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January 30, 1944

On January 30, 1944, world War II: The Battle of Cisterna, part of Operation Shingle, begins in central Italy. Kathy Acker, Philip Jackson, James Heckman would arrive in the same year.

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1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1944th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 944th year of the 2nd millennium, the 44th year of the 20th century, and the 5th year of the 1940s decade.

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On January 30, 1944

  1. 1944 World War II: The Battle of Cisterna, part of Operation Shingle, begins in central Italy.

    1944 battle of World War II in Italy

    The Battle of Cisterna took place during World War II, on 30 January–2 February 1944, near Cisterna, Italy, as part of the Battle of Anzio, part of the Italian Campaign. S. Army Rangers that went beyond the immediate tactical and strategic results of the battle.

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Kathy Acker 1944– American author and poet (died 1997)
Philip Jackson 1944– Scottish sculptor and photographer
James Heckman 1944– American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
Bernie Worrell 1944– American keyboard player and songwriter (died 2016)
Monty Alexander 1944– Jamaican jazz pianist
Phillip Allen Sharp 1944– American molecular biologist; 1993 Nobel Prize laureate (Physiology or Medicine)

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