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
Montreal d. Chicago (4-0)
Women: Not held (World War II)
Men: Not held (World War II)
Pensive
NCAA Basketball Championship
Utah d. Dartmouth (42-40 OT)
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.)
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Nobel Prize for Literature: Johannes V. Jensen (Denmark)
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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.
