1984

Centuries: Year in Review 20th Century (19th century - 20th century - 21st century)

Decades: 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s - 1980s - 1990s 2000s 2010s? 2020s? 2030s?

Years: 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 - 1984 - 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989

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Births

Deaths

• October 21 - François Truffaut, French film director

Events

• Summer Olympic Games in Los Angeles California USA
• Apple Macintosh introduced by Apple Computer corporation in Super Bowl commercial

Sport

• January 22 - Super Bowl XVIII [Los Angeles Raiders]? (38) def. Washington Redskins (9)

Nobel Prizes

• Physics - [Carlo Rubbia]?, [Simon van der Meer]?
• Chemistry - [Robert Bruce Merrifield]?
• Medicine - [Niels K Jerne]?, [[Georges JF Köhler]], [[César Milstein]]
• Literature -[Jaroslav Seifert]?
• Peace - Bishop Desmond Mpilo Tutu
• Economics - [Richard Stone]?

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1984: a book by George Orwell published in 1949, presenting a terrible view of how life would be in 1984. This book focuses on lovers Winston Smith and Julia, and their attempts to evade the [Thought Police]? and the Party. See als Big Brother, Newspeak.