Calendar for November 12th, 2009

Born 1651: Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz (poet)

Born 1815: Elizabeth Cady Stanton (reformer)

Born 1840: Auguste Rodin (sculptor)

Born 1908: Harry Andrew Blackmun (lawyer)

Born 1917: Joseph Coors (brewer)

Born 1922: Kim Hunter (actress)

Born 1929: Grace Kelly (actress and later known as Her Serene Highness Princess Grace of Monaco)

1936: San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge opened

Born 1945: Neil Young (musician)

1956: Largest iceberg on record (208 miles long, 60 miles wide) discovered by U.S.S. Glacier

Born 1958: Megan Mullally (actress)

Born 1961: Nadia Comaneci (gymnast)

Born 1980: Ryan Gosling (actor)

Born 1982: Anne Hathaway (actress)

Died 1990: Eve Arden (actress)

1992: First episode of Absolutely Fabulous aired

Died 1993: Bill Dickey (baseball player)

Died 2002: Billy Guy (singer)

Died 2003: Jonathan Brandis (actor)

Died 2007: Ira Levin (author)