November 12

1666


Mary Astell began her journey towards a very serious proposal for the ladies, today in 1666; her full tale is told on the Ancien Régime page of "Woman-Blindness"


Amber pages



Auguste Rodin, sculptor, born today in 1840 - and perhaps I'll tell the story of the struggle to make that remarkable statue of Balzac, which Zola commissioned when he was President of the Société des Gens des Lettres...


Roland Barthes, critic and semiotician, born today in 
1915. Did he ever write on Rodin? (Update, 2024: No, not directly, but this article has him commenting on Balzac's stort "Sarrasine", in which "the Marquise remained pensive", and which was apprently the starting-point for Rodin's "Thinker" as well as for his statue of Balzac, pictured above.)


Neil Young, completely helpless but harvesting the gold rush, as of today in 
1945 (his debut with CS&N is ambered for ambering on July 25, though whether a piece about the crazy horse will end up here or there is still to be determined) 


Voyager 1 made its closest approach to Saturn, today in 
1980 




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