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November 29

4 sourced moments from November 29 in history: Richard Byrd's team made the first flight over the South Pole (1929); The UN voted to partition Palestine into Arab and Jewish states (1947); Atari released Pong, helping launch the video game industry (1972), plus 1 more.

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4 things happened on November 29

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1972 Technology · Computing & AI

Atari released Pong, helping launch the video game industry

Two paddles, a bouncing dot, and one instruction — "avoid missing ball for high score" — turned a training exercise into an industry.

1972 Culture & Arts · Art

A Simple Tennis Game Launched the Arcade Era

When Atari unveiled a two-paddle tennis game in 1972, it turned a blinking dot into the spark of an entire industry.

1947 Society & Economy · Politics & Law

The UN voted to partition Palestine into Arab and Jewish states

A single ballot on November 29, 1947 split a British-ruled territory in two and reshaped the modern Middle East.

1929 Geography · Countries

Richard Byrd's team made the first flight over the South Pole

On November 29, 1929, four men in a single trimotor became the first to fly over the bottom of the world and live to land.