In 1924, Karl Benz and Gottlieb Daimler merged their companies ... programs were begun by station WGY in Schenectady, N.Y. In 1963, bombings in Birmingham, Ala., against non-violent Civil Rights ...

After all, this is the company whose first test driver was one Bertha Benz – wife of automobile inventor Carl, with whom ... going on to merge with Gottlieb Daimler’s similarly eponymous ...

That's when Karl Benz, Gottlieb Daimler, Wilhelm Maybach, and Emil Jellinek joined forces to establish what would become one of the most admired car manufacturers in the world. As a pioneer in the ...

Discover the complex history of the automobile, from early self-propelled vehicles to Karl ... year. Benz died in 1929, just two years after he merged with fellow car-maker Gottlieb Daimler's ...

The historic building of the Imperial Spa, completed in 1895, was remarkable in its time for both its architecture and spa technologies. In the second half of the 19th century, groundbreaking ...

The test accepted both a Spanish pronunciation “Mer-th-eh-des Benz” as well as the more common German pronunciation, “Mer-say-dez Benz”, as the correct ones. But many people can’t agree ...

Uncover the captivating backstory of the Mercedes-Benz logo, featuring a three-pointed star enclosed in a circle, symbolizing the use of Daimler engines on land, at sea, and in the air. Mercedes ...

The “Mercedes" name was trademarked in 1902. The company continued as Daimler-Benz, the car line became known as Mercedes-Benz. Originally founded by Karl Benz and Gottlieb Wilhelm Daimler, the ...

German inventor Karl Benz built what is widely considered to be the first proper car in 1886, while only a few weeks later, fellow countryman Gottlieb Daimler fitted a petrol engine to a stagecoach ...

For instance, the Wright Brothers' iconic Wright Flyer had a not-so-mighty 12 horsepower, while Carl Benz's 1885 ... and the Daimler Reitwagen would be born. Gottlieb Daimler devised an internal ...