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Each of the following events happened on July 28. Your challenge is to put them in the order in which they occurred by year, earliest to latest. Answers at the bottom!

• A) National Lampoon’s Animal House, the John Belushi-led movie spoof about college fraternities, opens in theaters. Animal House is a major box-office hit, spawning a slew of cinematic imitations and becoming a pop-culture staple.
• B) Two men at a Washington state park stumble on a skull which is part of a skeleton later found to be 9,000+ years old—one of the oldest in North American history. The “Kennewick Man” is reburied 21 years later according to Native American tribal traditions.
• C) The 14th Amendment, granting citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the US, including formerly enslaved people, is officially adopted into the Constitution following ratification by three-quarters of states.
• D) Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia one month to the day after Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife were killed by a Serbian nationalist, effectively beginning the First World War.

Hint: Animal House had an estimated budget of $3 million.

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This showdown is about the toy brands that made birthdays unforgettable, sparked playground arguments, and still make adults smile the second they see the logo

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• LEGO 🆚 Hot Wheels 
• Barbie 🆚 G.I. Joe 
• Nerf 🆚 Play-Doh 

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🍲 THE GREATEST SOUPS OF ALL TIME

1. Chicken noodle
2. Clam chowder
3. French onion
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Note: Results are as of the published time; these lists are dynamic and may change.

C, D, A, B

• C) 1868 – The 14th Amendment is officially adopted into the US Constitution.
• D) 1914 – Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia, effectively beginning World War I.
• A) 1978 – National Lampoon’s Animal House opens in US theaters.
• B) 1996 – The Kennewick Man is found in a Washington state park.

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