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Friday, Mar 20 2026

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Good evening. In tonight’s edition:

  • ⚾ Latin legend
  • 🧩 New puzzles
  • 📺 GOAT TV dads

…and much more.

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📜 March 20: On This Day in History

Honoring a legend

Image: RobertoClemente.com

Each of the following events happened on March 20. Your challenge is to put them in the order in which they occurred by year, earliest to latest. Answers at the bottom!

  • A) Puerto Rican-born Roberto Clemente, a 15-time MLB All-Star with 3,000 career hits, is elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame following his tragic death in a plane crash attempting to deliver emergency relief goods to Nicaragua.
  • B) Harriet Beecher Stowe’s anti-slavery novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin is published. The novel is an immediate hit, selling 300,000 copies within three months.
  • C) John Lennon of The Beatles marries Japanese artist and musician Yoko Ono in Gibraltar. The Beatles would split up one year later, though Paul McCartney later says Ono had nothing to do with it.
  • D) At a meeting of anti-slavery Whigs in Ripon, Wisconsin, members propose the formation of what becomes the US Republican Party.

Hint: America has two major political parties

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🔗 Conjoiner: A DONUT Original Word Game

7th-inning stretch

Today’s Conjoiner might throw you a curveball or two. Stay in the box and knock this sequence out of the park

The first clue of today’s sequence is: “America’s pastime”...

Play the sequence here

🧩 Puzzle Corner

Mini

Chances are if you made a version of the first clue, it’s already not perfect. That’s OK—complete today’s puzzle to show you’re still one in a million.

Sudoku

As the workweek fades from view, solve this Sudoku and coast on through.

🐐 GOATWars: A Data-Driven Process to Determine the Best

What’s the greatest scent of all time?

Some smells make your stomach rumble. Others instantly transport you somewhere else. Now they’re going head-to-head to determine which one reigns supreme.

Each vote builds your personal GOAT List, where you have the final say over what matters most: comfort, nostalgia, or pure sensory overload.

Showdowns include:

…and much more.

Start your GOAT List here

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🏆 Wednesday's GOATWars Results: The Data Is Now In

📺 THE GREATEST TV DADS OF ALL TIME

  1. Al Bundy (Married…With Children)
  2. Gomez Addams (The Addams Family)
  3. Phil Dunphy (Modern Family)
  4. Red Forman (That ‘70s Show)
  5. Homer Simpson (The Simpsons)

Explore the full list.

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

📜 Answers

B, D, C, A

  • B) 1852 – Harriet Beecher Stowe’s anti-slavery novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin is published.
  • D) 1854 – The Republican Party is founded.
  • C) 1969 – Beatles member John Lennon marries musician Yoko Ono.
  • A) 1973 – Roberto Clemente is elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame. He’s the second player of Hispanic descent and first from the Caribbean to enter the HoF.
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