Card No. 45

The answers

1. Since 1927

   A wooden roller coaster at Coney Island, Brooklyn

   Still going

   The Cyclone opened for its 99th season on March 29, 2026, christened with an egg cream as usual. It first ran on June 26, 1927, and tops out at 60 mph.

2. Since 1941

   Analog over-the-air TV from full-power US stations

   Done for 2009

   Full-power analog broadcasts ended June 12, 2009. The government handed out $40 coupons for converter boxes, and about 1.75 million homes were not ready the day before.

3. Since 1764

   A Connecticut newspaper

   Still going

   The Hartford Courant is the oldest continuously published newspaper in the US, with the slogan 'Older than the nation.' It has been printed in Springfield, Massachusetts since 2020.

4. Since 1959

   The monorail at Disneyland in California

   Still going

   Still running. It opened June 14, 1959, as the first daily operating monorail in the US. Three Mark VII trains now run a 2.3-mile beam out to Downtown Disney.

5. Since 1938

   The Beano, a weekly British children's comic

   Still going

   The Beano comes out every week. It first appeared July 30, 1938, hit issue 4,000 in 2019, and in 2018 became the longest-running weekly comic in the world.