Chrono #24 — the timeline
The seven events from October 24, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1854 | The Charge of the Light Brigade | World history | 31 years |
| 1885 | Pasteur's rabies vaccine is first given to a person | Science & discovery | 11 years |
| 1896 | The first modern Olympics, in Athens (the starting event) | Sports & games | 63 years |
| 1959 | Fidel Castro takes power in Cuba | World history | 12 years |
| 1971 | The voting age is lowered to 18 | US history | 14 years |
| 1985 | Microsoft releases the first version of Windows | Inventions & technology | 11 years |
| 1996 | Dolly the sheep, the first mammal cloned from an adult cell, is born | Science & discovery | — |
The closest call: Pasteur's rabies vaccine is first given to a person (1885) and The first modern Olympics, in Athens (1896), 11 years apart — the pair most easily put the wrong way round. The widest gap: 63 years, between The first modern Olympics, in Athens and Fidel Castro takes power in Cuba.
Card by card
The line started with The first modern Olympics, in Athens (1896). 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.
- Dolly the sheep, the first mammal cloned from an adult cell, is born — 1996. One of 2 gaps: it belonged after The first modern Olympics, in Athens (1896).
- The Charge of the Light Brigade — 1854. One of 3 gaps: it belonged before The first modern Olympics, in Athens (1896).
- Fidel Castro takes power in Cuba — 1959. One of 4 gaps: it belonged between The first modern Olympics, in Athens (1896) and Dolly the sheep, the first mammal cloned from an adult cell, is born (1996), 100 years apart.
- The voting age is lowered to 18 — 1971. One of 5 gaps: it belonged between Fidel Castro takes power in Cuba (1959) and Dolly the sheep, the first mammal cloned from an adult cell, is born (1996), 37 years apart.
- Microsoft releases the first version of Windows — 1985. One of 6 gaps: it belonged between The voting age is lowered to 18 (1971) and Dolly the sheep, the first mammal cloned from an adult cell, is born (1996), 25 years apart.
- Pasteur's rabies vaccine is first given to a person — 1885. One of 7 gaps: it belonged between The Charge of the Light Brigade (1854) and The first modern Olympics, in Athens (1896), 42 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.