Chrono #33 — the timeline
The seven events from November 2, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1851 | Isaac Singer patents his sewing machine | Inventions & technology | 14 years |
| 1865 | Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is published | Arts & culture | 32 years |
| 1897 | Dracula is published | Arts & culture | 43 years |
| 1940 | The Tacoma Narrows Bridge shakes itself apart | Inventions & technology | 25 years |
| 1965 | Mariner 4 sends back the first close-up pictures of Mars (the starting event) | Space | 15 years |
| 1980 | John Lennon is killed | Arts & culture | 11 years |
| 1991 | The Soviet Union dissolves | World history | — |
The closest call: John Lennon is killed (1980) and The Soviet Union dissolves (1991), 11 years apart — the pair most easily put the wrong way round. The widest gap: 43 years, between Dracula is published and The Tacoma Narrows Bridge shakes itself apart.
Card by card
The line started with Mariner 4 sends back the first close-up pictures of Mars (1965). 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.
- Isaac Singer patents his sewing machine — 1851. One of 2 gaps: it belonged before Mariner 4 sends back the first close-up pictures of Mars (1965).
- Dracula is published — 1897. One of 3 gaps: it belonged between Isaac Singer patents his sewing machine (1851) and Mariner 4 sends back the first close-up pictures of Mars (1965), 114 years apart.
- The Soviet Union dissolves — 1991. One of 4 gaps: it belonged after Mariner 4 sends back the first close-up pictures of Mars (1965).
- The Tacoma Narrows Bridge shakes itself apart — 1940. One of 5 gaps: it belonged between Dracula is published (1897) and Mariner 4 sends back the first close-up pictures of Mars (1965), 68 years apart.
- Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is published — 1865. One of 6 gaps: it belonged between Isaac Singer patents his sewing machine (1851) and Dracula is published (1897), 46 years apart.
- John Lennon is killed — 1980. One of 7 gaps: it belonged between Mariner 4 sends back the first close-up pictures of Mars (1965) and The Soviet Union dissolves (1991), 26 years apart.
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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.