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Sudoku Puzzle
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Complete the
grid so every row,
column and 3x3
box contains
every digit from
1 to 9 inclusively.
Previous puzzle
solution
5
8
9
1
4
3
7
6
2
6
3
1
7
8
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9
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5
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Today is the 80th day of 2024 and the
second day of spring.
TODAY’S HISTORY:
In 1852, Harriet Beecher Stowe’s antislavery novel, “Uncle Tom’s Cabin,” was published.
In 1952, the U.S. Senate ratified a peace treaty returning sovereignty to Japan.
In 1987, the FDA approved AZT, a drug shown to delay the development of AIDS.
In 1995, members of the Japanese cult Aum Shinrikyo released sarin gas into the Tokyo
Metro subway system, killing 12 and injuring more than 5,000.
In 2003, the United States and a coalition of allied states began military operations in Iraq.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS: Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906), poet/playwright; B.F. Skinner (1904-
1990), psychologist; Ozzie Nelson (1906-1975), actor/bandleader; Carl Reiner (1922-2020),
comedy writer/director/actor; Fred Rogers (1928-2003), TV personality; Hal Linden (1931-
), actor; Pat Riley (1945-), basketball coach/executive; Bobby Orr (1948-), hockey player;
William Hurt (1950-2022), actor; Spike Lee (1957- ), filmmaker; Holly Hunter (1958- ),
actress; Kathy Ireland (1963- ), model/actress; David Thewlis (1963- ), actor; Michael
Rapaport (1970-), actor; Chester Bennington (1976-2017), singer-songwriter.
TODAY’S FACT: The constitution of Japan, adopted in 1947, forbids the country from
participating in wars.
TODAY’S SPORTS: In 1934, Mildred “Babe” Didrikson pitched one inning of exhibition
baseball for the Philadelphia Athletics in a game against the Brooklyn Dodgers. She allowed
one walk and no hits.
TODAY’S QUOTE: “I think it is very important that films make people look at what
they’ve forgotten.” — Spike Lee
TODAY’S NUMBER: 542 — length (in feet) of the USS Langley, commissioned on this
day in 1922 as the first U.S. Navy aircraft carrier. The USS Gerald R. Ford, a supercarrier
commissioned into the Navy’s fleet in 2017, is 1,106 feet long.
TODAY’S MOON: Between first quarter moon (March 16) and full moon (March 25).
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Answer to Previous Puzzle
ACROSS
1 Don
5 Trench
10 Exchange
goods
12 Sentence
ender
13 Oval nest
builder
14 Hermits
15 Mutant heroes
of comics
(hyph.)
16 Air show
formation
18 Go to court
19 Test, as ore
21 Standards
25 Even-
tempered
29 Genetic factor
30 Hightails it
32 — in
(surrounded)
34 Comic strip
Viking
35 Met
productions
37 Lock or curl
38 Zaps
40 Radiator part
43 Tip of a pen
44 Denomination
48 Warning
50 Stayed
52 Arkansas
mountains
53 Alpine refrains
54 “The Prisoner
of —”
55 Daily Planet
reporter
DOWN
1 Balmy
2 Buffalo’s lake
3 Like of
bricks
4 Shinto or Zen
(abbr.)
5 Earth (pref.)
6 Coffee makers
7 Place
8 Practical
knowledge
9 Fabric meas.
10 Kind of turtle
11 Guns the
engine
12 Trouser
features
17 19th letter
19 Toward the
rudder
20 Fancy boats
21 Extreme
degree
22 Two-piece
cookie
23 Sloping walk
24 Say with
gestures
26 Male hog
27 Theater
section
28 LAX guesses
31 Almost-grads
33 Intimidates
36 Kind of jump
39 Online
auction site
40 Take aback
41 A Karamazov
42 Geek
44 Half a beef
45 Delightful
place
46 Ancient
Briton
47 NFL events
48 Kissin’ kin
49 APB datum
51 — choy
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