1944

Allied forces take Rome
Laurence Olivier inspires British with his film "Henry V"
Siege of Leningrad lifted
Allies invade Normandy on D-Day
Irwin Rommel commits suicide
"Battle of the Bulge"
Franklin D. Roosevelt wins 4th term as President of US
US air forces bomb Berlin for the 1st time
1st V-1 and V-2 rockets hit London
G.I. Bill of Rights enacted
US production of domestic appliances resumes
Glenn Miller's plane shot down over the English Channel
"Seventeen" magazine launched
Tennesse William's "The Glass Menagerie"
1st "eye bank" opened in New York
Aaron Copeland's "Appalachian Spring" ballet choreographed by Martha Graham
Alice Walker and Michael Tilson Thomas born
Edvard Munch, Pieter Mondrian, Antoine de Saint-Auxpery, and Wendell Willke die