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• 🔫 Booth’s bullet
• 🧩 New puzzles
• 🎶 GOAT musicals

…and much more.

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Each of the following events happened on April 14. Your challenge is to put them in the order in which they occurred by year, earliest to latest. Answers at the bottom!

• A) President Abraham Lincoln is shot in the head at Ford’s Theatre in Washington, D.C. The assassin, actor John Wilkes Booth, shouted, “Sic semper tyrannis! (Translation: Ever thus to tyrants!) The South is avenged,” as he jumps on stage and flees on horseback. Lincoln dies the next morning.
• B) The Montreal Canadiens defeat the Toronto Maple Leafs to win the Stanley Cup for the fifth straight year, an NHL record that still stands today.
• C) Noah Webster, a Yale-educated lawyer with an avid interest in language and education, publishes his American Dictionary of the English Language. The dictionary, which took him more than two decades to complete, is one of the first collections to include distinctly American words.
• D) In what came to be known as “Black Sunday,” one of the most devastating storms of the Dust Bowl era sweeps across the region. High winds kick up clouds containing millions of tons of dirt, with dust so dense and dark that some eyewitnesses believe the world is ending.

Hint: Had Ulysses S. Grant not declined his invite, Booth would have had 2 targets that night

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Today’s Conjoiner is sliding across the ice towards the goal. Solve the clues to put it in the net and bring home the victory.

The first clue of today’s sequence is: “Ice sport played with sticks and a puck”...

Mini

Don’t let today’s mini make you keel over in laughter. We challenge you to keep a straight face—if you can.

• Play today’s mini crossword.

Sudoku

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• Play today's puzzle.

You’ve ordered these your whole life. Now, you have to decide which sandwich stands above the rest when your stomach is rumbling.

Each vote builds your personal GOAT List, where you get to choose what matters most: simplicity, flavor, or pure indulgence.

Showdowns include:

• Italian Sub 🆚 Reuben
• BLT 🆚 Club Sandwich
• Philly Cheesesteak 🆚 Pastrami Sandwich

🎶 THE GREATEST MUSICALS OF ALL TIME

1. The Sound of Music
2. The Phantom of the Opera
3. Les Miserables
4. Hamilton
5. West Side Story

Explore the full list.

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

C, A, D, B

• C) 1828 – Webster’s American Dictionary of the English Language is printed.
• A) 1865 – President Abraham Lincoln is shot by actor John Wilkes Booth and later dies.
• D) 1935 – “Black Sunday,” one of the most devastating storms of the Dust Bowl era sweeps across the south central US.
• B) 1960 – The Montreal Canadiens win the Stanley Cup for a record fifth year in a row.