What happened in 1944?
439 recorded events in 1944, including 185 in wars & conflicts, 163 in people and 27 in science & technology.
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D-Day landings
Allied forces launch the largest seaborne invasion in history, opening a Western front against Nazi Germany.
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Wars & Conflicts 185
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Normandy landings
1944 landing operations of the Allied invasion of Normandy
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Lapland War
1944–1945 war between Finland and Germany
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Battle of Monte Cassino
1944 assaults by the Allies against the Winter Line in Italy held by Axis forces during the Italian Campaign of World War II
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Liberation of Paris
1944 military action that took place during World War II
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Battle of Aachen
1944 major conflict of World War II
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Siege of Budapest
Soviet siege of Budapest 1944-1945
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Battle of Peleliu
1944 battle between the United States and the Empire of Japan in the Pacific Theater of World War II
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Battle of Anzio
1944 battle in Italy
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Battle of Hürtgen Forest
1944 series of battles fought between US and German forces during World War II in the Hürtgen Forest of Germany
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Operation Ichi-Go
1944 military campaign
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Battle of Saipan
1944 battle of the Pacific campaign of World War II on the island of Saipan in the Mariana Islands
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Falaise Pocket
1944 engagement of the Battle of Normandy in the Second World War
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Battle of Guam
1944 World War II battle
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Battle of Kohima
1944 battle around Kohima, Nagaland, India
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Crimean Offensive
1944 military offensive
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Battle of the Scheldt
1944 battle in northern Belgium and southwestern Netherlands during World War II
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Battle of Arnhem
Battle of World War II
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Operation Nordwind
1944 German offensive in WW2
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Battle of the Korsun–Cherkassy Pocket
1944 battle of the Dnieper–Carpathian Offensive in World War II
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Battle of Tinian
1944 battle of the Pacific campaign of World War II on the island of Tinian in the Mariana Islands
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Battle of Debrecen
1944 battle of the Eastern Front of World War II
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Battle for Caen
1944 part of the Battle of Normandy in WWII
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Battle of Villers-Bocage
1944 battle in occupied France
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Battle of Imphal
Battle fought in 1944
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Battle of Leyte
1944 amphibious invasion of Leyte in the Philippines by American and Filipino guerrilla forces during WWII
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Battle of Angaur
1944 battle of the Pacific campaign in World War II on the island of Angaur in the Palau Islands
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Battle for Narva
1944 battle of World War II
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Courland Pocket
1944 battle
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Battle of the Dukla Pass
1944 conflict
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Battle of Cherbourg
1944 part of the Battle of Normandy during World War II
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Battle of Eniwetok
1944 World War II battle
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Siege of Bastogne
Engagement in December 1944 between American and German forces
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Dekemvriana
1944 Greek Civil War clashes
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Battle of Tali-Ihantala
1944 battle
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Operation Tonga
1944 airborne operation during World War II
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Battle of Memel
1945 battle that took place during world war 2 on the Eastern Front
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Battle of Kwajalein
1944 battle of the Pacific War
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Kamenets-Podolsky Pocket
1944 World War II battle
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Brécourt Manor Assault
1944 U.S. parachute assault of the Normandy Invasion
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Battle of San Marino
1944 World War II battle
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Battle of Carentan
1944 battle in France during World War II
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Battle of Tannenberg Line
1944 battle of World War II
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Battle for Brest
1944 battle fought on the Western Front during World War II
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Battle of Ancona
1944 battle of the Second World War
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Battle of Ormoc Bay
1944 battle in the Philippines during World War II
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Battle of Mindoro
1944 battle
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Battle of Ilomantsi
1944 battle of the Continuation War
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Battle of Changsha
Japanese invasion of Hunan, China during the Second Sino-Japanese War
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Battle of Morotai
1944 Extended WWII battle of the Pacific War
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Siege of Dunkirk
1944-1945 battle in France during World War II
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Battle of Metz
1944 siege
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Battle of Guilin–Liuzhou
1944 battle of the Second Sino-Japanese War
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Moonsund Landing Operation
1944 amphibious operation and offensive by the Red Army during World War II
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Battle of Radzymin
1944 tank battle between Nazi Germany and Soviet Union during the opening stages of the Warsaw Uprising
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Battle of Romania
World War II battle in Romania between USSR and Axis Forces (1944)
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Battle off Samar
1944 part of the battle of Leyte Gulf
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Battle of Overloon
1944 battle
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Battle of Monte Castello
1944 battle of the World War II
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Battle of Verrières Ridge
1944 battle
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Šiauliai Offensive
Summer 1944 battle on Eastern Front of WW2
