📜 September 11: On This Day in History |  | Swinging for history |  Image: TIME | Each of the following events happened on September 11. Your challenge is to put them in the order in which they occurred by year, earliest to latest. Answers at the bottom! - A) Pete Rose registers his 4,192nd career MLB hit, breaking the record set by Ty Cobb. Rose would later be banned from baseball for betting, though he regained Hall of Fame eligibility after his death.
- B) Donny Osmond, a 13 year-old teen idol, earns his first solo No. 1 hit with “Go Away Little Girl.” It’s a major milestone for Osmond, who began his professional career as a dimpled, 5-year-old frontman of the family barbershop quintet.
- C) General Augusto Pinochet leads a coup d’état in Chile, overthrowing the democratically elected socialist government of President Salvador Allende. Gen. Pinochet would lead the country for 17 years after the coup.
- D) Construction begins on the Pentagon in Arlington county, Virginia. It represents one of the largest office buildings in the world, serving as headquarters for branches of the US Department of Defense including the Army, Navy, and Air Force.
Hint: The Department of Defense is often considered America’s 1st line of defense |
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🧩 Puzzle Corner | | MiniConcrete walls and a steel door can keep plenty out. Let’s see if they can keep a determined solver at bay. SudokuThe clock can wait, there's no need to race. Every digit has one perfect place. |
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🏆 Wednesday's GOATWars Results: The Data Is Now In | | 🍔 THE GREATEST TAILGATE FOODS OF ALL TIME - Grilled burgers
- BBQ ribs
- Grilled hot dogs
- Deviled eggs
- Pulled pork sandwiches
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📜 Answers | | D, B, C, A - D) 1941 – Construction begins on the Pentagon.
- B) 1971 – Donny Osmond earns his first solo No. 1 hit song.
- C) 1973 – General Augusto Pinochet leads a coup in Chile to overthrow President Salvador Allende.
- A) 1985 – Pete Rose breaks Major League Baseball’s all-time hits record.
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