January 29


  • 1886 - Karl Benz patented the first successful [gasoline]-driven automobile.
  • 1934 - Fritz Haber, a German chemist who first synthesized ammonia, died on this day.
  • 1978 - Sweden outlawed [aerosol] sprays due to their harmful effect on the ozone layer, becoming the first nation to enact such a ban.
  • 1996 - President Jacques Chirac announced a "definitive end" to French nuclear testing.

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