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The year 1944 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below. The following entries cover events related to Science or Technology which occurred in the listed year The table of years in science is a tabular display of all years in Science, for overview and quick navigation to any year The year 1934 in Science and Technology involved some significant events listed below The year 1935 in Science and Technology involved some significant events listed below The year 1936 in Science and Technology involved some significant events listed below The year 1937 in Science and Technology involved some significant events listed below The year 1938 in Science and Technology involved some significant events listed below The year 1939 in Science and Technology involved some significant events listed below The year 1940 in Science and Technology involved some significant events listed below The year 1941 in Science and Technology involved some significant events listed below The year 1942 in Science and Technology involved some significant events listed below The year 1943 in Science and Technology involved some significant events listed below The year 1945 in Science and Technology involved some significant events listed below The year 1946 in Science and Technology involved some significant events listed below The year 1947 in Science and Technology involved some significant events listed below The year 1948 in Science and Technology involved some significant events listed below The year 1949 in Science and Technology involved some significant events listed below See also Other events of 1950 The year 1951 in Science and Technology involved some significant events listed below The year 1952 in Science and Technology involved some significant events listed below The year 1953 in Science and Technology involved some significant events listed below The year 1954 in Science and Technology involved some significant events listed below This page indexes the individual Years pages Twenty-first century Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. This page indexes the individual Years pages Twenty-first century See also List of centuries, History This is a list of Decades in history including links to corresponding articles with more information about them The 1910s decade ran from January 1 1910 through December 31 1919 The 1920s is sometimes referred to as the " Jazz Age " or the " Roaring Twenties " when speaking about the United States and Canada The 1930s were described as an abrupt shift to more radical and conservative lifestyles as countries were struggling to find a solution to the Great Depression. The 1940s decade ran from 1940 to 1949 Events and trends The 1940s was a period between the radical 1930s and the conservative 1950s which also leads the period to be The 1950s Decade refers to the years of 1950 to 1959 inclusive The 1960s decade refers to the years from the beginning of 1960 to the end of 1969 This article is about the Decade 1970-1979 For the Year 1970 see 1970. See also List of centuries, History This is a list of Decades in history including links to corresponding articles with more information about them The pages listed below contain information about trends and events in particular centuries and millennia. The 19th century of the Common Era began on January 1, 1801 and ended on December 31, 1900, according to the Gregorian calendar The twentieth century of the Common Era began on The 21st century is the current century of the Christian Era or Common Era in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. The pages listed below contain information about trends and events in particular centuries and millennia. List of years in Art Events Awards Archibald Prize: Joshua Smith - Hon Sol Rosevear The year 1944 in Archaeology involved some significant events The year 1944 in architecture involved some significant events The year 1944 in literature involved some significant new books Events Jo Stafford launches her solo career Frank Sinatra begins his film career with the musical Higher and Higher Science (from the Latin scientia, meaning " Knowledge " or "knowing" is the effort to discover, and increase human understanding Technology is a broad concept that deals with a Species ' usage and knowledge of Tools and Crafts and how it affects a species' ability to control and adapt
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Astronomy
- Hendrik van de Hulst predicts the 21 cm hyperfine line of neutral interstellar hydrogen. Hendrik Christoffel "Henk" van de Hulst ( Utrecht, Nov 19 1918 &ndash Leiden, Jul 31 2000) was a Dutch Hydrogen (ˈhaɪdrədʒən is the Chemical element with Atomic number 1
Biology
- Oswald Avery published Studies on the chemical nature of the substance inducing transformation of Pneumococcal types (Avery, O. Oswald Theodore Avery ( October 21, 1877 &ndash 2 February, 1955) was a Canadian -born American Physician and T. , MacLeod, C. M. & McCarty, M. Journal of Experimental Mededicine February 1 issue. ) The McCarty laboratory showed that a DNA molecule could carry an inheritable trait to a living organism. Deoxyribonucleic acid ( DNA) is a Nucleic acid that contains the genetic instructions used in the development and functioning of all known This was important because many biologists thought that genes were proteins and that nucleic acids were too simple chemically to serve as genetic storage molecules. History See also History of genetics The existence of genes was first suggested by Gregor Mendel (1822-1884 who in the 1860s studied inheritance Proteins are large Organic compounds made of Amino acids arranged in a linear chain and joined together by Peptide bonds between the Carboxyl A nucleic acid is a Macromolecule composed of chains of monomeric Nucleotides In Biochemistry these Molecules carry Genetic information
Chemistry
