Good evening. In tonight’s edition:

• 📱 The birth of the smartphone
• 🧩 New puzzles
• 🇧🇷 Pelé raises WC trophy

…and much more.

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Each of the following events happened on June 29. Your challenge is to put them in the order in which they occurred by year, earliest to latest. Answers at the bottom!

• A) Apple releases the first iPhone, revolutionizing the mobile phone industry and transforming human communication with its sleek design and pioneering touch interface that allows users to pinch, zoom and swipe.
• B) 17-year-old Pelé leads Brazil to its first World Cup victory, defeating host nation Sweden 5-2 in the final game. Brazil came into the tournament as a favorite and did not disappoint, thrilling the world with their spectacular play.
• C) The Globe Theatre, where most of William Shakespeare’s plays debuted, burns down. The Globe was built by Shakespeare’s acting company, the Lord Chamberlain’s Men, from the timbers of London’s first permanent theater, Burbage’s Theater.
• D) In Furman v. Georgia, the US Supreme Court rules by a vote of 5-4 that capital punishment is unconstitutional. The majority holds that the death penalty qualifies as “cruel and unusual punishment” primarily because states employed execution in “arbitrary and capricious ways,” especially in regard to race.

Hint: The Globe was made using wood from London’s 1st theater

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Today’s Conjoiner is making all the right stops. Hop aboard and follow the clues all the way to your destination.

The first clue of today’s sequence is: “Underground rail system used for urban transportation”...

Mini

The wind is at your back and the clues are straight ahead. Use the clues to chart a course through today’s mini.

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Sudoku

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The burgers are finished, the cooler's open. Then someone hauls a game out of the garage, and suddenly everyone's keeping score.

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C, B, D, A

• C) 1613 – The Globe Theatre burns down.
• B) 1958 – Pelé leads Brazil to its first World Cup victory. Brazil would go on to win the World Cup a record five times in total (1962, 1970, 1994, 2002).
• D) 1972 – The US Supreme Court strikes down the death penalty.
• A) 2007 – Apple releases the first iPhone.