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Each of the following events happened on September 5. Your challenge is to put them in the order in which they occurred by year, earliest to latest. Answers at the bottom!

• A) At a scientific conference in Washington, DC, scientists present on black hole theory, describing an observation of energy flares that provide strong evidence of the theorized black hole at the center of the Milky Way Galaxy (ours).
• B) The first episode of The Muppet Show, co-created by Jim Henson, airs. The TV series becomes hugely popular, known for a cast of puppet characters that includes Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy.
• C) Katie Couric makes headlines—and TV history—with her highly publicized debut as the first female solo anchor of a weekday network evening news broadcast, CBS Evening News with Katie Couric. Couric, who served as co-anchor of The Today Show from 1991 to 2006, replaced Dan Rather in the aftermath of a controversial story about the military record of President George W. Bush.
• D) Lynette Fromme attempts to assassinate US President Gerald R. Ford in Sacramento, California (a follower of Charles Manson, Fromme is sentenced to life in prison but later released). Seventeen days after Fromme’s attempt, another woman, Sara Jane Moore, also tries to assassinate Ford—this time in San Francisco.

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D, B, A, C

• D) 1975: Lynette Fromme attempts to assassinate US President Gerald R. Ford in Sacramento, California (a follower of Charles Manson, Fromme is sentenced to life in prison but later released).
• B) 1976: The first episode of The Muppet Show, co-created by Jim Henson, airs.
• A) 2001: At a scientific conference in Washington, DC, scientists present on black hole theory, describing an observation of energy flares that provide strong evidence of the theorized black hole at the center of the Milky Way Galaxy.
• C) 2006: Katie Couric makes headlines—and TV history—with her highly publicized debut as the first female solo anchor of a weekday network evening news broadcast, CBS Evening News with Katie Couric.