March 6th

March 6th, 1900

Gottlieb Wilhelm Daimler dies aged 65.
In 1881 Daimler and Wilhelm Maybach began building four-stroke internal combustion engines based on the design of Nikolaus Otto. The result was patented in 1885, and soon afterwards they built a machine named Reitwagen, widely acknowledged as the world's first motorcycle.
Daimler Reitwagen

March 6th, 1945

Romania installs a pro-Soviet government. The 6-Mertie Werk (March 6th Plant) built Carpati motorcycles in the 1950s and 60s.
Carpati Mopeds

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