jun 8, 1949 - George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four was published.
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Nineteen Eighty-Four was published on 8 June 1949 (five days later in the US) and was almost universally recognised as a masterpiece, even by Winston Churchill.(Added for general context)
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jun 8, 1949
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~ 77 years ago