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November 6 – 1984 United States presidential election: Ronald Reagan defeats Walter F. Mondale with 59% of the popular vote, the highest since Richard Nixon's 61% victory in 1972. Reagan carries 49 states in the electoral college ; Mondale wins only his home state of Minnesota by a mere 3,761 vote margin and the District of Columbia .
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]
Nineteen Eighty-Four (also published as 1984) is a dystopian novel and cautionary tale by English writer George Orwell. It was published on 8 June 1949 by Secker & Warburg as Orwell's ninth and final book completed in his lifetime.
Her remains were discovered on 23 July 2019, located about 15 mi (24 km) southeast of Jonelle's home. [22] [23] The cause of death "was a gunshot wound to the head". [24] December 22. Four African-American youths (Barry Allen, Troy Canty, James Ramseur, and Darrell Cabey) board an express train in the Bronx borough of New York City.
Inglewood was named an All-America City by the National Civic League in 1989 and yet again in 2009 for its visible progress. [ 18 ] The Ku Klux Klan had a presence in Inglewood in the 1920s, with the most notable event being the 1922 raid , [ 19 ] the Klan had a chapter in Inglewood as late as October 1931.
Data source: Social Security Administration, 2024 Annual Statistical Supplement. *As of November 2024. Back in 1984, the average monthly benefit was just $460.57 -- adding up to about $5,527 for ...
1984 in San Francisco (6 P) W. 1984 in Washington, D.C. (4 C, 4 P) This page was last edited on 16 October 2023, at 18:17 (UTC). Text is available under the ...
In Orwell's "1984," the Party that rules the nation of Oceania is in a constant state of war with surrounding nations. The same can be said about the world today, taking into consideration wars in ...