Daily Calendar for Thursday, November 12, 2026

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Thursday, November 12, 2026

Born

  • Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz (poet)
  • Elizabeth Cady Stanton (reformer)
  • Auguste Rodin (sculptor)
  • Harry Andrew Blackmun (lawyer)
  • Joseph Coors (brewer)
  • Kim Hunter (actress)
  • John Ruthven (Wildlife artist; born in Cincinnati, Ohio)
  • Grace Kelly (actress and later known as Her Serene Highness Princess Grace of Monaco)
  • Neil Young (musician)
  • Megan Mullally (actress)
  • Nadia Comaneci (gymnast)
  • Ryan Gosling (actor)
  • Anne Hathaway (actress)

Died

  • Eve Arden (actress)
  • Bill Dickey (baseball player)
  • Billy Guy (singer)
  • Jonathan Brandis (actor)
  • Ira Levin (author)
  • Stan Lee (American comic book writer; died in Los Angeles, California)

Events

  • San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge opened
  • Ellis Island federal immigration station closed in N.Y./N.J.
  • Largest iceberg on record (208 miles long, 60 miles wide) discovered by U.S.S. Glacier
  • Voyager I made its closest approach to Saturn, coming within 77,000 miles.
  • First episode of Absolutely Fabulous aired
  • Voters OK‘d creation of Nunavut territory
  • U.S. Mint ended production of the penny

Weather

  • A heavy snowstorm hit all of New England

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