Stories from 1944
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September 29, 1944
Patricia Humphreys
13
months ago
September 29, 1944
I was born at 1:01 a.m. at the Grace Hospital in Calgary, Alberta. My mother, Patricia Craigie, was unmarried and gave me up for adoption. My birth name was Margaret Jewel Craigie. I was adopted by Alex and Clara Johnson on October 17, 1944 and went home to Milk River with my new parents and to meet my brother Bud.
April 9, 1944
Bonnie Miller
14
months ago
September 30, 1944
Carl Fayard
16
months ago
February 10, 1944
Marc Forbes
18
months ago
January 11, 1944
FDR signed the Serviceman's Readjustment Act, also known as the G.I. Bill of Rights, which provided unemployment benefits, low-interest loans for businesses and homes (which will help create suburbia), and funding for higher education to veterans. The bill completely changed availability of college education; in a decade the number of graduates would increase almost fivefold.
June 6, 1944
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France
The beaches of Normandy were stormed on D-Day.
August 4, 1944
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Amsterdam
Anne Frank was discovered and captured in a hidden apartment of a warehouse in Amsterdam. She would later perish in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp.
August 9, 1944
Smokey Bear was introduced to America in one of the oldest advertising campaigns for public service. Commonly identified with the phrase 'Only you can prevent wildfires', Smokey's original tag line read 'Smokey says- care will prevent 9 out of 10 forest fires.'
November 7, 1944
President Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected to a fourth term, the first and only U.S. president ever to do so.
December 20, 1944
Women's Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs), the first women to fly American military aircraft, disbanded. More than 1,000 women served and 38 lost their lives. The WASPs were not be given any military honors or benefits, but finally received recognition in March 2010 with the Congressional Gold Medal, one of the highest civilian honors.
