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n English translator and Protestant martyr; his translation of the Bible into English (which later formed the basis for the King James Version) aroused ecclesiastical opposition; he left England in 1524 and was burned at the stake in Antwerp as a heretic (1494-1536)
Day in History: 1st "talkie"; "Tokyo Rose"; Anwar Sadat Killed; Beatles Today in History: On Oct. 6 – In 1536, English theologian and scholar William Tyndale, who was the first to translate the Bible into Early Modern English, was executed for heresy. In 1927, the era of talking pictures arrived with the opening of "The Jazz Singer," starring Al Jolson, a movie that featured both silent and sound-synchronized sequences. In 1949, U.S.-born Iva Toguri D'Aquino ...
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