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Battle of Hollandia
1944 battle between American and Japanese forces during World War II
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Battle of Merville Gun Battery
1944 battle part of Operation Tonga
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Battle of the Admin Box
Battle on the Southern Front of the Burma Campaign during World War II
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Operation Ostra Brama
1944 battle
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Battle of Nancy
1944 battle
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Battle of Talasea
1944 military engagement on New Britain, Pacific Ocean
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Battle of Biak
1944 battle in the New Guinea campaign of World War II
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American airborne landings in Normandy
1944 United States combat operations during Operation Overlord
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Battle of Saint-Lô
1944 military engagement in France during WWII
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Battle of Vuosalmi
1944 battle
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Battle of Tienhaara
1944 battle
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Nikopol–Krivoi Rog Offensive
30 January – 29 February 1944 military offensive
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First Battle of Târgu Frumos
1944 battle
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Lwów Uprising
1944 battle
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Battle of St. Vith
1944 battle
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Battle of Porkuni
1944 World War II battle
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Battle of Gemmano
1944 battle
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Belostock Offensive
1944 world War II military operation
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Battle of Marseille
1944 liberation of Marseille by Free French forces
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Battle of Rimini
Part of the September 1944 battle during the Italian Campaign in the Second World War
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Battle of Vyborg Bay
1944 battle
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Siege of Myitkyina
1944 World War 2 Burma campaign
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Battle of the Green Islands
1944 battle
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Battle of Bréville
1944 battle of the invasion of Normandy in WWII
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Battle of Chambois
1944 World War II battle fought near Chambois
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Battle of Driniumor River
1944 World War II battle in New Guinea
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Battle of Studzianki
1944 battle
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Operation Diadem
1944 military operation in World War II's Italian Campaign
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Battle of Le Mesnil-Patry
1944 battle
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Defense of Hengyang
1944 battle in mainland China
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Elsenborn Ridge
1944 part of the Battle of the Bulge of WWII
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Battle of Cisterna
1944 battle during World War II
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Battle of Arracourt
1944 major clash between US and German armored forces near the French town of Arracourt
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Battle of Tehumardi
1944 military conflict in Estonia during WW II
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Battle of Tornio
1944 event
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Battle of Garfagnana
1944 battle
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Odesa offensive
Offensive operation in southern Ukraine from March to April 1944
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Battle of Batina
1944 battle
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Battle of Saint-Malo
1944 World War II battle
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Battle of Rovaniemi
1944 battle in the Lapland War
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Battle of Wide Bay
1944 battle
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Battle of Noemfoor
1944 World War II battle in Dutch New Guinea
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Battle of Wakde
1944 battle in New Guinea during World War II
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March 1944 Narva Offensive
March 1944 operation conducted by the Soviet Leningrad Front
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Battle of Leszczawa Górna
1944 battle
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Battle for Narva Bridgehead
1944 battle of the Second World War in Estonia
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Battle of Dompaire
1944 battle fought between France and Germany
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Stracin-Kumanovo Operation
1944 operation of the Bulgarian army and the Yugoslav Partisans against German forces
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Bereznegovatoye–Snigirevka offensive
Part of Dnieper–Carpathian offensive on the Eastern Front of WW2
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Allied Siege of La Rochelle
1944/45 containment of German troops holding French port
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Battle of Turda
1944 battle during World War II
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Battle of Carei
1944 WWII battle in Romania
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Battle of Păuliş
1944 battle
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Battle of Shangshak
Battle of the 1944 Burma campaign during World War II
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Battle of Sansapor
1944 battle of WW2's Pacific Theater
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Narva Offensive February 1944
1944 campaign fought between the German army detachment "Narwa" and the Soviet Leningrad Front
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Battle of Gurby
1944 battle
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Battle of the Tennis Court
Part of the Battle of Kohima in North East India in 1944
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Air battle over the Ore Mountains
1944 battle between US and German air forces
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Battle of Nijmegen
1944 battle in the Netherlands during WWII
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Battle of Rapido River
1944 battle
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Battle of Port-en-Bessin
1944 battle
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Battle of Meligalas
1944 battle between ELAS and Security Battalions
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Battle of Nietjärvi
1944 battle
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Battle of Walcheren Causeway
1944 engagement in the battle of the Scheldt during World War II
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Battle of Ist
1944 Adriatic Sea battle
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Raid on Santorini
1944 battle of World War II
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Battle of Vukov Klanac
Battle of Vukov Klanac (Wars & Conflicts).
