29 January 1886 January 28, 2023 Author: Staff Karl Benz patents the first successful gasoline-driven automobile. Famous Words of Inspiration..."Philosophers, for the most part, are constitutionally timid, and dislike the unexpected. Few of them would be genuinely happy as pirates or burglars. Accordingly they invent systems which make the future calculable, at least in its main outlines." Bertrand Russell — Click here for more from Bertrand Russell Related posts: 29 January 1886 28 June 1926 10 June 1886 10 June 1886 8 May 1886 8 May 1886 10 June 1886 29 October 1886 13 June 1886 13 June 1886 Categories: History Tags: 1886, 29 January