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- Jan. 09: Jimmy Page - Led Zeppelin
- Jan. 12: Joe Frazier - Boxer
- May 14: George Lucas - Star Wars creator
- May 28: Rudy Giuliani - Fmr. NYC mayor
- Jul. 08: Jeffrey Tambor - Arrested Development
- Dec. 19: Richard Leakey - Anthropologist
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Famous Deaths
- Jan. 23: Edvard Munch - Painter
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Chart Toppers
- Jan. 01: Mills Brothers - Paper Doll
- Jan. 29: Glen Gray - My Heart Tells Me
- Mar. 04: Jimmy Dorsey - Besame Mucho
- April 22: Guy Lombardo - It's Love-Love-Love
- May 6: Bing Crosby - I Love You
- Jun. 10: Harry James - I'll Get By
- Jul. 15: Bing Crosby - I'll Be Seeing You
- Aug. 05: Bing Crosby - Swinging on a Star
- Oct. 07: Mills Brothers - You Always Hurt the One You Love
- Oct. 14: Dinah Shore - I'll Walk Alone
- Oct. 21: Mills Brothers - You Always Hurt the One You Love
- Nov. 04: Dinah Shore - I'll Walk Alone
- Nov. 25: Mills Brothers - You Always Hurt the One You Love
- Dec. 09: The Ink Spots - I'm Making Believe
- Dec. 23: Bing Crosby - Don't Fence Me In Billboard: Historical Billboard Charts
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17th Academy Awards
- Presented on: March 15, 1945
- Best Picture: Going My Way
- Best Actor: Bing Crosby in Going My Way
- Best Actress: Ingrid Bergman in Gaslight
- Best Director: Leo McCarey for Going My Way
- Best Documentary: The Fighting Lady Rope of Silicon: Oscar Award Winners list
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June 1944
- June 6: World War II Timeline: The D Day invasion of Europe took place during World War II as Allied forces stormed the beaches of Normandy, France.
- June 22: President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the GI Bill of Rights, authorizing a broad package of benefits for World War II veterans.
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July 1944
- July 20: Adolf Hitler was injured during an assassination attempt, a bomb went off at his headquarters in the Rastenburg.
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September 8 1944
September 8: World War II Timeline: Nazi Germany launched its first V2 rocket aimed at London. They shot a total of 1,500 at Britain before ending in 1945. -
December 1944
- December 16: World War II: Germany's last major offensive, The Battle of the Bulge begins
- December 17: The United States, military announced that effective January 2, 1945, 110,000 Japanese Americans would be freed from internment camps built by the military, where they had been kept since 1942 as a reaction to the Pearl Harbor attack.
- December 16: World War II: Germany's last major offensive, The Battle of the Bulge begins
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Double Indemnity (1944)
Directed by Billy Wilder. With Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward G. Robinson. An insurance rep lets himself be talked into a murder/insurance fraud scheme that arouses an insurance investigator's suspicions. Visit IMDb for Photos, Showtimes, Cast, Crew, Reviews, Plot Summary, Comments, Discussions, Taglines, Trailers, Posters, Fan Sitesimdb.com
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Postwar Recordings 1944-1953 - $32.98
With an acclaimed series of box sets JSP has covered the entire Django Reinhardt discography of both studio and live recordings. This ultimate re-issue project is completed by this set. The 5 Cds cover a period which has hitherto been negle...
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The Fighting Sullivans (1944 USA) - $19.95
With ANNE BAXTER, THOMAS MITCHELL, SELENA ROYLE, WARD BOND, BOBBY DRISCOLL. Directed by LLOYD BACON. This heart-wrenching drama was made at the height of World War II, when American mothers and fathers were sending their sons off to battle....
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The Day of Battle : The War in Sicily and Italy, 1943-1944 - $17.00
In the second volume of his epic trilogy about the liberation of Europe in World War II, Pulitzer Prize winner Rick Atkinson tells the harrowing story of the campaigns in Sicily and Italy. In An Army at Dawn--winner ...
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Avedon Fashion 1944-2000 - $100.00
Avedon Fashion 1944-2000 encompasses seven decades of extraordinary images by Richard Avedon, the most influential fashion photographer of the 20th century.This comprehensive volume offers a definitive survey...
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View All 1944 Questions (3) | Ask a QuestionCan I see the 1944 Ohio State football team stats? (1 Answer)I don't know how specific you mean by 'stats', but I found a wiki on that year specifically, as well as a sort of archive of historical stats for the ... read more2 cameras have the same resolution. Why does one consistently have smaller file sizes? (1 Answer)Digital camera's often compress pictures to a .jpg format. The jpg standard allows for different quality settings, the better the quality you select, the less compression. Probably you can influence ... read moreKnow any obscure Oscar trivia? (2 Answers)1. Name the movie that was nominated for eight Oscars, more than any other film that year, but did not receive a Best Picture nomination 2. Name 2 actors, who ... read more
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