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Nineteen Eighty-Four (also published as 1984) ... First he wrote 1980, then 1982, and only later 1984. The most fateful date in literature was a late amendment.
1984 was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1984th ... (Italy) for a world record fee at this date of $10.48M (£6.9M). [14]
April 4 – The narrative of George Orwell's dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four begins and causes widespread discussion. G. K. Chesterton's The Napoleon of Notting Hill is also set in this year; and Haruki Murakami's 1Q84 (いちきゅうはちよん, Ichi-Kyū-Hachi-Yon, 2009–2010) is set in a parallel version of it.
1984 Summer Olympics boycott: The Soviet Union announces that it will boycott the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. Forces veteran Denis Lortie shoots and kills three government employees in the National Assembly of Quebec building in Quebec City. The National Assembly's sergeant-at-arms, René Jalbert, talks Lortie into ...
13 Published popular music. 14 Classical music. 15 Ballet. ... Release date(s) US UK ... Record labels established in 1984; Timeline of musical events; 1984;
B. Babycakes; Bard: The Odyssey of the Irish; The Barracks Thief; Because the Night (novel) The Beggar Queen; The Big U; Birds of Prey (Drake novel) The Bishop's Heir
Jitterbug Perfume is American writer Tom Robbins' fourth novel and was listed on the New York Times Best Seller list in 1985. [1] The book follows two interweaving storylines, one in Ancient Eurasia and one in the present day.
Many of the film's scenes were shot on the actual dates mentioned in the novel. For example, the scene in which Winston Smith writes the date "April 4, 1984" in his diary was filmed on April 4, 1984. The film's soundtrack was performed by the band Eurythmics and a single from it, "Sexcrime (1984)", was a hit in several