Loch Ness Monster, Bay Bridge, Yosemite’s El Capitan: 12 Nov. 12 Tales

Loch Ness Monster, Bay Bridge, Yosemite’s El Capitan: 12 Nov. 12 Tales

By Cupertino REALTOR® Michelle Carr Crowe

 “The Loch Ness Monster, Bay Bridge and Yosemite’s El Capitan have what in common?”

All three share an important newsworthy anniversary on November 12^th.

Curious to learn more about the Loch Ness Monster, Bay Bridge and Yosemite’s El Capitan? Read along to find out more about these and other interesting tales that happened on November 12^th.

·         1892 – William "Pudge" Heffelfinger becomes the first professional American football player on record, participating in his first paid game for the Allegheny Athletic Association.

·         1912 – The frozen bodies of explorer Robert Scott and his men are found on the Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctica.

·         1933 – Hugh Gray takes the first known photos alleged to be of the Loch Ness Monster.

·         1936 – In California, the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge opens to traffic.

·         1958 – A team of rock climbers led by Warren Harding completes the first ascent of The Nose on El Capitan in Yosemite Valley.

·         1969 – My Lai Massacre, Vietnam War – Independent investigative journalist Seymour Hersh breaks the My Lai story.

·         1970 – The Oregon Highway Division attempts to destroy a rotting beached Sperm whale with explosives, leading to the now infamous "exploding whale" incident.

·         1980 – The NASA space probe Voyager I makes its closest approach to Saturn and takes the first images of its rings. 

·         1980 – the Space Shuttle program: Mission STS-2, utilizing the Space Shuttle Columbia, marking the first time a manned spacecraft is launched into space twice.

·         1990 – Tim Berners-Lee publishes a formal proposal for the World Wide Web.

·         1993 – The first Ultimate Fighting Championship event, UFC 1, is held in Denver, Colorado.

·         1997 – Ramzi Yousef is found guilty of masterminding the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.

While these interesting facts about the Loch Ness Monster, Bay Bridge and Yosemite’s El Capitan on November 12th have nothing to do with my real estate business selling homes to families in San Jose, Cupertino and Saratoga in Silicon Valley, Calif., they add fun and entertainment to life.

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Images courtesy of Michelle Carr-Crowe’s private collection, the public domain, the U.S. government or www.freedigitalphotos.net.Facts compiled from Wikipedia, Smithsonian, HistoryOrb and MentalFloss among others.

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