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Liberation of Strasbourg
Liberation of Strasbourg (Wars & Conflicts).
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Battle of Auvere
1944 battle of World War II
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Battle of Port Cros
1944 battle
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Battle of Mogaung
1944 WWII conflict in Burma
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Battle of Murowana Oszmianka
1944 battle of Operation Tempest in the Eastern Front of World War II
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Battle of Osuchy
1944 battle of Operation Tempest during World War II
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Battle of La Ciotat
Naval engagement part of Operation Dragon
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Battle of Lanzerath Ridge
1944 first day of the battle of the Bulge during World War II
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Narva Offensive
March 1944 battle in Estonia during WW II
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Battle of the Nijmegen Salient
Battle in the Netherlands during WW2
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Battle of Toulon
Combat and other actions in World War II from August 20–26, 1944
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Battle of Kilkis
1944 battle
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Battle of Geel
1944 battle of WW2 in Belgium
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Battle of Montecarotto
1944 battle
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Battle of Amfilochia
1944 WW II resistance action
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Battle of Nerva Island
1944 battle
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Battle of Chora - Agorelitsa
1944 battle
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Battle of Crucifix Hill
1944 battle of World War II
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Battle of Porytowe Wzgórze
1944 battle
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Battle of Moerbrugge
1944 battle of WW2 in Belgium
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Battle of Olhava
1944 armed conflict
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Battle for Hill 140
1944 battle as part of Operation Totalize
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Battle of Karoutes
1944 battle in Phocis, Greece
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Battle of Broekhuizen
1944 battle of WW2 in the Netherlands
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Battle of Lopata Hill
1944 battle
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Battle of Stryhany
1944 battle
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Second Battle of the Odon
1944 battle in the Second World War
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Battle of Audierne Bay
1944 battle of World War II
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Battle of Heartbreak Crossroads
1944 engagement prior to the battle of the Bulge
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Battle of Central Henan
Battle of Central Henan (Wars & Conflicts).
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Battle of Bloody Gulch
1944 battle on the Western Front of World War II
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Battle of Ceber
1944 battle in Ceber, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, Poland
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Battle of Pęcice
1944 battle
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Fort Driant
Architectural structure
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Battle of Graignes
Battle near this commune that started on June 6, 1944
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Battle of Madang
1944 battle of New Guinea campaign of World War II
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Battle of Boernerowo
1944 battle
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Battle of Lone Tree Hill
1944 battle in the Western New Guinea Campaign
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Battle of Vianden
1944 battle
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1944 Wola cemeteries defenses
Defensive fights during the Warsaw Uprising (Warsaw, Poland: 1944)
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Battle of Surkonty
Battle between Poland and the Soviet Union in 1944
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Liberation of Warsaw concentration camp
Liberation of Warsaw concentration camp during the Warsaw Uprising in August 1944
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Battle of Kesternich
1944 battle during World War Two
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Royan pocket
1944 siege
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Insurgent attacks on the Bielany airfield
Unsuccessful attempt to capture the Bielany airfield in Warsaw
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Lost Battalion
US Army 1st Battalion, 141st Infantry (36th Infantry Division), surrounded by German forces in the Vosges Mountains in 1944
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Battle of Mont Mouchet
1944 battle
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Battle of Crater Hill
1944 battle
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Battle of Karavia Bay
1944 battle
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Battles of Nabróż
1944 battles
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Battle of Gnojno
1944 battle
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Attack of Maziarnia Wawrzkowa
1944 battle
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Battle of Stężarzyce
1944 battle
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Battle of Pearl Ridge
1944 Part of the Bougainville campaign in World War II
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Battle of La Haye-du-Puits
Battle during Operation Overlord
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Battle of Douvres Radar Station
1944 battle
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Battle of Clervaux
