Today in Entrepreneurial History: November 12

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Detail of map of Plymouth, Devon Circa 1600

1439 – Plymouth, England, becomes the first town incorporated by the English Parliament.
1892 – William “Pudge” Heffelfinger becomes the first professional American football player on record, participating in his first paid game for the Allegheny Athletic Association.
1933 – Hugh Gray takes the first known photos of the Loch Ness Monster.
1936 – In California, the San Francisco – Oakland Bay Bridge opens to traffic.
1990 – Tim Berners-Lee publishes a formal proposal for the World Wide Web.
2003 – Shanghai Transrapid sets a new world speed record (501 kilometres per hour (311 mph)) for commercial railway systems, which remains the fastest for unmodified commercial rail vehicles.