1944

Revision as of 21:03, 24 April 2006

Events

Dated Events

• Real World: January 20. The R.A.F. bombs Berlin.

• Real World: January 27. The Siege of Leningrad ends.

• Real World: February 3. U.S. forces take the Marshall Islands.

• Real World: June 5. Rome is captured by the Allies.

• Real World: June 6. Operation Overlord, also known as D-Day, is initiated with the invasion of Normandy by the Allies.

• Real World: June 13. Germany launches a V1 "buzz bomb" at England.

• Real World: July 18. Hideki Tojo resigns as Japanese prime minister.

• Real World: July 20. Adolf Hitler survives an assassination attempt.

• Real World: July 21. The Democratic Party selects Franklin D. Roosevelt as their candidate for U.S. President and Harry S. Truman as their candidate for Vice President.

• GURPS Infinite Worlds: July 21. The history of Lenin-1 diverges from Homeline's history when Henry Wallace is selected as the Democratic candidate for Vice President. (GURPS Infinite Worlds)

• Real World: August. Citizens of Mattoon, Illinois, begin reporting attacks by a mysterious "Mad Gasser". These continue through the next month.

• Real World: August 24. Allied forces enter Paris, France.

• Real World: September 3. Allied forces enter Brussels, Belgium.

• Real World: September 8. London is attacked with a German V2 rocket.

• Real World: September 13. The so-called "Mad Gasser of Mattoon" makes his last attack.

• Real World: October 5. The first German jet fighter is shot down by Canadian pilots over France.

• Real World: October 14. German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel is offered suicide or a trial for treason and certain execution; he chooses the former.

• Real World: October 21. Aachen, Germany, falls to Allied forces. It is the first German city to be captured.

• Real World: November 7. Franklin D. Roosevelt is re-elected President of the United States.

• Real World: November 24. The bombing of Tokyo begins.

• Real World: December 16. The Battle of the Bulge begins.

Undated Events

• DC (Post-Zero Hour): Superman, Green Lantern (Kyle Rayner) and Wonder Woman battle Epoch above a World War II battlefield as members of the All-Star Squadron look on. (JLA/WildCATS)

• DC (Generations): Clark Kent and Lois Lane marry. (Superman & Batman: Generations)

• DC (Generations): Barbara Gordon is born. (Superman & Batman: Generations II)

• It's Walky: Professor Doc is born. (It's Walky! - The Cast)

• X-Men (Films): Soviet troops liberate the concentration camp in which young Erik Lehnsherr is held. Lehnsherr uses his mutant powers to force a Soviet soldier's gun to start shooting in the direction of the captured Third Reich officers, including Hans Von Shank. The other Soviet troops, frightened at the outburst, shoot their comrade. (X-Men The Movie Prequel: Magneto)

New Fictional Works

Notable Films

Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, Bluebeard, The Canterville Ghost, Captain America (serial), Charlie Chan in the Secret Service, The Chinese Cat, The Curse of the Cat People, Henry V, House of Frankenstein, The Invisible Man's Revenge, Jungle Woman, Meeting at Midnight, The Monster Maker, The Mummy's Curse, The Mummy's Ghost, The Pearl of Death, The Return of the Ape Man, Sherlock Holmes and the Spider Woman, The Thin Man Goes Home, The Uninvited, Weird Woman.