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October 4

3 sourced moments from October 4 in history: The First Orient Express Departed Paris (1883); Leave It to Beaver premiered on American TV (1957); and Sputnik 1 launched on October 4, 1957, opening the Space Age.

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3 things happened on October 4

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1957 Culture & Arts · Film & TV

Leave It to Beaver premiered on American TV

The wholesome Cleaver-family sitcom debuted on CBS the very day the Space Age began with Sputnik.

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1957 Space · Space Exploration

Sputnik 1 launched on October 4, 1957, opening the Space Age

The first satellite weighed 184 pounds, over 50 times what America's planned satellite would carry, and it was built to do more than beep.

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1883 Technology · Transportation

The First Orient Express Departed Paris

In 1883 a luxury train rolled out of a Paris station and stitched Western Europe to the edge of the Ottoman world.

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