Yearbook archive
Puzzle for October 9, 2026
Replay a past four-clue puzzle. The answer is hidden in a disclosure control to avoid spoilers in normal browsing.
Reveal the year
1959
👶 Famous Birth
A court legend arrives: A future Los Angeles Lakers point guard was born in Lansing, Michigan, beginning a career that would place him among basketball’s most celebrated greats.
🎬 Screen & Sound
An epic opening night: William Wyler’s religious epic premiered at Loew’s State Theatre in New York City, remaking a silent film and adapting Lew Wallace’s novel.
🗓️ On This Day
Copy, camera, action: At a New York hotel, live television introduced a fast, economical plain-paper copier, giving document copying an unusually photogenic debut.
⚖️ Law & Justice
The fiftieth state: President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed a law dissolving a U.S. territory and establishing the nation’s 50th state, with statehood effective that August.