"Old times there are not forgotten"
By the end of 1944, the Allies were winning major battles including Guam, Saipan, the Invasion of Normandy and The Battle of the Bulge though at a terrible cost. Railways that had been seized by the federal government resulting from a wage dispute were returned to their owners and a German Shepherd was awarded the Army's Distinguished Service Medal for bravery during the Invasion of Sicily.
New book titles: A Bell for Adano, Brave Men, Forever Amber and Immortal Wife.
At the movies: Gaslight, Going My Way and None But the Lonely.
Television premiers: The War as it Happened, first regularly scheduled news program (NBC).
June 27
The Federal Communication Commission reserved 13 channels for public expansion of television. Channel 1 was later redesignated for noncommercial use.
October 30
The rationing of shoes was discontinued.
November 7
Franklin Delano Roosevelt was reelected president of the United States, the only president ever to win a fourth term.