2012 Event A proposal for a statue to George Orwell is flatly turned down by the BBC, who said Orwell resigned from the organization, 'because for some time past I have been conscious that I was wasting my time and the public money on doing work that produces no results.' 1984 Event Winston Smith in Orwell's "1984" begins his secret diary 1950 Death George Orwell, author (Animal Farm, 1984), dies in London at 46 1946 Event George Orwell published "Animal Farm" 1926 Birthday Arthur Wills, born in England, composer, professor at Royal Academy of Music in London, Director of Music at Ely Cathedral in Cambridgeshire, England, composed music for the organ and secular music based on George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four 1903 Birthday George Orwell, British writer, Animal Farm, 1984
