Famous Births
- 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
Famous Deaths
- Jan. 23: Edvard Munch - Painter
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
Top Grossing Films
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
Championship Teams
Top Athletes
Nobel Laureates
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.
July 1944
- July 20: Adolf Hitler was injured during an assassination attempt, a bomb went off at his headquarters in the Rastenburg.
August 1944
September 8 1944
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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.
What year was Collin Peterson elected?(1 Answer)
A:
Collin Clark Peterson (b. June 29, 1944), is the U.S. Representative for Minnesota's 7th congressional district, serving since 1991, and chairman of the House Agriculture Committee ...
What's your favorite 'old' movie?(2 Answers)
A:
My favorite old movie is by Alfred Hitchcock and its called Rebecca, another good one is Arsenic and Old Lace director Frank Capra and came out in 1944
