1944

1944 in othercalendars
Gregorian calendar	1944; MCMXLIV
Ab urbe condita	2697
Armenian calendar	1393; ԹՎ ՌՅՂԳ
Assyrian calendar	6694
Bahá'í calendar	100–101
Balinese saka calendar	1865–1866
Bengali calendar	1351
Berber calendar	2894
British Regnal year	8Geo. 6– 9Geo. 6
Buddhist calendar	2488
Burmese calendar	1306
Byzantine calendar	7452–7453
Chinese calendar	Quý chưaNăm(WaterGoat); 4640 or 4580; — to —; Giáp thân năm(WoodMonkey); 4641 or 4581
Coptic calendar	1660–1661
Discordian calendar	3110
Ethiopian calendar	1936–1937
Hebrew calendar	5704–5705
Hindu calendars
-Vikram Samvat	2000–2001
-Shaka Samvat	1865–1866
-Kali Yuga	5044–5045
Holocene calendar	11944
Igbo calendar	944–945
Iranian calendar	1322–1323
Islamic calendar	1363–1364
Japanese calendar	Shōwa19; ( chiêu cùng １９ năm )
Javanese calendar	1874–1875
Juche calendar	33
Julian calendar	Gregorian minus 13 days
Korean calendar	4277
Minguo calendar	ROC33; Dân quốc 33 năm
Nanakshahi calendar	476
Thai solar calendar	2487
Tibetan calendar	Âm thủy dương năm; (female Water-Goat); 2070 or 1689 or 917; — to —; Dương mộc năm con khỉ; (male Wood-Monkey); 2071 or 1690 or 918

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	19th century–20th century–21st century
Decades:	1910s1920s1930s–1940s–1950s1960s1970s
Years:	194119421943–1944–194519461947

1944(MCMXLIV) was aleap year starting on Saturdayin theGregorian calendar,the 1944th year of theCommon Era(CE) andAnno Domini(AD) designations, the 944th year of the2nd millennium,the 44th year of the20th century,and the 5th year of the1940sdecade.

Events

January 4– TheBattle of Monte Cassinobegins.
January 5– Murder of Danish playwrightKaj Munk
January 17– British forces, inItaly,cross theGarigliano River.
January 17– Meat Rationing ends in Australia
January 20– TheRoyal Air Forcedrops 2,300 tons of bombs onBerlin;theU.S. Army 36th Infantry Division,in Italy, attempts to cross theRapido River.
January 22–AlliesbeginOperation Shingle,the assault onAnzio,Italy.TheU.S. Army 45th Infantry Divisionstand their ground at Anzio against violent assaults for 4 months.
January 27– The two yearSiege of Leningradis lifted.
January 29– TheBattle of Cisternatakes place.
January 30–United Statestroops invadeMajuro, Marshall Islands.
January 31– American forces land onKwajalein Atolland other islands in theJapanese-heldMarshall 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 1944Princess 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