History Blog

December 21

Birthday RIP Francis “Frank” Zappa Jr(1940–1993) ; Phillip Donahue–88 Jayne Seymour Fonda–86 Samuel Leroy Jackson–75 Raymond Romano–66 Andrew Dick–58 Kiefer Sutherland–57 ; 1913 – Arthur Wynne’s “word-cross”, the first crossword puzzle, is published in the New York World.