1944 battle
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Politics & Government 3
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Bretton Woods system
Financial-economic agreement reached in 1944
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Moscow Armistice
Peace treaty ending the Continuation War
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Operation Panzerfaust
Military operation to occupy Hungary in October 1944
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People 163
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Abdülmecid II died
Last caliph of the Ottoman Dynasty (1868–1944)
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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry died
French writer and aviator (1900–1944)
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Alexis Carrel died
French surgeon and biologist
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Charles Glover Barkla died
English physicist (1877-1944)
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Arthur Eddington died
British astrophysicist (1882-1944)
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Edith Durham died
British artist (1863-1944)
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Alois Musil died
Czech theologian, orientalist and explorer (1868–1944)
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William Temple died
Archbishop of Canterbury (1881-1944)
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Kasturba Gandhi died
Wife of Mahatma Gandhi, an Indian leader of British era (1869-1944)
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Jurgis Baltrušaitis died
Lithuanian poet and translator (1873–1944)
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Octav Băncilă died
Romanian artist (1872-1944)
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Romain Rolland died
French author (1866-1944)
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Glenn Miller died
American band leader, arranger, and composer (1904–1944)
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David Eugene Smith died
American mathematician (1860–1944)
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François Debeauvais died
Breton nationalist activist
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George Frederick Stout died
British philosopher and psychologist (1860–1944)
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Sergei Prokudin-Gorskii died
Russian chemist and photographer (1863–1944)
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Leo Baekeland died
Belgium American inventor (1863-1944)
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William James Sidis died
American child prodigy (1898-1944)
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Aline Sitoe Diatta died
Jola spiritual leader and heroine (c. 1920–1944)
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Frank Ryan died
Irish republican (1902-1944)
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Hirsch Berlinski died
POlish resistance fighter
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Florence Foster Jenkins died
American soprano, renowned for her lack of musical skill and singing ability (1868–1944)
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David Kinley died
American economist
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Clyde Augustus Duniway died
Academic administrator (1866-1944)
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Bertha Benz died
German automobile pioneer, with husband Karl Benz (1849–1944)
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E. M. Antoniadi died
Greek astronomer
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Louis Renault died
French industrialist
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Thomas Midgley died
American chemist and engineer (1889–1944)
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George David Birkhoff died
American mathematician (1884-1944)
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Paul Otlet died
Belgian author, librarian and anti-colonial thinker (1868–1944)
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Jakob von Uexküll died
Baltic German biologist, zoologist, and philosopher (1864-1944)
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Leonid Mandelstam died
Soviet physicist
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Martin Wilhelm Kutta died
German mathematician (1867–1944)
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Dénes Kőnig died
Hungarian mathematician (1884-1944)
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Paul Cornu died
French engineer (1881–1944)
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Nikolai Kolomeitsev died
Russian admiral and explorer
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Amos Arthur Heller died
American botanist (1867-1944)
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Charles Rabot died
French explorer (1856-1944)
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Hendrikus Albertus Lorentz died
Dutch explorer and diplomat (1871–1944)
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Jiří Baum died
Czech traveller and science writer
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Georges Montandon died
French anthropologist
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Eric Teichman died
British diplomat
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Leon Aleksander Sapieha died
Polish Army officer, landowner, traveler
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Abigail de Paiva Cruz died
Portuguese painter, sculptor and feminist (1883–1944)
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Filip Mișea died
Aromanian activist, physician and politician
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Adri Bleuland van Oordt died
Dutch painter and illustrator
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Jules Hiernaux died
Pedagogue and Walloon activist (1881–1944)
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Cora Slocomb di Brazza died
American heiress and Italian activist, businesswoman, and philanthropist
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Valentine Thomson died
