When was George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four published?
194920th century · 1900s
George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four is published.
He died the next year.
1949
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Around the same time
- When did India and Pakistan become independent?1947
- When was the transistor invented?1947
- When was Britain's National Health Service founded?1948
- When did the Polaroid instant camera go on sale?1948
- When was NATO founded?1949
- When was the first Diners Club credit card issued?1950
- When did the Korean War begin?1950
- When did the Peanuts comic strip first appear?1950
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