Mercedes-Benz is a German automobile brand that was founded in 1926 through the merger of two of the oldest car makers, Karl Benz's Benz & Cie and Gottlieb Daimler's Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft, to form Daimler-Benz. The Mercedes name came from a 1901 Daimler car named after the daughter of the dealer Emil Jellinek, and the three-pointed star symbolized the aim of motorization on land, water and air. The company became known for engineering quality, luxury and safety innovations such as the crumple zone and the anti-lock braking system, and for its success in racing, including the Silver Arrows of the 1930s. After the war it rebuilt and expanded into a global group producing cars, vans and trucks. Its parent company is now called Mercedes-Benz Group.
Before and after
- 1926Construction of Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport
- 1926Publication of Great Soviet Encyclopedia
- 1926Establishment of Kruger National Park
- 1926Founding of SSC Napoli
- 1926Founding of Mercedes-Benz
- 1926Founding of Lufthansa
- 2 February 1926Birth of Valéry Giscard d'Estaing
- 24 March 1926Birth of Dario Fo
- 21 April 1926Birth of Elizabeth II
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The era
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