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Good evening. In tonight’s edition:

  • 🎷 Blues Brothers debut
  • 🧩 New puzzles
  • 🛒 GOAT defunct stores

…and much more.

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📜 April 22: On This Day in History

Soul patrol

Image: Louder Sound

Each of the following events happened on April 22. Your challenge is to put them in the order in which they occurred by year, earliest to latest. Answers at the bottom!

  • A) Saturday Night Live showcases the worldwide television debut of the Blues Brothers, the not-quite-real, not-quite-fake musical creation of cast members Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi.
  • B) Earth Day, an event to increase public awareness of the world’s environmental problems, is celebrated in the US. The Environmental Protection Agency is established later that year, with Earth Day also prompting passage of the Clean Water and Endangered Species Acts.
  • C) At precisely noon, an estimated 50,000 settlers make a mad dash into the newly opened Oklahoma Territory to claim cheap land. These land-hungry Americans, called “Boomers,” had begun to gather around the territory’s borders seven weeks ahead of the appointed day. Those who illegally entered beforehand are deemed “Sooners.”
  • D) German forces use 150+ tons of lethal chlorine gas against two French colonial divisions at Ypres, Belgium. It devastates the Allied line, and marks the first major gas attack by the Germans.

Hint: Oklahoma settlers were racing to be the first to claim land

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🔗 Conjoiner: A DONUT Original Word Game

Commander in chief

No, you can’t use veto power in today’s Conjoiner. Solve the sequence and show it doesn’t take an act of congress to get something done.

The first clue of today’s sequence is: “The elected leader of the US”...

Play the sequence here

🧩 Puzzle Corner

Mini

Channel your inner Elvis for today’s mini. Will you solve the puzzle or let the clues get you all shook up?

Sudoku

Start your day with something new; fill in this grid with help from some clues.

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

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Showdowns include:

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

🛒 THE GREATEST DEFUNCT STORE OF ALL TIME

  1. Sears
  2. Blockbuster
  3. K-Mart
  4. Toys “R” Us
  5. Pier 1 Imports

Explore the full list.

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

📜 Answers

C, D, B, A

  • C) 1889 – Oklahoma land rush begins, after Native Americans were removed to make way for white settlement.
  • D) 1915 – Germans introduce poison gas to the battlefield of WW1.
  • B) 1970 – The first Earth Day is celebrated in the US.
  • A) 1978 – Saturday Night Live showcases the worldwide TV debut of the Blues Brothers
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