- Americium discovered by Glenn T. Seaborg, et al. Americium (ˌæməˈrɪsiəm is a Synthetic element that has the symbol Am and Atomic number 95 Glenn Theodore Seaborg ( Glenn Teodor Sjöberg) ( April 19, 1912 &ndash February 25, 1999) won the 1951 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
- Lars Onsager publishes the exact solution to the two-dimensional Ising model
Computer science
- August 7 - IBM dedicates the first program-controlled calculator, the Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator, best known as the Harvard Mark I. Lars Onsager ( November 27, 1903 &ndash October 5, 1976) was a Norwegian – American physical chemist and Events 322 BC - Battle of Crannon between Athens and Macedon following the death of Alexander the Great. International Business Machines Corporation abbreviated IBM and nicknamed "Big Blue", is a multinational Computer Technology A calculator is device for performing mathematical calculations distinguished from a Computer by having a limited problem solving ability and an interface optimized for interactive The IBM Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator ( ASCC) called the Mark I by Harvard University, was the first large-scale automatic digital
Medicine
- The antibiotic streptomycin is developed. In modern usage an antibiotic is a Chemotherapeutic agent with activity against Microorganisms such as Bacteria, fungi or Protozoa Streptomycin is an Antibiotic drug the first of a class of drugs called Aminoglycosides to be discovered and was the first antibiotic remedy for Tuberculosis
Technology
- December 9 - First flight of the Heinkel He 162 Volksjäger, the second jet engined fighter aircraft to be fielded by the Luftwaffe in WWII. Events 536 - Byzantine General Belisarius enters Rome while the Ostrogothic garrison peacefully leaves the city The Heinkel He 162 Volksjäger ("People's Fighter" named after the Volkssturm) was a German single engined jet powered Fighter aircraft ( German 'luftvafe is a generic German term for an Air force. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including
- Erik Wallenberg and Ruben Rausing invent a way to package milk in paper and start the company Tetra Pak. Ruben Rausing (1895 - 1983 was the co-founder of the Liquid Food Packaging company Tetra Pak. Milk is an opaque white liquid produced by the Mammary glands of female Mammals (including Monotremes. Paper is thin material mainly used for writing upon printing upon or packaging Tetra Pak is a multinational Food processing and Packaging company of Swedish origin
- First operational use of a snorkel on a submarine. A submarine snorkel is a device that allows a Submarine to operate submerged while still taking in air from above the surface A submarine is a Watercraft that can operate independently below water as distinct from a Submersible that has only limited underwater capability
- First operational use of the V-2 rocket, the first ballistic missile. See also Vergeltungswaffe The V-2 rocket ( Vergeltungswaffe 2 was the first Ballistic missile and first man-made object to achieve A ballistic missile is a Missile that follows a Sub-orbital ballistic flightpath with the objective of delivering a warhead to a predetermined target
Awards
Births
- August 24 - Gregory Jarvis (d. The Nobel Prize (Nobelpriset (Nobelprisen is a Swedish prize established in the 1895 will of Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel; it was first awarded in Peace, Literature The Nobel Prize in Physics (Nobelpriset i fysik is awarded once a year by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. Isidor Isaac Rabi ( July 29, 1898 &ndash January 11, 1988) Galician born Physicist, and Nobel laureate. The Nobel Prize in Chemistry (Nobelpriset i kemi is awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to scientists in the various fields of Chemistry. Otto Hahn (8 March 1879 &ndash 28 July 1968 was a German Chemist who received the 1944 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for discovering Nuclear fission The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (Nobelpriset i fysiologi eller medicin is awarded once a year by the Swedish Karolinska Institute. Joseph Erlanger ( January 5, 1874 &ndash December 5, 1965) was an American physiologist. Herbert Spencer Gasser ( July 5, 1888 &ndash May 11, 1963) was an American Physiologist, and recipient of the Events 49 BC - Julius Caesar 's General Gaius Scribonius Curio is defeated in the Second Battle of the Bagradas River Gregory Bruce Jarvis ( August 24, 1944 - January 28, 1986) was an American Engineer who died during the destruction 1986), astronaut. The year 1986 in Science and Technology involved many significant events some listed below An astronaut or cosmonaut (космона́вт) is a person trained
Deaths
- November 2 - Thomas Midgley (b. Events 1570 - A Tidal wave in the North Sea devastates the coast from Holland to Jutland, killing more than 1000 Thomas Midgley Jr ( May 18, 1889 – November 2, 1944) was an American mechanical engineer turned Chemist 1889), American chemist and inventor. The year 1889 in Science and Technology involved some significant events listed below The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A chemist is a Scientist trained in the Science of Chemistry. An inventor is a person who creates or discovers a new method form device or other useful means
- November 22 - Arthur Eddington (b. Events 498 - Kofi Aseidu- After the death of Anastasius II, Symmachus is elected Pope in the Lateran Sir Arthur Stanley Eddington, OM (28 December 1882 – 22 November 1944 was an English Astrophysicist of the early 20th century 1882), astrophysicist. The year 1882 in Science and Technology involved some significant events listed below Astrophysics is the branch of Astronomy that deals with the Physics of the Universe, including the physical properties ( Luminosity,
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