French writer, philanthropist and women's rights activist
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Agnes von Konow died
Finnish animal rights activist
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Eden Paul died
English physician, translator and communist activist
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Eva Mamlok died
Jewish anti-Nazi resistance activist
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Yvette Guilbert died
French cabaret singer
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Ralph H. Fowler died
English physicist (1889-1944)
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Mary Adela Blagg died
British astronomer (1858–1944)
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Prafulla Chandra Ray died
Bengali chemist, educationist, poet, historian, industrialist and philanthropist (1861–1944)
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Jean Cavaillès died
French philosopher and mathematician (1903–1944)
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C. V. Boys died
British physicist (1855-1944)
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Ștefania Mărăcineanu died
Romanian physicist (1882-1944)
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John Walter Christie died
Automotive Engineer and Inventor (1865-1944)
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Leon Chwistek died
Polish painter, philosopher and logician (*1884 – †1944)
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Margaret Eliza Maltby died
American physicist (1860–1944)
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Grace Chisholm Young died
English mathematician (1878–1944)
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Charles Benedict Davenport died
American botanist, zoologist and eugenicist (1866 – 1944)
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Hélène Metzger died
French philosopher (1889-1944)
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Otto Blumenthal died
German mathematician (1876-1944)
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Ernst Cohen died
Dutch chemist
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Josef Maria Eder died
Austrian chemist and photographer (1855-1944)
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Gedeon Richter died
Hungarian pharmacist
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Frederick Richard Simms died
Engineer and manufacturer (1863–1944)
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Eduard Engelmann died
Austrian figure skater, engineer, and cyclist (1864–1944)
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Carl Wilhelm Oseen died
Theoretical physicist (1879-1944)
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Karel Škorpil died
Czech archeologist (1859–1944)
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Harold P. Brown died
American inventor (1869-1932)
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Henri Buisson died
French physicist (1873–1944)
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Clodomiro Picado died
Costa Rican scientist (1887-1944)
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Georg Bredig died
German physicochemist (1868–1944)
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Edgar Zilsel died
Austrian historian and philosopher (1891–1944)
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Emil Cohn died
German physicist (1854-1944)
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Karl Edvard Laman died
Swedish missionary and ethnographer (1867-1944)
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Kenneth Gandar-Dower died
British tennis player (1908–1944)
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David Haig-Thomas died
British rower, ornithologist and military officer (1908-1944)
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Albert Hale Sylvester died
American explorer
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Herschel Clifford Parker died
American physicist and mountaineer (1867–1944)
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Somerset Playne died
Explorer from British India
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Émile Desportes died
French painter (1878-1944)
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Emily Caroline Barnett died
(1860-1944) explorer
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Asmahan died
Egyptian singer & actor (1917-1944)
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Viktor Ullmann died
Austrian composer (1898–1944)
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Kurt Gerron died
German Jewish film actor, director and singer murdered at Auschwitz (1897-1944)
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Harry Langdon died
American actor and comedian (1884–1944)
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Hans Krása died
Czech composer (1899-1944)
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Merna Kennedy died
Actress (1908-1944)
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Jessie Ralph died
Actress (1864-1944)
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Bud Jamison died
Actor (1894-1944)
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Kitty Marion died
Actress and political activist, Militant Suffragette (1871-1944)
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Irvin S. Cobb died
American writer (1876-1944)
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Ban Ki-moon born
Born in Eumseong County. 8th Secretary-General of the United Nations.
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George Lucas born
Born in Modesto. American filmmaker and philanthropist (born 1944).
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Gerhard Schröder born
Born in Mossenberg-Wöhren. Chancellor of West Germany (1998–2005).
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Rajiv Gandhi born
Born in Mumbai. Prime Minister of India (1984-1989).
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Alice Walker born
Born in Eatonton. American author and activist (born 1944).
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Omar al-Bashir born
Born in Hosh Bannaga. President of Sudan from 1989 to 2019.
