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

• A) Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt wins the 100-meter race at the Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games, becoming the first person to win the event at three consecutive Olympics. He would later claim an unprecedented third straight gold medal in the 200 meters.
• B) Construction of the Cologne Cathedral (Kölner Dom) in Cologne, Germany, is finally completed. The process to build the largest Gothic church in northern Europe had first started 600+ years earlier.
• C) Illich Ramirez Sanchez, a terrorist long known as Carlos the Jackal, is captured by French intelligence agents in Khartoum, Sudan. The Sudanese government, claiming it assisted in the arrest, requests the US remove them from its list of nations that sponsor terrorism.
• D) The Social Security Act is signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, guaranteeing an income for retired older Americans.

Hint: Bolt also won gold in the 4x100 meter relay in Rio

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Today’s Conjoiner is your chance to climb to legendary heights. Solve the sequence to earn your place among the gods.

The first clue of today’s sequence is: “Mountain home of the gods in Greek mythology”...

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The days are getting shorter, school is around the corner, and somehow summer already feels like a memory.

These are the movies that capture that feeling best: last adventures, first loves, lifelong friendships, and one final taste of freedom before summer ends.

Showdowns include:

• The Sandlot 🆚 Stand by Me
• Dirty Dancing 🆚 American Graffiti
• Adventureland 🆚 The Way Way Back

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📺 THE GREATEST SITCOM NEIGHBOR OF ALL TIME

1. Cosmo Kramer (Seinfeld)
2. Wilson Wilson Jr. (Home Improvement)
3. Newman (Seinfeld)
4. Steve Urkel (Family Matters)
5. Lenny & Squiggy (Laverne & Shirley)

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

B, D, C, A

• B) 1880 – Construction of Germany's Cologne Cathedral is completed.
• D) 1935 – The Social Security Act is signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
• C) 1994 – Terrorist Illich Ramirez Sanchez is caught.
• A) 2016 – Usain Bolt wins his third consecutive Olympic gold medal in the 100-meter race.

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