On This Day: January 29

10 verified moments happened on January 29. Here they are in the order they actually happened — the same kind of puzzle you solve in Whensly every day.

1. 1886🚗 Karl Benz patents the Motorwagen in Germany, a three-wheeled vehicle powered by an internal combustion engine — the first true automobile.History · Source: Daimler AG, 'The Birth of the Automobile'; Wikipedia (Jan 29 1886)
2. 1956Austria's Toni Sailer wins the giant slalom, the first of three alpine golds he will sweep at a single Cortina Games.Sports · Source: Wikipedia, "Alpine skiing at the 1956 Winter Olympics – Men's giant slalom"
3. 1959👑 Disney's lavish widescreen fairy tale, with Maleficent's dragon and a Tchaikovsky score, premieres in Los Angeles.Movies · Source: Wikipedia, 'Sleeping Beauty' premiere at Fox Wilshire Theater, Los Angeles (Jan 29 1959)
4. 1964☢️ Peter Sellers plays three roles in Stanley Kubrick's Cold War satire about an accidental nuclear apocalypse.Movies · Source: Wikipedia, 'Dr. Strangelove' release date (Jan 29 1964)
5. 1980The Cleveland Cavaliers edge the Los Angeles Lakers 154-153 in a four-overtime marathonSports · Source: Basketball-Reference, 'Lakers vs Cavaliers, January 29, 1980'
6. 2012Shaun White stomps a back-to-back run to score the first perfect 100 in Winter X Games superpipe history.Sports · Source: Wikipedia, "Shaun White"
7. 2012Novak Djokovic outlasts Rafael Nadal in five sets and nearly six hours, the longest Grand Slam final in history at Melbourne.Sports · Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_Australian_Open_%E2%80%93_Men's_singles_final
8. 2014Dale Jarrett, Tim Flock, Fireball Roberts, Maurice Petty and Jack Ingram are enshrined together in the NASCAR Hall of Fame in CharlotteStock Car Racing · Source: NBC Sports MotorSportsTalk and NASCAR.com — induction ceremony held Wednesday, Jan 29, 2014
9. 2020🍁 Canada's Christine Sinclair scores her 185th international goal, passing Abby Wambach as the all-time leading scorer.Soccer · Source: Sports Illustrated; CBS Sports (Jan 29 2020)
10. 2025🐉 China's mythological sequel Ne Zha 2 opens for Lunar New Year and becomes the first animated film in history to gross two billion dollars.Movies · Source: Wikipedia / Box Office Mojo: China release; first animated film past $2B