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Then & Now: Anniversaries

Saturday 03 October 1992 23:02 BST

4 October 1535: First English edition of the Bible produced, in Zurich.

1850: Bowler hat created by John Bowler, hat-maker.

1853: Turkey declared war on Russia, starting the Crimean War.

1957: First space satellite, Sputnik 1, launched by Russia.

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