January 29 - Monday
1886 Birthday Car - Carl Benz received a patent for his first car.
The first Benz car, made in 1885, was a three-wheeled two-man crew weighing 250 kg on high wheels with spokes. On it, Benz put his new four-stroke gasoline engine with water cooling capacity of 0.9 hp. The cylinder was located horizontally above the axis of the huge rear wheels and set them in motion through one belt and two chain drives. The car developed a ridiculous by our standards speed - 16 km / h, but at that time it was a very progressive design. The crew was solemnly named Motorwagen.
On January 29, 1886, after the invention was subjected to numerous tests and some modifications, Motorwagen received the German Imperial Patent No. 37435. In 1887, the world's first car debuted at an exhibition in Paris.
There were only three such cars, two of which disappeared without a trace (most likely, they were stolen), and the third carelessly flaunts on the podium of the German Museum in Munich.
Day of mobilization against the threat of nuclear war.
Cyber Monday in Russia.
1616 Cape Horn is discovered - the extreme southern point of the Tierra del Fuego Archipelago.
1833 The first postal network in Russia is organized.
1964 Luge - at the Olympic Games for the first time there were competitions in luge.