The day of the week is In May 1984, another major sports record was shattered: The Chicago White Sox and Milwaukee Brewers played the longest game in Major League Baseball history. The ruling Indian National Congress had been in active complicity with the mob, as to the organisation of the riots. During an eight-day mission on the Challenger in February 1984, the astronauts on board attempted the first space walk "free of any lifeline and propelled into the dark void by tiny jets," as The New York Times reported, becoming, "in effect, the first human satellites.". Sales of 1984 have recently surged in the US, India, Britain and China (Credit: Alamy). Fourteen Eastern Bloc countries and allies (including Cuba, Poland, and East Germany) refused to compete in the 1984 Summer Olympic Games. September 23 . Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day. The block-building puzzle game—designed by Alexey Leonidovich Pajitnov, an artificial intelligence researcher—was one of the earliest hit video games. Knowledge is a kind of strength and we are all being tested. A study says 50 percent have this in common. The General Provincial Court in session at Patuxent, Maryland, impanels the first all-woman jury in the Colonies to hear evidence against Judith … Why The Handmaid’s Tale is so relevant today, getting to grips with the reality of the Trump administration. What the lifestyles of the rich and famous really looked like. The month after the election, when asked what he wanted for Christmas, Reagan joked, "Well, Minnesota would have been nice.". Obliged to watch the violent film, (as everyone is), Winston Smith observes “The horrible thing about the Two Minutes Hate was not that one was obliged to act a part, but that it was impossible to avoid joining in…A hideous ecstasy of fear and vindictiveness, a desire to kill, to torture, to smash faces in with a sledgehammer, seemed to flow through the whole group of people like an electric current”. And everywhere you look in the contemporary world, ‘strong’ men are in positions of power. Enter your email address to get the best tips and advice. It wasn't quite 1984, but it was still a wild year. They share the need to crush opposition, a fanatical terror of dissent and self-promotion. Inspired by Orwell's 1984, the Super Bowl ad changed the face of advertising overnight. Prince owned the summer of 1984, thanks to the release of both the film and album Purple Rain, which formally introduced the world to his backing band, The Revolution. But it was first released in June 6, 1984, nearly 35 years ago. It remains a fixture of pop radio during the holidays (helped in no small part by periodic reworked/updated versions). It was the deadliest mass shooting ever committed in the United States at the time. The 1984 anti-Sikh riots, also known as the 1984 Sikh Massacre, was a series of organised pogroms against Sikhs in India in response to the assassination of Indira Gandhi by her Sikh bodyguards.