Good evening. In tonight’s edition:

• 🇺🇲 America in major Key
• 🧩 New puzzles
• 🍝 GOAT cuisine

…and much more.

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

• A) President Herbert Hoover signs a congressional act making “The Star-Spangled Banner” America’s official national anthem. Francis Scott Key composed the lyrics to the song after witnessing the massive overnight British bombardment of Maryland’s Fort McHenry.
• B) American adventurer Steve Fossett becomes the first person to complete a solo nonstop flight around the world without refueling, when he lands his airplane in Kansas after 67+ straight hours of flying.
• C) Czar Alexander II decides Russia needs modernizing following a demoralizing defeat in the Crimean War and a surge of peasant revolts. His first priority is issuing an Emancipation Manifesto freeing the empire's 23 million serfs.
• D) Parolee Rodney G. King stops his car after leading police on a nearly 8-mile pursuit through the streets of Los Angeles and is struck up 56 times by police with batons, suffering a fractured leg, multiple facial fractures, and numerous bruises and contusions. The incident and later acquittal of the officers sparks riots across LA.

Hint: Reform is often a first step towards a better future

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The path always leads to another path in today’s Conjoiner… although not always in the way we think. Can you navigate the twists and turns to solve the sequence?

The first clue of today’s sequence is: “Journey marked by excitement, risk, and uncertainty”...

Mini

Today’s mini is one good strike away from starting a fire. Can you spark the flame and solve the puzzle?

• Play today’s mini crossword here.

Sudoku

First things first, before your morning brew; crack this puzzle, one into two—and through nine, too.

• Play today's puzzle here.

Some trips gave you stories, some gave you regrets, and others gave you both. Now, the options are facing off on GOATWars to decide which Spring Break trip is actually the best.

Showdowns include:

• Music Festival 🆚 Ski Trip
• Beach Party Week 🆚 Cheap Road Trip
• Backpacking / Hostel Adventure 🆚 Vegas/Big City Binge 

...and much more.

🍝 THE GREATEST CUISINE OF ALL TIME

1. Italian food
2. Mexican food
3. American food (general)
4. American South food
5. Chinese food

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

C, A, D, B

• C) 1861 – Czar Alexander II issues the Emancipation Manifesto. The reforms would change the Russian economy and pushed it more towards capitalism and free trade.
• A) 1931 – President Herbert Hoover makes “The Star-Spangled Banner” the official national anthem of the US.
• D) 1991 – Rodney King is beaten by LAPD officers after an eight-mile car chase. While all four LAPD officers involved would initially be acquitted on state charges, triggering the LA riots, two officers are eventually convicted by a federal jury of violating King’s rights.
• B) 2005 – Steve Fossett becomes the first person to complete a solo nonstop flight around the globe without refueling.

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