Chrono #19 — the timeline
The seven events from October 19, 2026 in order, with their years, the gaps between them, and where each card belonged as it was dealt.
The timeline
| Year | Event | Subject | To the next |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1875 | Bizet's Carmen premieres | Arts & culture | 16 years |
| 1891 | James Naismith invents basketball | Sports & games | 65 years |
| 1956 | The Suez Crisis | World history | 15 years |
| 1971 | Salyut 1, the first space station, is launched | Space | 16 years |
| 1987 | Reagan in Berlin: “Tear down this wall!” | US history | 8 years |
| 1995 | The Oklahoma City bombing (the starting event) | US history | 8 years |
| 2003 | The US-led invasion of Iraq | World history | — |
The closest call: Reagan in Berlin: “Tear down this wall!” (1987) and The Oklahoma City bombing (1995), 8 years apart — the pair most easily put the wrong way round. The widest gap: 65 years, between James Naismith invents basketball and The Suez Crisis.
Card by card
The line started with The Oklahoma City bombing (1995). The six cards came out in this order — each the one with the most room around it among those left, so the early ones are footholds and the last are the squeeze.
- Bizet's Carmen premieres — 1875. One of 2 gaps: it belonged before The Oklahoma City bombing (1995).
- The Suez Crisis — 1956. One of 3 gaps: it belonged between Bizet's Carmen premieres (1875) and The Oklahoma City bombing (1995), 120 years apart.
- James Naismith invents basketball — 1891. One of 4 gaps: it belonged between Bizet's Carmen premieres (1875) and The Suez Crisis (1956), 81 years apart.
- Salyut 1, the first space station, is launched — 1971. One of 5 gaps: it belonged between The Suez Crisis (1956) and The Oklahoma City bombing (1995), 39 years apart.
- The US-led invasion of Iraq — 2003. One of 6 gaps: it belonged after The Oklahoma City bombing (1995).
- Reagan in Berlin: “Tear down this wall!” — 1987. One of 7 gaps: it belonged between Salyut 1, the first space station, is launched (1971) and The Oklahoma City bombing (1995), 24 years apart.
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About Chrono
Chrono is Noggin’s timeline puzzle, on the second shelf: events dealt one at a time into a growing line, six cards a day, outside the daily line-up. How to play Chrono, or play today’s.