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Events on Wednesday 4 October 1944 1
1873 – 1944Al Smith (1873-1944)Died 4 October 1944, aged 70Four-term Governor of New York and a progressive reformer. In 1928 he became the first Catholic nominated for president by a major party, losing to Herbert Hoover. He later led the construction of the Empire State Building.