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• 🚀 Space age reveal
• 🧩 New puzzles
• 🎬 GOAT ‘80s movie characters

…and much more.

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Each of the following events happened on September 17. Your challenge is to put them in the order in which they occurred by year, earliest to latest. Answers at the bottom!

• A) NASA publicly unveils its first Space Shuttle, the Enterprise, during a ceremony in Palmdale, California. Development of the aircraft-like spacecraft cost almost $10 billion and took nearly a decade.
• B) Oprah Winfrey launches a TV book club. It quickly becomes a hugely influential force in the publishing world, with the TV host’s endorsement capable of catapulting any book onto best-seller lists.
• C) Harriet Tubman and her two brothers escape from slavery in Maryland. The brothers give up and turn back, while Tubman makes her way to Philadelphia and becomes a guiding force in the Underground Railroad.
• D) The US Constitution is signed by 39 delegates at the conclusion of the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia. It comes after supporters won a hard-fought battle to win ratification by the necessary 9 of 13 US states.

Hint: The Space Shuttle system has 3 major launch and flight components

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From backyard games to ultimate competition, today’s theme was made to fly. Take a spin through the clues.

The first clue of today’s sequence is: “Plastic flying disc commonly tossed at parks and beaches”...

Mini

Today’s mini is long in the tooth, with some serious ivory on display. Charge through the clues and claim a win.

• Play today’s mini crossword.

Sudoku

The rows are waiting, the columns too. They won't feel complete without you.

• Play today's puzzle.

Great movie chemistry isn’t limited to romance. Sometimes it’s two best friends, partners, outlaws, rivals—or a guy and a Wookiee who would follow each other anywhere.

Cinema’s most iconic pairs are going head-to-head on GOATWars to determine the ultimate movie duo.

Showdowns include:

• Doc & Marty (Back to the Future) 🆚 Han & Chewbacca (Star Wars)
• Woody & Buzz Lightyear (Toy Story) 🆚 Frodo & Sam (Lord of the Rings)
• Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid 🆚 Thelma & Louise

🎬 THE GREATEST ‘80s MOVIE CHARACTER OF ALL TIME

1. Indiana Jones
2. E.T.
3. Rocky Balboa
4. Marty McFly (Back to the Future)
5. TIE: John McLane (Die Hard) & Maverick (Top Gun)

Explore the full list.

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

D, C, A, B

• D) 1787 – The US Constitution is signed.
• C) 1849 – Harriet Tubman and her two brothers escape from slavery in Maryland.
• A) 1976 – NASA publicly unveils its first Space Shuttle.
• B) 1996 – Oprah Winfrey launches her famous TV book club.

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