Welcome to the Class of 1944

Did You Know?

January 27 World War II: The two-year Siege of Leningrad is lifted. This event is invariably referred to as The 900 Day Siege.
May 5 Mohandas Gandhi is freed from prison.
June 4 Allied troops liberate Rome from the Axis powers.
June 6 The Battle of Normandy, or D-Day, begins.
June 10 15-year old Joe Nuxhall plays in a major-league baseball game.
June 17 Iceland becomes an independent country.
July 9 Battle of Normandy in WWII.
July 22 Communist rule starts in Poland.
August 1 Anne Frank makes the final entry in her diary.
August 10 The American forces defeat the last Japanese troops on Guam in WWII.
August 25 Paris is liberated by the Allies in WWII.
November 7 Franklin D. Roosevelt wins re-election becoming the only U.S. president to be elected to a fourth term.

Famous Birthdays

January 10 Frank Sinatra (Singer)
January 12 Joe Frazier (Boxer)
January 16 Ronnie Milsap (Country Singer)
January 23 Rutger Hauer (Actor)
February 13 Jerry Springer (TV Talk Show Host)
February 13 Stockard Channing (Actress)
March 1 Roger Daltrey (Singer from The Who)
March 26 Diana Ross (Singer)
March 28 Ken Howard (Actor)
May 14 George Lucas (Director)
May 24 Patti LaBelle (Singer)
June 29 Gary Busey (Actor)
August 15 Linda Ellerbee (Journalist)
September 6 Swoozie Kurtz (Actress)
November 17 Danny DeVito (Actor)
December 11 Terri Garr (Actress)
December 23 Wesley Clark (US General)

Spencer High School Alumni

Benjamin Hasting Bailey	benbailey@adelphia.net
Frances Ball (Surface)	3402 Elm St. Parkersburg, WV
Nellie Martin (Davis)	cnc01324@wvnvm.wvnet.edu
Bruce O. Parrish	bruceop@yahoo.com
Patsy Stuckey (Bent)	stu3key@localnet.com