Chrono #35 — the timeline
The seven events from November 4, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940 | The Lascaux cave paintings are found | Science & discovery | 7 years |
| 1947 | Something crashes near Roswell, New Mexico | US history | 3 years |
| 1950 | Diners Club issues its first charge cards | Inventions & technology | 11 years |
| 1961 | Alan Shepard becomes the first American in space (the starting event) | Space | 4 years |
| 1965 | The first spacewalk | Space | 8 years |
| 1973 | Billie Jean King beats Bobby Riggs in the “Battle of the Sexes” | Sports & games | 3 years |
| 1976 | Nadia Comăneci scores the first perfect 10 in Olympic gymnastics | Sports & games | — |
The closest call: Something crashes near Roswell, New Mexico (1947) and Diners Club issues its first charge cards (1950), 3 years apart — the pair most easily put the wrong way round. The widest gap: 11 years, between Diners Club issues its first charge cards and Alan Shepard becomes the first American in space.
Card by card
The line started with Alan Shepard becomes the first American in space (1961). 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.
- The Lascaux cave paintings are found — 1940. One of 2 gaps: it belonged before Alan Shepard becomes the first American in space (1961).
- Nadia Comăneci scores the first perfect 10 in Olympic gymnastics — 1976. One of 3 gaps: it belonged after Alan Shepard becomes the first American in space (1961).
- Diners Club issues its first charge cards — 1950. One of 4 gaps: it belonged between The Lascaux cave paintings are found (1940) and Alan Shepard becomes the first American in space (1961), 21 years apart.
- The first spacewalk — 1965. One of 5 gaps: it belonged between Alan Shepard becomes the first American in space (1961) and Nadia Comăneci scores the first perfect 10 in Olympic gymnastics (1976), 15 years apart.
- Billie Jean King beats Bobby Riggs in the “Battle of the Sexes” — 1973. One of 6 gaps: it belonged between The first spacewalk (1965) and Nadia Comăneci scores the first perfect 10 in Olympic gymnastics (1976), 11 years apart.
- Something crashes near Roswell, New Mexico — 1947. One of 7 gaps: it belonged between The Lascaux cave paintings are found (1940) and Diners Club issues its first charge cards (1950), 10 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.