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Georgia History Timeline / Chronology 1944
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| January 1, 1944 |
Georgia Tech defeats Tulsa in the Sugar Bowl
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| February 20, 1944 |
Start of "Big Week", six days of missions designed to destroy German aircraft production. The Eighth Air Force (England) and the Ninth Air Force (Italy) participate. |
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Eighth Air Force |
| March 4, 1944 |
Lt. Chuck Yeager shoots down his first German fighter while serving in the Eighth (Army) Air Force |
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Eighth Air Force |
| April 3, 1944 |
In Smith v. Allwright the U. S. Supreme Court holds that restrictions against blacks voting in primaries are unconstitutional. |
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The Road to Integration
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Primus King |
| April 16, 1944 |
Tornado strikes the small town of Royston, Georgia, killing 12 people |
| April 17, 1944 |
Martin Luther King delivers a speech "The Negro and the Constitution" in Dublin, GA
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Martin Luther King
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| May 21, 1944 |
Eighth Air Force begins Operation Chattanooga Choo-Choo, systematic raids in Germany and France designed to destroy the Nazi's ability to move munitions and supplies by railroad. It is specifically designed to soften up German lines in advance of D-Day |
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Eighth Air Force |
| May 28, 1944 |
Gladys Knight born, Atlanta
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Gladys Knight |
| June 6, 1944 |
D-Day, Normandy, France. More than 15,000 sorties are flown over France and Germany, led by the Eighth Air Force. |
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Eighth Air Force |
| June 9, 1944 |
Eighth Air Force establishes a base in Allied-occupied France |
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Eighth Air Force |
| July 4, 1944 |
Rev. Primus King, enters the courthouse in Columbus, Georgia and attempts to vote in the "white only" Democratic primary. King was black.
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The Road to Integration
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Columbus, Georgia |
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Primus King |
| August 4, 1944 |
Train crash in Lanier County (near Stockton, GA) claims the lives of 47 people
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Lanier County, Georgia |
| August 24, 1944 |
Eighth Air Force's 78th Fighter Group shoots down the experimental Me-262, a German jet-powered fighter. It is the first jet fighter to be shot down. |
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Eighth Air Force |
| September 21, 1944 |
(William) Hamilton (McWhorter) Jordan born, Charlotte, North Carolina |
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Hamilton Jordan |
| October 13, 1944 |
The Atlanta Campaign National Historic Site (abolished, 1950) is created
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| December 11, 1944 |
Brenda Mae Tarpley (Brenda Lee) is born at Grady Hospital in Atlanta (grew up in Lithonia)
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Brenda Lee
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| December 22, 1944 |
Flood Control Act of 1944 enacted. Created Allatoona Dam
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| December 24, 1944 |
Mike Curb born, Savannah, Georgia
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Savannah, Georgia births and deaths |
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