1939 - Imperial Airways and British Airways merged, to become 'British Overseas Airways Corporation' (BOAC)
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1642 - The Dutch navigator, Abel Tasman, discovered Van Dieman's Land (later to be re-named Tasmania)
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1951 - The car manufacturers Morris and Austin agreed to merge
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1963 - Lee Harvey Oswald, charged with assassinating John F Kennedy, was shot by Jack Ruby
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1987 - Free eye tests were abolished by the Conservative government
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1973 - In Australia, Aborigines were given the vote for the first time
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1965 - The government introduced an experimental speed limit of 70mph on motorways in England
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1434 - The river Thames froze over. This happened again in 1715, when the ice was thick enough to hold a 'Frost Fair' on the river
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