📜 September 23: On This Day in History |  | Map quest complete |  Image: History.com | Each of the following events happened on September 23. Your challenge is to put them in the order in which they occurred by year, earliest to latest. Answers at the bottom! - A) Meriwether Lewis and William Clark return to St. Louis, MO, following the first recorded overland journey from the Mississippi River to the Pacific coast and back. The expedition brings back a wealth of information about the largely unexplored region, as well as valuable US claims to the Oregon Territory.
- B) Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, starring Paul Newman and Robert Redford as a team of bank robbers in the Old West, premieres in New York City. The film becomes a commercial and critical success, receiving seven Oscar nominations and four wins.
- C) German astronomer Johann Gottfried Galle discovers the planet Neptune at the Berlin Observatory. He knew where to look thanks to French astronomer Urbain-Jean-Joseph Le Verrier, who studied gravity-induced disturbances acting on Uranus.
- D) Manon Rheaume becomes the first woman to play in one of the four major men's North American pro sports leagues, taking the ice for the NHL's Tampa Bay Lightning in a preseason game. The 20-year-old goalie faces nine shots and allows two goals in a 6-4 loss.
Hint: Voyager 2 was the first human spacecraft to visit Neptune. |
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📜 Answers | | A, C, B, D - A) 1806 – Lewis and Clark return to St. Louis after the first recorded overland journey from the Mississippi River to the Pacific coast and back.
- C) 1846 – Johann Gottfried Galle discovers the planet Neptune.
- B) 1969 – Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid premieres in New York City.
- D) 1992 – Manon Rheaume becomes the first woman to play in a major North American pro sports league.
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