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1984 was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1984th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 984th year of the 2nd millennium, the 84th year of the 20th century, and the 5th year of the 1980s decade.
George Orwell, author of Nineteen Eighty-Four, whose wartime BBC career influenced his creation of Oceania. What is known of the society, politics and economics of Oceania, and its rivals, comes from the in-universe book, The Theory and Practice of Oligarchical Collectivism by Emmanuel Goldstein, a literary device Orwell uses to connect the past and present of 1984. [1]
The Orwell Archive at University College London contains undated notes about ideas that evolved into Nineteen Eighty-Four.The notebooks have been deemed "unlikely to have been completed later than January 1944", and "there is a strong suspicion that some of the material in them dates back to the early part of the war".
Andy Coats fought — and won — a 1984 Supreme Court case that gave college football television freedom. Now, it may lead to its demise. ‘It changed the world.’
In Orwell's novel "1984" — which was published in 1949 — the English author outlines a dystopian future that is eerily similar our world today. "1984" is still considered a fictional piece of ...
May 12 – The 1984 Louisiana World Exposition, a World's fair, opens in New Orleans. May 17 – Michael Silka kills nine people near Manley Hot Springs, Alaska. May 19 – The Edmonton Oilers defeat the New York Islanders to win their first Stanley Cup. May 27 – An overnight flash flood rages through neighborhoods in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Nearly ...
Graph of global conflict deaths from 1945 to 1989 from various sources. This is a list of wars that began between 1945 and 1989.Other wars can be found in the historical lists of wars and the list of wars extended by diplomatic irregularity.
Pages in category "Conflicts in 1984" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9.