead Maupin , American author
- May 12 - Sara Kestelman , British actor
- May 14 - George Lucas , American film director and producer
- May 20 - Joe Cocker , British singer
- May 20 - Boudewijn De Groot , Dutch singer
- May 20 - Dietrich Mateschitz , Austrian businessman
- May 21 - Mary Robinson , President Of Ireland
- May 25 - Frank Oz , English puppeteer and film director
- May 28 - Rudy Giuliani , Mayor of New York City
- May 28 - Gladys Knight , American singer
- May 28 - Patricia Quinn , Northern Irish actress
- May 30 - Meredith MacRae , American actress (d. 2000 )
June
July
- July 13 - Ernő Rubik , Hungarian inventor
- July 17 - Mark Burgess , New Zealand Cricket Captains
- July 21 - Tony Scott , English film director
- July 21 - Paul Wellstone , U.S. Senator from Minnesota (d. 2002 )
- July 27 - Tony Capstick , English comedian, actor, and musician (d. 2003 )
- July 31 - Geraldine Chaplin , American actress
- July 31 - Robert Carhart Merton , American economist, Nobel Prize laureate
August
- August 2 - Jim Capaldi , British drummer, singer, and songwriter ( Traffic ) (d. 2005 )
- August 4 - Richard Belzer , American actor and comedian
- August 8 - Brooke Bundy , American actress
- August 9 - Sam Elliott , American actor
- August 11 - Ian McDiarmid , Scottish actor
- August 21 - Peter Weir , Australian film director
- August 23 - Saira Banu , Indian actress
- August 26 - Prince Richard, Duke Of Gloucester
- August 31 - Roger Dean , British artist
September
October
November
- November 1 - Rafik Bahaa Edine Hariri , Lebanese Prime Minister 1992 - 1998 (d. 2005).
- November 9 - Melvin Maskin , American teacher
- November 10 - Silvestre Reyes , American politician
- November 12 - Booker T. Jones , American musician, singer, and songwriter ( Booker T. And The M.G.'s )
- November 12 - Al Michaels , American sportscaster
- November 17 - Danny DeVito , American actor
- November 17 - Rem Koolhaas , Dutch architect
- November 17 - Lorne Michaels , Canadian film producer
- November 17 - Tom Seaver , baseball player
- November 21 - Dick Durbin , American politician
- November 25 - Ben Stein , American law professor, actor, and author
December
Deaths
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January-March
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