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Which came first: Fahrenheit 451 or The Mary Poppins film?
Fahrenheit 451 came first, in 1953 (published). The Mary Poppins film followed 11 years later, in 1964 (released).
- First1953
Fahrenheit 451
book · publishedFahrenheit 451 grew out of a novella Ray Bradbury typed in a library basement on a typewriter rented at ten cents per half hour.
- Second1964
The Mary Poppins film
film · releasedThe Mary Poppins film of 1964 won five Oscars.
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Years from Wikidata, each checked against the item’s English Wikipedia article on 2026-10-18. A year stands for what its label says: a founding, a first patent, a premiere.