Today, December 21, is the birthday of the crossword puzzle, writes UNN.
It was on December 21, 1913, that the world's first crossword puzzle was published in the American newspaper New York Word published the world's first crossword puzzle. Its author was Arthur Wynne, who invented it at the request of the newspaper, which was looking for an original a way to attract more readers.
It is believed that games similar to crossword puzzles existed, in particular, in ancient Rome, and the prototypes of modern crossword puzzles began to appear in the nineteenth century.
The world's largest crossword puzzle was created by Belgian Roger Beaucarat. He devoted almost 4 years to this task. The 2734 pages contained questions of up to up to 50,400 words, and the crossword puzzle itself was quite large - 31 meters long and 53 meters wide.
December 21 is also basketball's birthday. The inventor of the popular game was the American James Naismith, who hung two boxes of peaches in a two boxes of peaches in a college gym in Springfield and divided 18 students into two teams. They were encouraged to throw the ball to each other with the goal of to put it in the basket. At that time, ball handling was not yet in use. After successful attack, the ball had to be taken out of the basket by hand.
The first basketball rules were printed in 1894 in the United States. in the United States. The first official competition in the new sport took place in 1897, with two teams of five players each.
The night of December 21-22 will be the longest of the year, so today we can celebrate the Day of the Flashlight.
The first portable lantern was invented and developed by David Meisell in 1898, who, together with his friend Conrad Hubert, created a a company to develop and sell electric lanterns.
The first to use such flashlights on a large scale were were the police.
December 21 can also be celebrated as Regifting Day. the transfer of a gift received to someone else, often under the guise of a new a new gift.
The event originated as an office holiday that gradually gained popularity in the United States and many other countries around the world.
There are several rules of etiquette related to regifting. In particular, repackaging the gift, refusing to use the gift before re-gifting it giving it again and ensuring that it is not returned to the original to the original donor.
According to the church calendar, today is the Day of Remembrance of the Holy Martyr Iulania, who lived in the fourth century in Nicomedia Nicomedia in the fourth century.
She was engaged at a young age, but on her wedding day, Iulania refused to marry because she wanted to devote her life to serving the to the Lord. For this, her pagan father severely beat her and put her on trial. The girl was was tortured for a long time and then executed.
Her relics are kept in the monastery of St. Juliana in the Spanish city of Santillana del Mar.
On December 21, Ulyana, Petro, and Mykhailo celebrate their name days.