Brave New World by Aldous Huxley is published. In 2001, the book would be one of two books by Huxley to be on the list of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century as selected by the editorial board of the American Modern Library.
... spelled Rameses, is the name of several Egyptian pharaohs:
Ramses I[?]
Ramses II ("The Great")
Ramses III
Ramses IV[?]
The name means "Child of the Sun".
This ...