NOV 12
1933On camera for the first time: Nessie?On this day in 1933, Hugh Gray was walking with his dog along the shore of Scotland’s Loch Ness, near the mouth of the River Foyers, when he saw “an object of considerable dimensions.” Luckily, Gray had a Kodak box camera with him and took several photos. Only one showed something: Gray had taken the first photo of the Loch Ness monster. Or had he?READ MORE
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DuomoBorn this day in 1961, Romanian Nadia Comăneci (who later defected to the U.S.) was the first gymnast to be awarded a perfect 10 in Olympic competition, scoring seven of them at the 1976 Summer Games in Montreal.
1933
On camera for the first time: Nessie?
On this day in 1933, Hugh Gray was walking with his dog along the shore of Scotland’s Loch Ness, near the mouth of the River Foyers, when he saw “an object of considerable dimensions.” Luckily, Gray had a Kodak box camera with him and took several photos. Only one showed something: Gray had taken the first photo of the Loch Ness monster. Or had he?
READ MORE© Mirrorpix/Getty Images; Photo Illustration Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
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Born this day in 1961, Romanian Nadia Comăneci (who later defected to the U.S.) was the first gymnast to be awarded a perfect 10 in Olympic competition, scoring seven of them at the 1976 Summer Games in Montreal.
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