whats so special about it?
2007-05-30 19:50:24 · 14 answers · asked by Jason V 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
lil kim went to jail
8-P
2007-05-30 19:53:16 · answer #1 · answered by xemox [kAtiE] 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Here were some of the big headlines (this was a heavy India news year):
The US and the Vatican exhange diplomats (first time in 116 years)
Reagan pulls US Marines out of Beirut, Lebanon
Indira Ghandi was assassinated
USSR and other Soviet block nations pull out of the Olympics
The Union Carbide plant in India leaks toxic gas killing 2,000 and injurring 150,000
300 people slain when the Indian Army occupied the Sihk Golden Temple
Of course the biggest thing that didn't happen was George Orwell's nightmare version of the world in his book titled "1984", though there was plenty of talk about how close we were getting.
2007-05-31 03:05:35 · answer #2 · answered by sofgrant 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In 1948, right after WW2 and the "Iron Curtain", George Orwell wrote "1984", a dystopian novel about future England in 1984. He just did a play on the number "48", no other reason.
2007-05-31 02:59:20 · answer #3 · answered by Scythian1950 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
George Orwell wrote a book entitled 1984 in the 50's. He predicted it to be the year when governments enforcing police states would come into power.
2007-05-31 03:08:59 · answer #4 · answered by jacobng2000 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
January 24 - The first Apple Macintosh goes on sale.
January 27 - Pop star Michael Jackson's scalp is seriously burned by pyrotechnics during filming of a Pepsi television commercial.
March 5 - Iran accuses Iraq of using chemical weapons; the U.N. condemns their use on March 30.
July 23 - Vanessa Lynn Williams becomes the first Miss America to resign when she surrenders her crown, after nude photos of her appear in "Penthouse" magazine
August 30 - STS-41-D: The Space Shuttle Discovery takes off on its maiden voyage.
you can find more at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1984
2007-05-31 03:04:44 · answer #5 · answered by summer 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, that depends on where u were in 1984.In my home town of Amritsar in Punjab,India, the army invaded the Golden Temple(the holiest place for followers of the Sikh religion) and unleashed a chain of events that led to the assasination of the Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.That assasination in turn led to revenge killings of the Sikhs in many parts of India and resulted in loss of thousands of innocent livs.So from my perspective,it definitely was not a good year.
2007-05-31 03:04:44 · answer #6 · answered by meow 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe the book by George Orwell called "1984"?
Read it...
it is entertaining as well as educational.
2007-05-31 02:58:55 · answer #7 · answered by A R 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's the title of a book outlining the state taking over personal lives. IT's also where the term "Big Brother is watching" comes from
Historically it's when the stockmarket fell
2007-05-31 03:01:48 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Detroit Tigers won the world series!
2007-05-31 02:58:47 · answer #9 · answered by jcm959600 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Reagan kicked Mondale butt and my L.A Raiders won the superbowl.
2007-05-31 05:10:06 · answer #10 · answered by Hector 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i graduated high school, went to dallas, almost threw down with a beauty pagent winner, i'll add to the list
2007-05-31 02:59:02 · answer #11 · answered by gonzo 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