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Alexander Van der Bellen born
Born in Vienna. President of Austria since 2017 (born 1944).
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Miloš Zeman born
Born in Kolín. Czech politician, president of the Czech Republic from 2013 to 2023.
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Yoweri Museveni born
Born in Ntungamo. President of Uganda since 1986.
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Danny DeVito born
Born in Neptune Township. American actor, comedian, director and producer (born 1944).
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Angela Davis born
Born in Birmingham. American political activist, scholar, and author (born 1944).
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Mairead Maguire born
Born in Belfast. Peace activist (born 1944).
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Dzhokhar Dudayev born
Born in Yalkhoroy. Soviet general, Chechen leader (1944-1996).
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Mary Robinson born
Born in Ballina. Former President of Ireland and former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.
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Nana Akufo-Addo born
Born in Accra. President of Ghana from 2017 to 2025.
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John Evans Atta Mills born
Born in Tarkwa. Sixth President of the Republic of Ghana (1944–2012).
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Sali Berisha born
Born in Viçidol. Albanian politician.
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Rudy Giuliani born
Born in Brooklyn. American attorney and politician (born 1944).
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Rafiq Hariri born
Born in Sidon. Prime Minister of Lebanon (1992–1998, 2000–2004).
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Abdul Hamid born
Born in Dhaka. President of Bangladesh in 2013-2023.
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Jonathan Demme born
Born in Baldwin. American filmmaker (1944–2017).
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Nguyễn Phú Trọng born
Born in Đông Anh. General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (top leader) from 2011 to 2024.
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David Trimble born
Born in Belfast. First Minister of Northern Ireland from 1998 to 2002.
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Gennady Zyuganov born
Born in Mymrino. General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation.
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Kunishige Kamamoto born
Born in Ukyō Ward. Japanese association football player and manager.
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Reinhold Messner born
Born in Brixen. Italian mountaineer, adventurer and explorer (born 1944).
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Françoise Hardy born
Born in 9th arrondissement of Paris. French singer (1944–2024).
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Ibrahim Rugova born
Born in Cerrcë. President of Kosovo (1944-2006).
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Roger Scruton born
Born in Buslingthorpe. English conservative philosopher and writer (1944–2020).
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Vojislav Koštunica born
Born in Belgrade. Serbian politician.
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Paul Keating born
Born in Bankstown. Australian politician, 24th Prime Minister of Australia.
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Askar Akayev born
Born in Kyzylbayrak. 1st and former President of Kyrgyzstan.
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Robert Mueller born
Born in New York City. American attorney and sixth director of the FBI (1944–2026).
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Rem Koolhaas born
Born in Rotterdam. Dutch architect (1944-).
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Andris Bērziņš born
Born in Nītaure. Eighth president of Latvia (born 1944).
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Donna Haraway born
Born in Denver. American philosopher, scholar in the field of science and technology studies.
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Chico Buarque born
Born in Rio de Janeiro. Brazilian singer-songwriter.
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Wesley Clark born
Born in Chicago. United States Army general and 2004 Democratic Party presidential candidate.
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Tim Rice born
Born in St Albans. British lyricist and author.
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António Damásio born
Born in Lisbon. Neuroscientist and professor at the University of Southern California (born 1944).
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Gregory Jarvis born
Born in Detroit. American astronaut (1944-1986).
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Rita Mae Brown born
Born in Hanover. Novelist, poet, screenwriter, activist (born 1944).
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John Tavener born
Born in London. British composer (1944-2013).
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Bernard Cornwell born
Born in London. British writer.
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Peter Bieri born
Born in Bern. Swiss philosopher and writer (1944–2023).
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Élisabeth Badinter born
Born in Boulogne-Billancourt. French author, historian, and professor.
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Raymond Moody born
Born in Porterdale. American psychologist.
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Abdul Fatah Younis born
Born in Jebel Akhdar. Libyan militarry officer (1944-2011).
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Simon Blackburn born
Born in Chipping Sodbury. English academic philosopher (born 1944).
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Loren Shriver born
Born in Jefferson. American astronaut.
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Christopher Browning born
Born in Durham. American historian of the Holocaust.
