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On This Day In History for November 29, 2017

This is the 333rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 32 days remaining in 2017

* It was on this date in 1877, that Thomas Edison demonstrates his phonograph for the first time.

* On November 29, 1929, U.S. Admiral Richard E. Byrd leads the first expedition to fly over the South Pole.

* November 29, 1961, Enos, a chimpanzee, is launched into space. The spacecraft orbits the Earth twice and splashes down off the coast of Puerto Rico as part of the Mercury-Atlas 5 mission.

* 45 years ago today, Atari announces the release of Pong, the first commercially successful video game.

Happy birthday goes out on this date to:

* American philosopher and academic, Amos Bronson Alcott, born on this date in 1799.

* Austrian mathematician and physicist, Christian Doppler was born 214 years ago today.

* John Ambrose Fleming, the English physicist and engineer was born 168 years ago today.

* American mathematician and academic, Suzan Rose Benedict, born on this date in 1873.

* Born November 29, 1920, American chemist and academic, developed spandex Joseph Shivers.

* Also turning 97 today is Russian engineer and politician Yegor Ligachyov.

* American horn player and composer, Chuck Mangione is 77 today.

* American comedian, actor, and screenwriter, Garry Shandling was born 68 years ago today.

Listener Birthdays

December

* 01 – Claudio Miranda (ClaudioM)

* 02 – Ben Fryxell from the MacMania Podcast

* If you want to get on the Technorama Birthday Calendar, visit our Wiki.

And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for November 29, 2017

News

* Yellowstone Supervolcano May Rumble to Life Faster Than Thought

* Humans vs. Robots: Artificial Intelligence Beats Top Pilot in NASA and Google Drone Race

* Research Says This Required Job Skill Will Trump Emotional Intelligence by the Year 2020 | Inc.com

Hacks & Strange Stories

* The Rise and Fall of Nikola Tesla and his Tower | History | Smithsonian

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* Why most satellites are destroyed at this one spot on Earth – Business Insider

* Here’s what we had to say about Voyager 1 when it launched 40 years ago | Popular Science

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