📜 March 12: On This Day in History |  | Thin Mint merit |  Image: WRAL News | Each of the following events happened on March 12. Your challenge is to put them in the order in which they occurred by year, earliest to latest. Answers at the bottom! - A) The Girl Scouts organization is founded by Juliette Gordon Low at the first-ever troop meeting in Savannah, GA. Today, the Girl Scouts have almost 2 million members.
- B) German troops march into Austria to annex the German-speaking nation for the Third Reich. Leader Adolf Hitler soon appoints a new Nazi government in Austria and declares it a federal state of Germany.
- C) For the first and only time in history, the US House of Representatives votes to impeach a Supreme Court Justice, Samuel Chase, for having "behaved in an arbitrary, oppressive and unjust way" in two politically sensitive cases. The Senate later votes to acquit Chase.
- D) President Franklin D. Roosevelt gives his first national radio address, or “fireside chat”, broadcast directly from the White House. Roosevelt’s address is designed to ease economic fears and inspire confidence in his leadership.
Hint: To date, only one SCOTUS Justice has been impeached |
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🔗 Conjoiner: A DONUT Original Word Game | | Signs and picket lines | Get out your posters and slogans ready for today’s Conjoiner. Can you keep your cool and solve today’s sequence? The first clue of today’s sequence is: “Peaceful organized gathering to oppose a policy or action”... |
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🧩 Puzzle Corner | | MiniDon’t get stung by today’s mini. Your challenge is to solve the puzzle below and get out unscathed. SudokuEase your pace, enjoy the cue. This simple grid is up to you. |
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🐐 GOATWars: A Data-Driven Process to Determine the Best | | Who's the greatest cartoon charater of all time? | 
| Cartoon characters have been shaping pop culture for nearly a century. Now, they're facing off head-to-head on GOATWars to decide the top animated legend. Every vote builds your personal GOAT List, where you get to make the final decision between classic animation pioneers and modern icons. Showdowns include: |
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🏆 Tuesday's GOATWars Results: The Data Is Now In | | 🏟️ THE GREATEST COLLEGE FOOTBALL STADIUMS OF ALL TIME - The Big House/Michigan Stadium
- Notre Dame Stadium
- Death Valley/Tiger Stadium (LSU)
- The Horseshoe (Ohio State)
- Bryant-Denny Stadium (Alabama)
Explore the full list. Note: Results are as of the published time; these lists are dynamic and may change. |
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📜 Answers | | C, A, D, B - C) 1804 – The House votes to impeach a Supreme Court Justice for the first and only time.
- A) 1912 – The Girl Scouts organization is founded.
- D) 1933 – FDR gives his first “fireside chat”. At the time, the US is at the lowest point of the Great Depression, with between 25% and 33% of the workforce unemployed.
- B) 1938 – German troops march into Austria to annex the country.
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