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Each of the following events happened on February 3. Your challenge is to put them in the order in which they occurred by year, earliest to latest. Answers at the bottom!

• A) To halt a steep ratings slide, NBC's Today Show hires chimpanzee J. Fred Muggs to co-host. With a wardrobe of 450 outfits, and impressive comedic and piano chops, the simian star scores the network millions in ad sales.
• B) The 15th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States is ratified, guaranteeing the right to vote regardless of race. Along with the 14th Amendment, it’s intended to ensure the civil rights of former slaves.
• C) Rising American rock stars Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. “The Big Bopper” Richardson are killed, along with the pilot, when their chartered Beechcraft Bonanza plane crashes in Iowa a few minutes after takeoff. Investigators later blame the crash on bad weather and pilot error.
• D) The New England Patriots, led by Bill Belichick and Tom Brady, upset the heavily favored St. Louis Rams 20-17, taking home the first Super Bowl in franchise history. It kicks off a Patriots dynasty that goes on to win six Super Bowls and appear in 13 AFC Championship Games over 20 seasons.

Hint: Three young musicians were killed in the plane crash

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Some icons are ancient. Others are symbolic. A few feel so massive they’ve become shorthand for entire countries. Now they’re going head-to-head on GoatWars in the Greatest Travel Icons of All Time league.

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🎬 THE GREATEST UNDERDOG MOVIE OF ALL TIME

1. Rocky (1976)
2. The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
3. Hoosiers (1986)
4. Rudy (1993)
5. Erin Brockovich (2000)

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B, A, C, D

• B) 1870 – The 15th Amendment to the Constitution is ratified.
• A) 1953 – NBC's Today Show hires chimpanzee J. Fred Muggs to co-host. Host Dave Garroway was thought to be jealous of Muggs, The New York Observer even wrote: “Legend has it that... Mr. Garroway grew jealous and began spiking Muggs' orange juice with benzedrine to make him misbehave and deliver his human co-host back to center stage.”
• C) 1957 – Buddy Holly, 22, Ritchie Valens, 17, and J.P. “The Big Bopper” Richardson, 28, along with the pilot, are killed in a plane crash.
• D) 2002 – Bill Belichick and Tom Brady win their first Super Bowl, spawning New England’s dynasty. The duo is widely considered the best all-time QB/coach combo in NFL history.

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