San Jose, Atari’s Pong, Space Astronaut Chimp Enos-7 November 29 Tales
By Cupertino REALTOR® Michelle Carr Crowe
“San Jose, Atari’s Pong and Space Astronaut Chimp Enos all have what in common?”
All three share an important newsworthy anniversary on November 29th.
Want to know more about San Jose, Atari’s Pong and Space Astronaut Chimp Enos? Read on to find out about these and other interesting tales that happened in history on November 29th.
· 800 – Charlemagne arrives at Rome to investigate the alleged crimes of Pope Leo III.
· 1777 – San Jose, California, is founded as Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe. It is the first civilian settlement, or pueblo, in Alta California.
· 1877 – Thomas Edison demonstrates his phonograph for the first time.
· 1929 – U.S. Admiral Richard E. Byrd leads the first expedition to fly over the South Pole.
· is performed by Alfred Blalock and Vivien Thomas.
· 1961 – Project Mercury: Mercury-Atlas 5 Mission – Enos, a chimpanzee, is launched into space. The spacecraft orbits the Earth twice and splashes 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. Developed by engineer Allen Alcom as a training exercise, the game initiated the home electronic games craze.
While these interesting facts about San Jose, Atari’s Pong and Space Astronaut Chimp Enos on November 29thhave nothing to do with my real estate business selling Silicon Valley homes to families in San Jose, Cupertino and Saratoga in Santa Clara County, 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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