Thursday 14 August 2014

Today's Daily Brain Teaser (Aug 15, 2014)

Letter Boxing



Complete the word square by inserting the 9 letters into the grid, to create the same words reading down & across.



D E E L L L O O O



E A C H

A _ _ _

C _ _ _

H _ _ _





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Today in History for 14th August 2014

Historical Events


1457 - Oldest known exactly dated printed book (c 3 years after Gutenberg)

1876 - Prairie View State University forms

1919 - Yankee Muddy Ruel hits into a triple-play

1935 - Social Security Act becomes law

1971 - Bahrain proclaims independence after 110 years of British rule

1990 - Denver vote for a 1% sales tax to pay for a baseball franchise


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Famous Birthdays


1928 - Lina Wertmueller, [Arcanguela von Elgg], Rome, actress (7 Beauties)

1930 - Lord Chorley, mountaineering enthusiast

1943 - Keith Hampson, MP

1968 - Halle Berry, Cleve Ohio, Miss World USA (1986)/actress (Boomerang)

1983 - Leo Núñez, Dominican baseball player

1988 - Shahd Barmada, Syrian singer


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Famous Deaths


1858 - George Combe, phrenologist, dies

1958 - Gladys L Presley, mom of Elvis, dies at 46

1961 - Henri-Edouard-Prosper Breuil, priest/archaeologist, dies

1992 - Marion P Ames, US, advocate/activist, dies

2000 - Cuan McCarthy, South African cricketer (b. 1929)

2012 - Phyllis Thaxter, American actress, dies from Alzheimer's disease at 92


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