1944

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	19th century – 20th century – 21st century
Decades:	1910s 1920s 1930s – 1940s – 1950s 1960s 1970s
Years:	1941 1942 1943 – 1944 – 1945 1946 1947

1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1944th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 944th year of the 2nd millennium, the 44th year of the 20th century, and the 5th year of the 1940s decade.

Events

January 4 – The Battle of Monte Cassino begins.
January 5 – Murder of Danish playwright Kaj Munk
January 17 – British forces, in Italy, cross the Garigliano River.
January 17 – Meat Rationing ends in Australia
January 20 – The Royal Air Force drops 2,300 tons of bombs on Berlin; the U.S. Army 36th Infantry Division, in Italy, attempts to cross the Rapido River.
January 22 – Allies begin Operation Shingle, the assault on Anzio, Italy. The U.S. Army 45th Infantry Division stand their ground at Anzio against violent assaults for 4 months.
January 27 – The two year Siege of Leningrad is lifted.
January 29 – The Battle of Cisterna takes place.
January 30 – United States troops invade Majuro, Marshall Islands.
January 31 – American forces land on Kwajalein Atoll and other islands in the Japanese-held Marshall Islands.

7 January 1944 – Lou Henry Hoover, First Lady of the United States
21 July 1944 – Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg, German army officer
14 October 1944 – Erwin Rommel, German army officer
26 October 1944 Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom Princess Henry of Battenberg youngest daughter and youngest child of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert of Saxe - Coburg and Gotha