| 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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| 1963 - | Lee Harvey Oswald, charged with assassinating John F Kennedy, was shot by Jack Ruby |
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| 1951 - | The car manufacturers Morris and Austin agreed to merge |
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| 1939 - | Imperial Airways and British Airways merged, to become 'British Overseas Airways Corporation' (BOAC) |
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| 1905 - | Moshav Hertzlia forms in Israel |
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| 1903 - | Clyde Coleman of NYC patents automobile electric starter |
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| 1903 - | George Ades County Chairman, premieres in NYC |
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| 1859 - | Darwin`s The Origin of Species was published |
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| 1642 - | Dutch navigator Abel Tasman discovered Van Diemen`s Land which he named for his captain, but it was later renamed Tasmania |
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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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| 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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