Yearbook archive
Puzzle for October 4, 2026
Replay a past four-clue puzzle. The answer is hidden in a disclosure control to avoid spoilers in normal browsing.
Reveal the year
1979
👶 Famous Birth
A future Penny Lane: An American actress was born who would break through in Almost Famous, win a Golden Globe, and become a familiar face in 2000s romantic comedies.
🎬 Screen & Sound
Deep-space stowaway: A Ridley Scott science-fiction horror film reached U.S. theaters, stranding a commercial starship crew with a deadly extraterrestrial aboard.
🗓️ On This Day
Portable music gets personal: Sony put a blue-and-silver cassette stereo on sale in Japan, introducing the first low-cost personal stereo.
🚀 Science & Space
Saturn gets a visitor: A NASA probe flew about 21,000 kilometers above the planet’s cloud tops, becoming the first spacecraft to encounter the ringed world.