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Born on this day, John Henry Knight, a wealthy engineer and inventor who was the first person to be convicted of speeding in the UK, after he built Britain’s first petrol-powered motor vehicle in 1895

Thursday 21st January 1847

Born on this day, John Henry Knight, a wealthy engineer and inventor who was the first person to be convicted of speeding in the UK, after he built Britain’s first petrol-powered motor vehicle in 1895.

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