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Each of the following events happened on March 13. Your challenge is to put them in the order in which they occurred by year, earliest to latest. Answers at the bottom!

• A) The first popular and widespread image of Uncle Sam appears in a US publication. The cartoon is credited to Frank Bellew, illustrator for The Lantern. Uncle Sam, an imposing whiskered gentleman with a top hat and striped trousers, serves as a symbol of America for years, especially in Army recruitment posters and fliers.
• B) Czar Alexander II, the ruler of Russia, is killed in the streets of St. Petersburg by a bomb thrown by a member of the “People’s Will” group. This group, which advocated for a peasant revolution eventually achieved by Vladimir Lenin, employed terrorism and assassination in their attempt to overthrow Russia’s czarist autocracy.
• C) German-born English astronomer William Herschel discovers Uranus, the seventh planet from the sun. It’s the first new planet discovered in modern times, and the first made by use of a telescope, which allowed Herschel to distinguish Uranus as a planet instead of a star.
• D) The US Army begins training dogs for the newly established War Dog Program, or K-9 Corps. Well over a million dogs would serve in that war, carrying messages and providing some measure of psychological comfort to the soldiers.

Hint: Uncle Sam was derived from two earlier figures: Yankee Doodle and Brother Jonathan

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The first clue of today’s sequence is: “Police K-9 breed known for tracking and protection”...

Mini

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Sudoku

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You've said these lines. So has everyone else. Now, they’re going head-to-head to decide which ones truly earned their place in culture.

Each vote builds your personal GOAT List, where you can make the final call on the coolest, funniest, and hardest-hitting quotes.

Showdowns include:

• “I’ll be back” 🆚 “You talkin’ to me?”
• “May the Force be with you” 🆚 “My precious...”
• “You can’t handle the truth!” 🆚 “Why so serious?”

🖼️ THE GREATEST MOVIE POSTER OF ALL TIME

1. Jaws (the clear #1 favorite)
2. Silence of the Lambs
3. E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial
4. Star Wars: A New Hope
5. The Shining

Explore the full list.

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

C, A, B, D

• C) 1781 – William Herschel discovers Uranus.
• A) 1852 – The first widespread image of Uncle Sam appears in The Lantern.
• B) 1881 – Czar Alexander II is assassinated in St. Petersburg.
• D) 1942 – The US Army launches the K-9 Corps.