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• 🏟️ Baseball’s big bubble
• 🧩 New puzzles
• 🤸🏽‍♀️GOAT gymnasts

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Each of the following events happened on April 9. Your challenge is to put them in the order in which they occurred by year, earliest to latest. Answers at the bottom!

• A) The Houston Astrodome, nicknamed the world’s “Eighth Wonder,” opens its doors. It’s the world's first indoor, air-conditioned, domed sports stadium. The Astrodome would make history again one year later when it showcased the first-ever Astroturf installation.
• B) Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee surrenders his 28,000 troops to Union Gen. Ulysses S. Grant in Appomattox, Virginia, effectively ending the American Civil War.
• C) Billy the Kid is found guilty of murdering the Lincoln County, New Mexico, sheriff following a one-day trial, and is sentenced to hang. Billy would escape custody before his hanging, but was soon tracked down and shot dead.
• D) René-Robert Cavelier, sieur de La Salle, claims the Mississippi River basin for France, naming it Louisiana. La Salle would later sail back down the Mississippi to establish a fort on the Gulf of Mexico, but was mutinied against and killed during the voyage.

Hint: The Astros were a bottom-dwelling team when the Astrodome opened

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If today’s Conjoiner was a gunfight at high noon, this would be your weapon. Solve the sequence in record time to prove you’ve got the quickest wit in the west

The first clue of today’s sequence is: “Small handheld firearm designed for one-handed use”...

Mini

Push or pull; either will work with today’s mini. Trust your gut and see if the clues open the way to completing the puzzle.

• Play today’s mini crossword.

Sudoku

Don’t rush, it’s easy to do. Just bring logic, lines, and numbers too.

• Play today's puzzle.

Some painters pioneered new techniques, while others completely changed our perspective. Now, we're about to find out how the best of the best stack up.

Each vote builds your personal GOAT List, where you get to decide what matters most: innovation, mastery, or impact.

Showdowns include:

• Leonardo da Vinci 🆚 Pablo Picasso
• Vincent van Gogh 🆚 Salvador Dalí
• Michelangelo 🆚 Rembrandt

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🤸🏽‍♀️THE GREATEST GYMNASTS OF ALL TIME

1. Simone Biles
2. Mary Lou Retton
3. Nadia Comaneci
4. Olga Korbut
5. Gabby Douglas

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

D, B, C, A

• D) 1682 – René-Robert Cavelier claims the Mississippi River basin for France, naming it Louisiana.
• B) 1865 – Gen. Robert E. Lee surrenders to Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, ending the American Civil War.
• C) 1881 – Billy the Kid is found guilty of murder and sentenced to hang.
• A) 1965 – The Houston Astrodome opens.