1944

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.

Millennium: 2nd millennium
Centuries: 19th century20th century21st century
Decades: 1910s  1920s  1930s 1940s 1950s  1960s  1970s
Years: 1941 1942 194319441945 1946 1947

Events

Births

Deaths

New books

  • An American DilemmaGunnar Myrdal
  • Au rendez-vous allemand – (To the German Rendezvous) – Paul Éluard
  • A Bell for AdanoJohn Hersey
  • Beyond the Palisade (poetry) – James K. Baxter
  • The Book of Imaginary BeingsJorge Luis Borges
  • Book of NaturalistsCharles William Beebe
  • The Case of Mrs. WingateOscar Micheaux
  • Dangling ManSaul Bellow
  • The Dawn AppearsAnnie Greene Nelson
  • Friday's ChildGeorgette Heyer
  • The Golden FleeceRobert von Ranke Graves
  • The Horse's MouthJoyce Cary
  • Johnny TremainEsther Forbes
  • The Lost WeekendCharles R. Jackson
  • Our Lady of the FlowersJean Genet
  • The Razor's EdgeW. Somerset Maugham
  • The Tall Book of Nursery TalesFeodor Rojankovsky
  • Terras do Sem Fim (The Violent Land) – Jorge Amado
  • Thou That Dwellest in the GardensHayyim Hazaz
  • Two Frontiers (poetry) – Edwin James Bradley

Nobel prizes

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