LYCOS RETRIEVER 
1944: Miscellaneous
built 201 days ago
Lawrence R. Klein joined the staff on November 21, 1944 as a research associate of the Cowles Commission. Mr. Klein received the degrees of B.A. at the University of California in 1942, and Ph.D. at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1944. He was George May Fellow and Teaching Fellow at the Institute in 1943–44, and taught economics and statistics. His doctoral thesis (unpublished) was on "The Keynesian Revolution," and he has published articles in economic journals.
Source:
CILHI has identified four crash sites of C-47 cargo aircraft that crashed in 1944 and 1945 in the northern part of Burma. Technical talks are to be held in Burma in November to arrange details on the excavation of the four sites in early 2003. During the talks, the U.S. team will seek to visit each site and survey them for subsequent excavation.
Source:
June 22, 1944: Dachau; 1000 Jews are transferred from the death camp of Birkenau to work the factories of Dachau. They were lucky. 98% of the Jews sent to Birkenau were gassed there. 1500 pairs of twins were tortured by Dr. Joseph Mengele in during his "medical experiments".
Source:
"The Sundew was built and launched in Duluth in 1944, and she has served our nation with honor and distinction for the past 60 years," said Oberstar. "The vessel's connection to Duluth makes our city the perfect fit as Sundew's permanent home."
Source:
The surprising Browns put up a good fight in the 1944 World Series -- especially by the pitchers -- but were undone by poor defense. The St. Louis double-play combo of Don Gutteridge and Stephens made three errors apiece, as their team lost the Series in six.
Source:
Similarly, the Japanese pre-war plan, of drawing the enemy fleet into Japanese home waters, to be destroyed in a single, decisive battle, influenced their naval strategy in 1944. But while the American war plan led to incredible advances, leaps of 1000 miles at a time, the Japanese plan resulted in the utter destruction of Japan's naval forces.
Source:
MORE ABOUT
Miscellaneous