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One thing science and human progress accomplished on this date.
1886
Karl Benz filed the patent for his Motorwagen, a three-wheeled carriage driven by a small petrol engine, in Mannheim, Germany. It is widely recognized as the first practical automobile, the ancestor of every car on the road today.
Source: Wikipedia
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