November 12: What Happened on This Day in History (Elementary Level)?

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1. 1439 - Plymouth, England, becomes the first town incorporated by the English Parliament.
2. 1602 - Sebastian Viscaino lands at and names San Diego, California.
3. 1933 - Hugh Gray takes the first known photos of the Loch Ness Monster.
4. 1958 - A team of rock climbers led by Warren Harding completes the first ascent of The Nose on El Capitan in Yosemite Valley.
5. 1980 - The NASA space probe Voyager I makes its closest approach toSaturn and takes the first images of its rings.
6. Famous Birthdays: Louis Antoine de Bougainville (French explorer), Thaddeus William Harris (American naturalist), Auguste Rodin (French sculptor), John Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh (English physicist, Nobel laureate), DeWitt Wallace (American magazine publisher)

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