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January 13

3 sourced moments from January 13 in history: The Knights Templar got their Rule at Troyes in 1129; The National Geographic Society is founded (1888); and Henry Ford patents a plastic car body (1942).

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3 things happened on January 13

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1942 Technology · materials

Henry Ford patents a plastic car body

Long before "green" cars, Ford bolted soybean-based plastic panels onto a steel frame and won a patent for it.

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1888 Geography · Countries

The National Geographic Society is founded

Thirty-three explorers and scientists gathered in a Washington club to spread geographic knowledge, launching a global institution.

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1129 History · Medieval

The Knights Templar got their Rule at Troyes in 1129

A church council in Champagne approved the Templars in January 1129. Full papal backing took another ten years.

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