This Day in History: , George Orwell’s '1984' Is Published.<br />June 8, 1949.<br />The vision of Orwell's final novel <br />of a bleak, dystopian future<br />would set the tone for the genre.<br />"Big Brother is watching you" <br />would universally come to stand <br />for oppressive authoritarianism.<br />Orwell would die of <br />tuberculosis in 1950.<br />The book became the <br />number one seller again, just days <br />after President Donald Trump's inauguration.<br />Echoing the concept of "doublespeak" in the novel, <br />Trump contradicted photo and video evidence by <br />exaggerating the attendance numbers of his inauguration.<br />Since its publication, '1984' <br />has sold more than 30 million copies
