About the Number 44 ( Fourty Four )
- Barack Obama is now America’s 44th President. And the Dow closed 333 points down after the inauguration. The worst inaugural drop in 44 years.
- is the number of derangements of 5 items.
- Forty-four is a tribonacci number, a happy number and an octahedral number.
- In the following equations x=44: x2 + y2 = a2 , y2 + z2 = b2 , z2 + x2 = c2
- 44 = 13 plus an inverted 13 (31)
- Since the greatest prime factor of 442 + 1 = 1937 is 149 and thus more than 44 twice, 44 is a Størmer number.
- The aliquot sequence of 44 is (44,40,50,43,1,0).
- The atomic number of ruthenium
- The retired numbers for former baseball players Hank Aaron, Willie McCovey and ReggieJackson; the number is sometimes considered to be a “hitter’s number”.
- Retired NFL Numbers: Floyd Little (Denver Broncos) and Pete Retzlaff (Philadelphia Eagles)
- Retired NBA Numbers: Dan Issel, (Denver Nuggets); Jerry West (L.A. Lakers); Paul Westphal (Phoenix Suns); Sam Lacey (Sacramento Kings); and George Gervin (San Antonio Spurs).
- The code for international direct dial phone calls to the United Kingdom
- The designation of Interstate 44, a freeway that runs from Texas to Missouri
- The designation of U.S. Route 44, a highway that runs from New York to Massachusetts
- The designation of Pennsylvania Route 44(PA 44), a long state highway in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania
- The name of a mysterious savior of Poland prophesied by the Polish national poet Adam Mickiewicz in his masterpiece drama Dziady (Forefathers).
- A poker game in which each player is dealt four cards down, and four cards are dealt face down on the table in a row. The first three cards on the table are “community” cards and may be used in any player’s hand. The fourth card and any card matching it in rank is wild, and can also be used in a hand (each player is guaranteed one wild card). For each of four rounds, one “community” card is flipped up and a round of betting occurs. After the last round, the winner is the person with the highest poker hand.
- The .44 Magnum or .44 Special revolver cartridges
- +44 is the name of the band including Blink-182 bassist Mark Hoppus and Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker.
- Vicks Formula 44 is a cough suppressant
- The number of the French department Loire-Atlantique
- A blues song, Forty-Four, also known as “44 Blues“
- The largest number for which Wolfram Alpha offers a visual representation
- The 44th state of the USA is Wyoming
- Barack Obama is the 44th President of The United States of America.
- The number of candles in a box of Hanukkah candles.
- The number 44 represents February 13 in leap or regular years on the Julian Calendar
- Legendary Jazz trumpeter Woody Shaw was born in 1944 and died at age 44.
- An agent in the American Television series Get Smart goes under the title of 44, usually assigned to small, enclosed, unexpected spots, to meet Maxwell Smart, agent 86.
- The .44 magnum. The most powerful handgun in the world.
