Fatto generale: 244 is a number for which we're missing a fact (submit one to numbersapi at google mail!).
Fatto matematico: 244 is the smallest number (besides 2) that can be written as the sum of 2 squares or the sum of two 5^{th} powers.
Trivia: 244 is an unremarkable number.
Data storica: August 31st is the day in 1949 that the retreat of the Democratic Army of Greece in Albania after its defeat on Gramos mountain marks the end of the Greek Civil War.