Girard High School, Class of 1944

Girard High School

Class of 1944

1942 Yearbook

Girard High School

Class of 1944

1941 Yearbook

 

1944

World Events 

Allies invade Normandy on D-Day (June 6). Background: Normandy campaign

 

Dumbarton Oaks Conference—U.S., British Commonwealth, and U.S.S.R. propose establishment of United Nations.

 

Battle of the Bulge begins as Germans penetrate Allied front in Belgium (Dec. 16 to Jan. 1945).

 

Anne Frank and her family are betrayed and sent to concentration camps. She will die in 1945.

FDR is reelected, beating Republican challenger Thomas Dewey.

GI Bill of Rights is passed, providing benefits for armed-service veterans.

World SeriesSt. Louis Cardinals d. St. Louis Browns (4-2)

Sports

• Stanley Cup

Montreal d. Chicago (4-0)

• Wimbledon

Women: Not held (World War II)
Men: Not held (World War II)

• Kentucky Derby Champion

Pensive

• NCAA Basketball Championship

Utah d. Dartmouth (42-40 OT)

• NCAA Football Champions

Army (9-0-0)

Entertainment Awards

Pulitzer Prizes

• Fiction: Journey in the Dark, Martin Flavin
• Music: Symphony No. 4 (Op. 34), Howard Hanson

• Academy Award, Best Picture: Casablanca (Warner Bros.)
• Nobel Prize for Literature: Johannes V. Jensen (Denmark)
• Miss America: Venus Ramey (DC 

Science

Scientists at Harvard University construct the first automatic, general-purpose digital computer.

DNA is isolated by Oswald Avery.

The Germans develop the V-2, the first true missile.