🎨 The first crossword puzzle (1913)
Where: New York, USA
Nearby on the globe: Woolworth Building → 🌍 Open the 3D globe
📅 On This Day: December 21
December 21, 1913: The first crossword puzzle. On this day in 1913, the first crossword puzzle, made by Arthur Wynne, appeared in the New York World newspaper. The very first one was shaped like a diamond, not a square. Today millions of people solve crosswords every day in newspapers and apps.
✨ More events on this day
- 1872 🧭 HMS Challenger sailed from Portsmouth, England, on a four-year voyage to explore the world's oceans. The expedition discovered thousands of new sea creatures.
- 1968 🚀 Apollo 8 launched from Florida, carrying Frank Borman, Jim Lovell and William Anders on the first crewed journey to the Moon. Kennedy Space Center →
- 2020 🚀 Jupiter and Saturn appeared closer together in the night sky than they had for centuries, separated by just a tenth of a degree in a 'great conjunction'.
🧠 Question of the day
What shape was the first crossword?
- A circle
- A diamond
- A star
Show the answer
Answer: A diamond
Questions
What happened on December 21?
December 21, 1913: The first crossword puzzle. It happened in New York, USA.
In the game, the "Today on Earth" panel shows this story on its day, with a question to answer and a place to fly to.
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Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossword