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“San Jose, Calif., Thomas Edison & Atari’s Pong Share What in Common?”

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“San Jose, Calif., Thomas Edison & Atari’s Pong Share What in Common?”

By REALTOR® Michelle Carr Crowe

Can you guess what “San Jose, Calif., Thomas Edison & Atari’s Pong have in common?”

You may be surprised to learn all three of these noteworthy items share an important anniversary on November 29th.

Would you like to know more about San Jose, Calif., Thomas Edison and Atari’s Pong? Then read on to learn more about these three newsworthy items and other interesting facts that occurred on November 29th.

1777  San Jose, California, is founded as Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe. It is the first civilian settlement, or pueblo, in Alta California, not associated with a mission or a military post. Today, San Jose is the third-largest city in California and the tenth-largest in the United States.

Thomas Edison phonograph Michelle Carr Crowe blog image1877  Thomas Edison demonstrates his phonograph for the first time. 

1929 – U.S. Admiral Richard Byrd becomes the first person to fly over the South Pole.

1944 – The first surgery (on a human) to correct blue baby syndrome is performed by Alfred Blalock and Vivien Thomas.

1961  Project Mercury: Mercury-Atlas 5 Mission – Enos, a chimpanzee, is launched into space. The spacecraft orbited the Earth twice and splashed-down off the coast of Puerto Rico.

1963  U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson establishes the Warren Commission to investigate the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.

1972  Atari announces the release of Pong, the first commercially successful video game. Allan Alcorn created Pong as a training exercise assigned to him by Atari co-founder Nolan Bushnell.

 While these interesting facts about San Jose, Calif., Thomas Edison and Atari’s Pong on November 29th, have nothing to do with my real estate business selling homes to families in San Jose, Cupertino and Saratoga in Silicon Valley, Calif., they sure do add fun and entertainment to life.

If you enjoy reading fun facts and information on Silicon Valley real estate, homes and careers, please accept a free subscription to Michelle Carr-Crowe’s blog at http://www.activerain.com/results.

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 other sources.

Thank you for reading about these historical events of November 29th and “San Jose, Calif., Thomas Edison & Atari’s Pong Share What in Common?”

 

   

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Michelle is an internationally-published freelance writer with over 1,200 traditional articles published in print and online, co-author of two books on Silicon Valley-specific real estate as well as over 68,000 blog posts on Blogger, ActiveRain, Examiner, FaceBook, Realtor, Trulia, RealBird and others. She enjoys reading, traveling, animals, nature, family, dancing, staging, consulting, coaching and praying. Check out her blog at www.activerain.com/results or visit her online at www.michellejudycarr.com. For RE$ult$ ... Just Call ... (408) 252-8900.

 

Comments (7)

Jean Hanley
Coldwell Banker Kivett Teeters - Hemet, CA
Specializing in Folks Who Want To Buy/Sell Homes

Michelle, thanks for this information.  We have a neighbor/friend, who we visit with most evenings, and he is a history channel buff.  I will use this on him tonight.  lol

Nov 29, 2013 05:56 AM
MichelleCherie Carr Crowe .Just Call. 408-252-8900
Get Results Team...Just Call (408) 252-8900! . DRE #00901962 . Licensed to Sell since 1985 . Altas Realty - San Jose, CA
Family Helping Families Buy & Sell Homes 40+ Years

All right, Jean, I hope you can stump him with some of these.

Nov 29, 2013 06:27 AM
Silvia Dukes PA, Broker Associate, CRS, CIPS, SRES
Tropic Shores Realty - Ich spreche Deutsch! - Spring Hill, FL
Florida Waterfront and Country Club Living
Michelle, those are interesting facts! Thanks for sharing!
Nov 29, 2013 08:48 AM
MichelleCherie Carr Crowe .Just Call. 408-252-8900
Get Results Team...Just Call (408) 252-8900! . DRE #00901962 . Licensed to Sell since 1985 . Altas Realty - San Jose, CA
Family Helping Families Buy & Sell Homes 40+ Years

Silvia-thank you for reading.

Nov 29, 2013 11:48 AM
David Shamansky
US Mortgages - David Shamansky - Highlands Ranch, CO
Creative, Aggressive & 560 FICO - OK, Colorado Mtg

Yeah not sure who Edison is but that PONG my oh my was that a game changer!!!!

jk

lol

Have a great Thanksgiving holiday wkd

Nov 29, 2013 03:18 PM
MichelleCherie Carr Crowe .Just Call. 408-252-8900
Get Results Team...Just Call (408) 252-8900! . DRE #00901962 . Licensed to Sell since 1985 . Altas Realty - San Jose, CA
Family Helping Families Buy & Sell Homes 40+ Years

David-you may not remember the phonograph, but maybe the light bulb? jk 

Nov 29, 2013 06:16 PM
Alan Harris
Keller Williams Realty - San Diego, CA
San Diego Real Estate Broker with Keller Williams

Great article.  San Jose was the first city I lived in when I moved to California. 

Nov 30, 2013 02:52 AM