Good evening. In tonight’s edition:

• 🎄 Christmas comes early
• 🧩 New puzzles
• 🎮 GOAT NES games

…and much more.

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Each of the following events happened on October 28. Your challenge is to put them in the order in which they occurred by year, earliest to latest. Answers at the bottom!

• A) Columbia Records releases "Merry Christmas," the fourth studio album by singer-songwriter Mariah Carey. It features a mix of new and traditional holiday songs, including the best-selling single "All I Want for Christmas is You"
• B) The Statue of Liberty is dedicated by President Grover Cleveland and celebrated with the first confetti parade in NY. The statue was first proposed by the French author Édouard René de Laboulaye as a gift from the French people to America, and to commemorate the abolition of slavery.
• C) The Volstead Act becomes law, establishing a nationwide ban on alcohol after Congress overrides President Woodrow Wilson's veto
• D) The Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Missouri—designed by Finnish-born American architect Eero Saarinen to commemorate St. Louis's historic role as “Gateway to the West”—is completed.

Hint: If you're first (in sales), you’re last (in our puzzle).

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The first clue of today’s sequence is: “Force that keeps things moving”...

Mini

You don’t need to go in guns blazing for today’s mini. Solve the clues and find the treasure at the end:

• Play today’s mini crossword here.

Sudoku

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• Play today's puzzle here.

Some foods taste better the next day, making "leftovers" sound like a treat. Now they're heating up in the Greatest Leftovers of All Time on GoatWars. It's time to choose which dish really rules the fridge.

Every vote adds to your own GOAT List, which ranks the meals you don't mind reheating.

Showdowns include:

• Cold pizza 🆚 Chinese takeout
• Lasagna 🆚 Mac & cheese
• Thanksgiving turkey 🆚 Fried chicken

...and much more.

🎮 THE GREATEST ORIGINAL NES GAMES OF ALL TIME

1. Super Mario Bros (by a wide margin)
2. The Legend of Zelda (a comfortable second)
3. Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out!!
4. Metroid
5. Contra

Explore the full list.

Note: Results are as of the published time; these lists are dynamic and may change.

B, C, D, A

• B) 1886 – Statue of Liberty is dedicated by President Grover Cleveland. The statue was designated as a National Monument in 1924
• C) 1919 – The Volstead Act is enacted, putting prohibition into full swing. The act gave birth to bootlegging gangsters like Chicago’s Al Capone.
• D) 1965 – The Gateway Arch in St. Louis is completed.
• A) 1995 – Mariah Carey’s “Merry Christmas” album is released, with “All I Want For Christmas” going on to become the best-selling Christmas song of all time.