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1944 Calendar

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•  January 3, 1944 – World War II: Top Ace Major Greg “Pappy” Boyington is shot down in his Corsair by Captain Masajiro Kawato flying a Zero.
•  January 25, 1944 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Wood Monkey in Chinese astrology.
•  April 22, 1944 – World War II: Operation Persecution is initiated – Allied forces land in the Hollandia (currently known as Jayapura) area of New Guinea.
•  May 18, 1944 – World War II: Battle of Monte Cassino – Conclusion after seven days of the fourth battle as German paratroopers evacuate Monte Cassino.
•  June 15, 1944 – World War II: Battle of Saipan: The United States invade Japanese-occupied Saipan.
•  June 30, 1944 – World War II: The Battle of Cherbourg ends with the fall of the strategically valuable port to American forces.
•  August 12, 1944 – Alençon is liberated by General Leclerc, the first city in France to be liberated from the Nazis by French forces.
•  August 25, 1944 – World War II: Paris is liberated by the Allies.
•  September 27, 1944 – The Kassel Mission results in the largest loss by a USAAF group on any mission in World War II.
•  November 16, 1944 – Operation Queen, the costly Allied thrust to the Rur river was launched

•  February 29, 1944 – Steve Mingori, American baseball player (d. 2008)
•  March 5, 1944 – Roy Gutman, American journalist, Pulitzer Prize winner
•  May 16, 1944 – Danny Trejo, American actor
•  July 27, 1944 – Barbara Thompson (musician), English jazz saxophonist, flautist and composer
•  August 4, 1944 – Richard Belzer, American actor and comedian
•  August 30, 1944 – Tug McGraw, American baseball player (d. 2004)
•  September 25, 1944 – Michael Douglas, American actor and producer
•  October 23, 1944 – Mike Harding, English singer and comedian
•  October 28, 1944 – Coluche, French comedian and actor (d. 1986)
•  December 13, 1944 – Hwang Jang Lee, Korean martial artist and film actor