November 29th is officially Throw Out Your Leftovers Day as well as Electronic Greetings Day.
We made it to day 333 of the year and there’s only 32 days left to go until we reach the end of 2022.
Is November 29 a special day for you? You’re not alone! This day in history has been an eventful one… and here you’re going to find out why.
Did you know that on this day in 1972, the first commercially successful video game, Pong, was released? The game helped to establish the video game industry as a whole.
Keep reading for more interesting facts about November 29th in history!
What Events Happened On November 29 In History?
2020 Joe Biden slipped whilst playing with his dog, Major, and was left with hairline fractures in his foot.
2019 A wooden relic thought to be from Jesus’s manger was returned to Bethlehem.
2012 Bombs in Hilla and Karbala, Iraq, killed 30 Shias and wounded 100 others.
2010 British singer-songwriter, Adele released her hit single “Rolling in the Deep.”

2007 Martinique earthquake shook the majority of Eastern Caribbean.
1995 The Alaskan Oil Exports Ban was lifted by President Bill Clinton.
1987 The New Orleans Saints secured their first winning season after being in the NFL for 21 years.
1975 A 7.4 magnitude earthquake struck Hawaii.
1972 Pong was released. It was the first commercially successful video game.

1961 Enos the chimpanzee was launched into space on the Mercury-Atlas 5 Mission.
1899 FC Barcelona was founded by a group of English, German, Swiss, and Spanish soccer players.
1877 Thomas Edison demonstrated his hand-cranked phonograph for the first time.

1775 Amateur British chemist Sir James Jay invented invisible ink on this day.
Famous People Born On November 29
Is today is your birthday? If so, you share the same birthday with Jeff Fahey. Here are a few other famous people born on this day.
1976 Anna Faris
American Actress

- Age:
- 45 years old
- Born In:
- Maryland, USA
1952 Jeff Fahey
American Actor

- Age:
- 69 years old
- Born In:
- New York, USA
Special Holidays On November 29
If you can spare some time today, here are some unique holidays you could get involved with.

Throw Out Your Leftovers Day

Electronic Greetings Day
November 29 Birthday Facts, Zodiac & Birthstone
For those of you who were born on November 29th, your star sign is Sagittarius.
If you’re a Sagittarian, we know you love living life to the max, but you might wish to sometimes slow things down – just a notch, of course.
If your birthday is in November, your birthstone is the topaz. The name comes from Topazios, the Greek name for what is now known as St. John’s Island, an Egyptian island in the Red Sea.
Those who were born on Nov 29 were likely conceived the same year on March 8.