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@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 This is Python release 1.5.1
 ============================
 
-This version is officially released on Tuesday, April 14, 1997.  It is
+This version is officially released on Tuesday, April 14, 1998.  It is
 mostly a bugfix release on Python 1.5.