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Each of the following events happened on August 3. Your challenge is to put them in the order in which they occurred by year, earliest to latest. Answers at the bottom!

• A) Italian explorer Christopher Columbus sets sail from Spain in command of three ships—the Santa María, the Pinta and the Niña—on a journey to find a western sea route to China, India and the fabled gold and spice islands of Asia. He would instead land in the Caribbean, kicking off an era of Western European contact and colonization in the Americas.
• B) The USS Nautilus, the world’s first nuclear submarine, accomplishes the first undersea voyage to the geographic North Pole. The Nautilus dived at Point Barrow, Alaska, and traveled 1,830 miles under the Arctic ice cap to reach the top of the world. It then steamed on to Iceland, pioneering a new and shorter route from the Pacific to the Atlantic.
• C) Jesse Owens, one of 18 Black athletes on the US team at the Berlin Olympics, wins the first of four gold medals in track and field, the most of any American at the Games. He’s later credited by ESPN with "single-handedly crushing Hitler's myth of Aryan supremacy."
• D) Two rival leagues, the Basketball Association of America (BAA) and National Basketball League (NBL), merge to form the National Basketball Association (NBA).

Hint: The 3 point line has since become a major part of NBA basketball

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Drop and give me ten... connections! Today's Conjoiner is reporting for duty and ready to put your brain through the paces.

The first clue of today’s sequence is: “Introductory military training program for new recruits”...

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Sudoku

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You lean forward. The soundtrack disappears. Every part of your brain screams that something is about to happen...and somehow the movie still gets you.

These are the scares that sent popcorn flying, caused permanent trust issues with dark hallways, and made fully grown adults pretend they “just sneezed.”

Showdowns include:

• Ben's Head (Jaws) 🆚 Hospital Hallway (The Exorcist III) 
• Bedroom Clap (The Conjuring) 🆚 Red Demon (Insidious) 
• Lake Jump (Friday the 13th) 🆚 Birthday Party (Signs)

🥒 Pickle farmer: Protect your pickle farm! Use the power of pickles to level up and keep intruders away from your crop.

⛳ Cartoon Cove Mini Golf: Join some of your favorite Cartoon Network characters for a round of mini golf, themed to some of your favorite shows.

📚 Hidden Objects: Book Stall: Use you observations skills to beat the clock and try to find all of the objects hidden in the books. Beware: choosing the wrong object will cost you precious time.

🧀 THE GREATEST CHEESES OF ALL TIME

1. Cheddar
2. Parmesan
3. Provolone
4. Cream cheese
5. Swiss

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

A, C, D, B

• A) 1492 – Italian explorer Christopher Columbus sets sail on a journey to find a western sea route to China.
• C) 1936 – Jesse Owens wins his first of four gold medals.
• D) 1949 – The National Basketball Association is formed.
• B) 1958 – US nuclear submarine Nautilus accomplishes the first undersea voyage to the geographic North Pole.

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