WE WERE BORN IN '44

What can we say about 1944?

IN THE NEWS:

General MacArthur said, " I shall return" .

Chinese men were trained in the US as pilots

Mrs. Roosevelt visited the troops in the Caribbean

Wendell Wilke won the popular vote for president

June 6, 1944 D DAY 160,000 Allied troops and 30,000 vehicles land on the beaches of Normandy in France and push inland. Over 9,000 are killed or wounded in the largest ampihibious military operation in history.

Franklin Delano Roosevelt wins fourth term over Thomas A Dewey.

A plane carrying bandleader Glenn Miller disappears over the English Channel.

Smokey the Bear debuts



IN SPORTS
World Series of Baseball:
St. Louis Cardinals win over St. Louis Browns
Tennis matches to benefit the Red Cross played in Madison Square Garden
Green Bay Packers win NFL championship over the New York Giants

ON THE LIGHT SIDE
Dance called, "Hangin' the Cat"
Getting shot out of a cannon.
Beauty queens in one piece bathing suit
Bicycling parking problem, (due to gas rationing)
Campaign to sell bonds in theaters with movie stars making the pitch
Hair styles for Wacs and war workers sleek and easy to care for!
Hats and purses in fashion to where on dates with your beau.
"Loose lips sank ships"
Ozzie and Harriet Show debuts on radio
The bikini was invented by Louis Reard in Paris in 1946 and named for the atomic bomb test site, Bikini Atoll.


MOVIES
Going My Way with Bing Crosby
Maltese Falcon with Humphrey Bogart
Citizen Kane with Orson Wells
The Blue Dehlia with Alan Ladd
Casablanca with Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman

WHO WAS BORN IN 1944?
Gladys Knight
Neil Diamond
Joe Frazier
Diana Ross
Rudy Giuliani

Who was born on August 7?

Judy Lee Anderson, happy birthday, Judy!
Rebecca Ellen Ferber, Happy Birthday, Becky, where ever you are!

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