Daily Almanac: Nov. 12, 2022

Sunrise/Sunset:

RISE: 7:25 a.m.
SET: 5:30 p.m.

High/Low Temperatures:

HIGH: 37 °F
LOW: 30 °F

Today is…

• Chicken Soup for the Soul Day
• Happy Hour Day
• World Pneumonia Day

What Happened On This Day:

• 1892 Pudge Heffelfinger becomes the first professional American football player on record
• 1936 In California, the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge opens to traffic
• 1980 The NASA space probe Voyager I makes its closest approach to Saturn, taking the first images of its rings

Births On This Day:

• 1934 Charles Manson
American cult leader and murderer
• 1945 Neil Young
Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer

Deaths On This Day:

• 1757 Colley Cibber
English poet
• 1939 Norman Bethune
Canadian physician