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Padmavathy Bandopadhyay born
Born in Tirupati. First woman Air Marshal of the Indian Air Force.
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David M. Walker born
Born in Columbus. American astronaut (1944-2001).
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Jim Gibbons born
Born in Sparks. 28th Governor of Nevada.
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Jean-Louis Debré born
Born in Toulouse. French politician (1944–2025).
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Isaac Mordechai born
Born in Zakho. Israeli military officer and politician (born 22 November 1944).
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James van Hoften born
Born in Fresno. American astronaut.
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Élisabeth Roudinesco born
Born in Paris. French historian and psychoanalyst.
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Norman Naimark born
Born in Suffern. Robert and Florence McDonnell Professor in East European Studies, Stanford University.
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Conrad Black born
Born in Montreal. Canadian and British newspaper publisher (born 1944).
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Dale Dye born
Born in Missouri. American actor, presenter, and businessman.
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Amnon Lipkin-Shahak born
Born in Tel Aviv. 15th Chief of General Staff of the Israel Defense Forces (1944–2012).
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Charles L. Veach born
Born in Chicago. Recipient of the Purple Heart medal (1944–1995).
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Lisa Jardine born
Born in Oxford. British historian (1944-2015).
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Leon Chwistek died
Died in Barvikha. Polish painter, philosopher and logician (*1884 – †1944).
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Science & Technology 27
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Moscow State Institute of International Relations
Diplomatic school of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia
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Mathematical Research Institute of Oberwolfach
Research institute
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Chalk River Laboratories
Nuclear research facility located near Chalk River, Canada
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Yerevan State Institute of Theatre and Cinematography
Public university in Yerevan, Armenia
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Bukovinian State Medical University
University
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Victor Babeș University of Medicine and Pharmacy
University in Timișoara, Romania
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Södersjukhuset
Hospital in Stockholm, Sweden
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Moscow University for the Humanities
University
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Fresno Pacific University
American private university
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Shaanxi Normal University
University in China
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National Transport University
Educational institution in Kyiv, Ukraine
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Aga Khan Hospital, Mombasa
Hospital in Kenya
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Sevan Botanical Garden
Botanical garden in Sevan, Armenia
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Kazakh National Women's Teacher Training University
University in Kazakhstan
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Nicolae Testemițanu State University of Medicine and Pharmacy
Public university In Chișinău
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Clinical Hospital of the University of São Paulo
Hospital in São Paulo, Brazil
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South Ural State Medical University
Healthcare organization in Chelyabinsk, Russia
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Šipkovica Partisan Hospital
Hospital in Radoviš Municipality, North Macedonia
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Instituto Padre Sarmiento de Estudios Gallegos
Research institute of the government of Spain
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Main Astronomical Observatory of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
Observatory
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University of Sciences and Arts of Chiapas
Multi-campus university in Tuxtla, Chiapas, Mexico.
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Rajendra University
State public university in Balangir, Odisha, India
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Somdejphrajaotaksin Maharaj Hospital
Hospital in Tak, Thailand
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Dunhuang Academy
Research institute based in Dunhuang, Gansu, China
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Abrabanel Hospital
Hospital
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Amami Wakoen Sanatorium
Sanatorium in Amami, Kagoshima, Japan
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V.I. Kulakov National Medical Research Center for Obstetrics, Gynecology and Perinatology
Hospital in Russia
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Exploration & Discovery 3
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Thracian Tomb of Kazanlak
Vaulted-brickwork tomb in Kazanlak, Bulgaria
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Aillwee Cave
Cave system in County Clare, Ireland
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sinking of the SS Tanais
sinking of the SS Tanais (Exploration & Discovery).
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Religion & Belief Systems 3
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Kagi Shrine
Former Shinto shrine in Taiwan
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Church of the Resurrection of Christ
Church of the Resurrection of Christ (Religion & Belief Systems).
