Yearbook archive
Puzzle for August 14, 2026
Replay a past four-clue puzzle. The answer is hidden in a disclosure control to avoid spoilers in normal browsing.
Reveal the year
2008
👶 Famous Birth
Born to be Sheldon: This American actor is best known for playing Sheldon Cooper in Young Sheldon, a spin-off prequel to The Big Bang Theory, and also appeared as Ziggy Chapman in Big Little Lies.
🗓️ On This Day
Big bang for the buck: Described as the biggest scientific experiment in history, CERN's particle accelerator was powered up in Geneva, Switzerland, built over a decade with over 10,000 scientists from more than 100 countries.
📈 Economy & Markets
Wall Street's worst day in points: The Dow Jones fell a then-record 778 points after the United States House of Representatives rejected a vote on the bank bailout bill during the early stages of the Great Recession.
🕯️ Famous Death
Dino-sized imagination: This American author and filmmaker sold over 200 million copies of his books worldwide, with over a dozen adapted into films exploring technology, biotechnology, and humanity's attempts to dominate nature.