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January 29

3 sourced moments from January 29 in history: Poe's "The Raven" Takes Flight (1845); The Victoria Cross, Britain's highest military honor, is established (1856); and Karl Benz patents the first practical automobile (1886).

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3 things happened on January 29

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1886 Technology · Transportation

Karl Benz patents the first practical automobile

On a winter day in Mannheim, a German engineer filed the paperwork now treated as the birth certificate of the car.

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1856 Society & Economy · Politics & Law

The Victoria Cross, Britain's highest military honor, is established

Queen Victoria signed a warrant creating an award for valor that ignored rank entirely, open to any soldier or sailor.

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1845 Culture & Arts · Literature

Poe's "The Raven" Takes Flight

A single gloomy poem about a talking bird turned a struggling critic into America's most famous writer overnight.

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