Chrono #38 — the timeline
The seven events from November 7, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900 | The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is published | Arts & culture | 32 years |
| 1932 | Franklin D. Roosevelt is first elected president (the starting event) | US history | 12 years |
| 1944 | D-Day: the Allies land in Normandy | World history | 21 years |
| 1965 | The Gateway Arch in St. Louis is completed | US history | 23 years |
| 1988 | The Jamaican bobsled team debuts at the Calgary Olympics | Sports & games | 15 years |
| 2003 | The Human Genome Project is declared complete | Science & discovery | 13 years |
| 2016 | Pokémon Go sends players into the streets | Sports & games | — |
The closest call: Franklin D. Roosevelt is first elected president (1932) and D-Day: the Allies land in Normandy (1944), 12 years apart — the pair most easily put the wrong way round. The widest gap: 32 years, between The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is published and Franklin D. Roosevelt is first elected president.
Card by card
The line started with Franklin D. Roosevelt is first elected president (1932). 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.
- Pokémon Go sends players into the streets — 2016. One of 2 gaps: it belonged after Franklin D. Roosevelt is first elected president (1932).
- The Gateway Arch in St. Louis is completed — 1965. One of 3 gaps: it belonged between Franklin D. Roosevelt is first elected president (1932) and Pokémon Go sends players into the streets (2016), 84 years apart.
- The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is published — 1900. One of 4 gaps: it belonged before Franklin D. Roosevelt is first elected president (1932).
- The Jamaican bobsled team debuts at the Calgary Olympics — 1988. One of 5 gaps: it belonged between The Gateway Arch in St. Louis is completed (1965) and Pokémon Go sends players into the streets (2016), 51 years apart.
- The Human Genome Project is declared complete — 2003. One of 6 gaps: it belonged between The Jamaican bobsled team debuts at the Calgary Olympics (1988) and Pokémon Go sends players into the streets (2016), 28 years apart.
- D-Day: the Allies land in Normandy — 1944. One of 7 gaps: it belonged between Franklin D. Roosevelt is first elected president (1932) and The Gateway Arch in St. Louis is completed (1965), 33 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.