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Our Lady of the Ozarks Shrine
Roman Catholic religious shrine in rural northern Crawford County, Arkansas
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Economy & Trade 16
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Kia
South Korean automobile manufacturer
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Ülker
Turkish food company
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Pivdenmash
Ukrainian rocket manufacturer
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NPO Mashinostroyeniya
Rocket design company
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Ampex
American audio and video recorder and storage media company
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Cisitalia
Italian carmaker
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Bangkok Bank
Financial institution in Thailand
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Novonor
Brazilian company involved in a corruption scandal in Latin America
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Murata Manufacturing
Company
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Bodum
Danish kitchenware manufacturer
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Dunnes Stores
Multinational retail chain
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Yıldız Holding
Turkish conglomerate
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Land Securities
British real estate investment trust
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Jouef
Model railroading brand
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Sadia
Brazilian processed food manufacturer
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Yapı ve Kredi Bankası
Turkish private sector bank
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Disasters & Pandemics 10
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Port Chicago disaster
1944 explosion in California, United States
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Bombay Explosion
1944 exposion in India
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1944 San Juan Earthquake
Earthquake in Argentina
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RAF Fauld explosion
Accidental, very large 1944 explosion of wartime weaponry in England.
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Explosion in Bergen 1944
Disaster in Bergen, Norway
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Bolu–Gerede earthquake of 1944
7.6-magnitude earthquake that struck Bolu in northwestern Turkey on February 1, 1944
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Soham rail disaster
Ammunition train exploded, 1944
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1944 Cornwall-Massena earthquake
Earthquake near the New York–Ontario border
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1944 explosion in Aarhus.
Disaster in Aarhus, Denmark
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Gulf of Edremit–Ayvacik earthquake of 1944
6.7-magnitude earthquake that struck Balıkesir in northwestern Turkey on October 6, 1944
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Social Movements & Revolutions 3
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Slovak National Uprising
Armed uprising of the Slovak domestic resistance during the Second World War
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Sonderkommando Revolt in Auschwitz
1944 uprising by Nazi death camp workers
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Park Street riot
Racial conflict among American soldires in Bristol, England
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Architecture & Engineering 11
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Estádio Nacional
Football stadium
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Chapultepec Castle
Palace in Mexico
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Basilica of Our Lady of Mercy
Minor basilica in Yarumal, Colombia
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St Tiernach's Park
GAA stadium in Clones, Ireland
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Simon Peter's Church
Church in Copenhagen S, Denmark
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Estadio de la Victoria
Multi-use stadium in Jaen, Spain
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Chira Nakhon Stadium
Stadium in Thailand
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Frederik's Church
Church building in Aarhus Municipality, Denmark
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Church of Mary Help of Christians
Church in Knežija, Zagreb, Croatia
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Sacred Heart Forane Church
Building
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Nuestra Señora del Carmen
Church in La Línea de la Concepción, Province of Cádiz, Spain
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Sports & Entertainment 4
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Malmö Opera
Opera house in Malmö, Sweden
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Almetyevsk Tatar State Dramatic Theatre
Theatre in Almetyevsk, Russia
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Zhytomyr Regional Ukrainian Music and Drama Theatre Ivan Kocherga
Theatre in Zhytomyr, Ukraine
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Academic Drama Theatre Brest
Theatre in Brest, Belarus
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Empires & Countries 10
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Iceland founded
Iceland was founded, with its capital at Reykjavík.
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Vichy France dissolved
Vichy France ceased to exist, having been centered at Paris.
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Polish People's Republic founded
Polish People's Republic was founded, with its capital at Warsaw.
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Tuvan People's Republic dissolved
Tuvan People's Republic ceased to exist, having been centered at Kyzyl.
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Provisional Government of the French Republic founded
Provisional Government of the French Republic was founded.
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Kingdom of Iceland dissolved
Kingdom of Iceland ceased to exist, having been centered at Reykjavík.
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Second East Turkestan Republic founded
Second East Turkestan Republic was founded, with its capital at Yining.
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Governorate of Montenegro dissolved
Governorate of Montenegro ceased to exist, having been centered at Cetinje.
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Hellenic State dissolved
Hellenic State ceased to exist, having been centered at Athens.
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Territory of the Military Commander in Serbia dissolved
Territory of the Military Commander in Serbia ceased to exist, having been centered at Belgrade.
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