Yearbook archive
Puzzle for August 27, 2026
Replay a past four-clue puzzle. The answer is hidden in a disclosure control to avoid spoilers in normal browsing.
Reveal the year
1962
🌍 World Event
Last blast above ground: The Soviet Union conducted its final above-ground weapons detonation, in anticipation of an international agreement banning atmospheric blasts.
đź‘‘ Power & Headlines
Thirteen days of dread: President Kennedy, after counsel from Dwight D. Eisenhower, announced that American reconnaissance planes had found Soviet nuclear weapons in Cuba and ordered a naval quarantine of the Communist nation.
🗺️ World Leader
Shoot for the stars: US President John F. Kennedy delivered his landmark space-ambition address to a large crowd at Rice University Stadium in Houston, Texas, calling for a crewed lunar landing before the decade's end.
👶 Famous Birth
Face of a generation: This actor, Canadian-American actor and comedian known for energetic slapstick performances and two Golden Globe Awards, was born on this day.