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 20 - Paul Dirac, physicist

• 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.