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| + | But it really gets [[bad]],<br> | ||
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| + | --"[['Round Midnight (song)|'Round Midnight]]" (1944) by Thelonious Monk | ||
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| + | [[Image:D-Day.jpg|thumb|right|200px|''[[D-Day]]'' ([[1944]]) | ||
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| + | # [[June 6]], [[1944]], the [[date]] during [[World War II]] when the [[Allies]] [[invade]]d western Europe. | ||
| + | # The date of any [[major]] [[event]] [[plan]]ned for the [[future]]. | ||
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| + | '''1944''' was the 44th year of the 20th century, and the 5th year of the 1940s decade. | ||
| == Art and culture == | == Art and culture == | ||
| *End of [[WWII]] | *End of [[WWII]] | ||
| **D-Day is June 6, 1944 | **D-Day is June 6, 1944 | ||
| - | *''[[Les Yeux du silence]]'' - [[Max Ernst]], 1943-1944 | + | ==Literature== |
| + | ===Non fiction=== | ||
| *''[[The Hollywood Hallucination]]'' by Parker Tyler | *''[[The Hollywood Hallucination]]'' by Parker Tyler | ||
| *''[[Dialectic of Enlightenment]]'' by Max Horkheimer, Theodor Adorno | *''[[Dialectic of Enlightenment]]'' by Max Horkheimer, Theodor Adorno | ||
| - | *''[[The Curse of the Cat People]]'' by [[Robert Wise]], Gunther von Fritsch | + | *''[[The Great Transformation (book)|The Great Transformation]]'' by Karl Polanyi |
| + | === Fiction=== | ||
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| *''[[Our Lady of the Flowers]]'' by Jean Genet | *''[[Our Lady of the Flowers]]'' by Jean Genet | ||
| + | * ''[[The Lost Weekend (novel)|The Lost Weekend]]'' by Charles R. Jackson | ||
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| + | ==Visual art== | ||
| + | *''[[The Eye of Silence]]'' by Max Ernst | ||
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| + | ==Film== | ||
| + | *''[[The Curse of the Cat People]]'' by Robert Wise and Gunther von Fritsch | ||
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| + | ==Music== | ||
| + | *[['Round Midnight (song)|'Round Midnight]] by Thelonious Monk | ||
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| == Births == | == Births == | ||
| - | + | * [[February 22]] - [[Jonathan Demme]], American film director, producer and writer (d. [[2017]]) | |
| + | * [[February 27]] - [[Roger Scruton]], English philosopher and writer (d. [[2020]]) | ||
| + | *[[March 4]] - [[Glen Baxter]], English artist | ||
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| + | *[[Lloyd Barnes]] (1944 - ) | ||
| + | *[[Michael Nyman]] (1944 - ) | ||
| + | *[[Luc Deleu]] (1944 - ) | ||
| + | *[[Jean-François Bizot]] (1944 – 2007) | ||
| + | *[[Barry Lederer]] (1944 – 2008) | ||
| + | *[[Patti Labelle]] (1944 - ) | ||
| + | *[[David Mancuso]] (1944 - 2016) | ||
| + | *[[Odd Nerdrum]] (1944 - ) | ||
| + | *[[Kathy Acker]] (1944 - 1997) | ||
| + | *[[Salvatore Samperi]] (1944 - 2009) | ||
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| ==Deaths == | ==Deaths == | ||
| + | * [[January 23]] – [[Edvard Munch]], Norwegian painter (b. [[1863]]) | ||
| + | * [[April 30]] – [[Paul Poiret]], French couturier (b. [[1879]]) | ||
| + | * [[December 2]] - [[Filippo Tommaso Marinetti]], Italian poet, editor and art theorist, founder of the [[Futurism|Futurist]] movement (b. [[1876]]) | ||
| + | *[[December 10]] - [[Paul Otlet]], founding father of documentation science (b. [[1868]]) | ||
| + | *[[December 23]] - [[Charles Dana Gibson]], American graphic artist ("Gibson Girl") (b. [[1867]]) | ||
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1944 was the 44th year of the 20th century, and the 5th year of the 1940s decade.
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Art and culture
- End of WWII
- D-Day is June 6, 1944
Literature
Non fiction
- The Hollywood Hallucination by Parker Tyler
- Dialectic of Enlightenment by Max Horkheimer, Theodor Adorno
- The Great Transformation by Karl Polanyi
Fiction
- Our Lady of the Flowers by Jean Genet
- The Lost Weekend by Charles R. Jackson
Visual art
- The Eye of Silence by Max Ernst
Film
- The Curse of the Cat People by Robert Wise and Gunther von Fritsch
Music
- 'Round Midnight by Thelonious Monk
Births
- February 22 - Jonathan Demme, American film director, producer and writer (d. 2017)
- February 27 - Roger Scruton, English philosopher and writer (d. 2020)
- March 4 - Glen Baxter, English artist
- Lloyd Barnes (1944 - )
- Michael Nyman (1944 - )
- Luc Deleu (1944 - )
- Jean-François Bizot (1944 – 2007)
- Barry Lederer (1944 – 2008)
- Patti Labelle (1944 - )
- David Mancuso (1944 - 2016)
- Odd Nerdrum (1944 - )
- Kathy Acker (1944 - 1997)
- Salvatore Samperi (1944 - 2009)
Deaths
- January 23 – Edvard Munch, Norwegian painter (b. 1863)
- April 30 – Paul Poiret, French couturier (b. 1879)
- December 2 - Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, Italian poet, editor and art theorist, founder of the Futurist movement (b. 1876)
- December 10 - Paul Otlet, founding father of documentation science (b. 1868)
- December 23 - Charles Dana Gibson, American graphic artist ("Gibson Girl") (b. 1867)
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