May 7, 1998 – Daimler-Benz purchases Chrysler Corporation
On this day in 1998 Daimler-Benz purchases Chrysler Corporation for $36 billion. This deal is the largest acquisition of a US company by a foreign
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On this day in 1998 Daimler-Benz purchases Chrysler Corporation for $36 billion. This deal is the largest acquisition of a US company by a foreign
On this day in 1889 Gottlieb Daimler debuted the first car to be shown in Paris, France, at the opening of the Paris World Exhibition.
Erwin “Cannonball” Baker, the winner of the first race everz at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway (a motorcycle race in which he rode an Indian), took
Henry Royce was born poor and was working by age 9. Charles Rolls was born to an affluent family and had a formal education at
Robert Kenneth “Ken” Tyrrell, the founder of the Tyrrell Formula One constructor and a British Formula Two racing driver, was born on this day in
On this day in 1918 General Motors (GM) purchased the Chevrolet Motor Company. In a bit of irony, William C. Durant, founder of Chevrolet, had
Tragedy struck on this day in 1994 at the San Marino Grand Prix when Brazilian Formula One driver Ayrton Senna da Silva was killed in
An interesting transaction took place on this day in 1925 when Dodge Brothers, Inc was sold to Dillon, Read & Company, a prominent American investment
When Oldsmobile closed its doors on this day in 2004 it was currently the oldest automaker in the United States at 107 years old. The