Crossword Puzzle Turns 100 Years Old in 2013

HALL OF FAME -- 100 YEARS AND COUNTING IN 2013

CROSSWORD PUZZLE -- This year marks the 100th year for the crossword puzzle.
On Dec. 21, 1913, the first puzzle was published in the New York World, created by Arthur Wynne, who called his puzzle a word-cross. It's known today as a crossword because of a typesetter's error.

SLAVERY END -- On Dec. 18, 1865, the slavery officially ended in the United States, as the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified eight months after the Civil War ended. Secretary of State William Seward issued a statement verifying ratification of the amendment.

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Grand Central Station Turns 100

NEW YORK -- Grand Central Station turned 100 years old today.

Grand Central Terminal (GCT)—colloquially called Grand Central Station, or shortened to simply Grand Central—is a commuter rail terminal station at 42nd Street and Park Avenue in Midtown Manhattan in New York City, United States. Built by and named for the New York Central Railroad in the heyday of American long-distance passenger rail travel, it is the largest train station in the world by number of platforms:^[3] 44, with 67 tracks along them. They are on two levels, both below ground, with 41 tracks on the upper level and 26 on the lower, though the total number of tracks along platforms and in rail yards exceeds 100. The terminal covers an area of 48 acres (19 ha).

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Central_Terminal

Dear Abby's Pauline Friedman Phillips Dies at 94

Pauline Friedman Phillips, 94, died Jan. 16 in Memphis, Tenn.

Phillips started her "Dear Abby" column during the 1950's at the San Francisco Chronicle using the name Abigail Van Buren.

Born July 4, 1918, she was the twin sister of columnist Esther Pauline Friedman, known as Ann Landers, who died June 22, 2002.