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| 1948 |
| | | The Morris Minor is launched, designed by Alec Issigonis, and becomes one of Britain's best-selling cars | |
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| 1948 |
| | | Prime minister Ben Chifley sees Australia's first mass-produced car, the Holden, roll off the production line | |
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| 1949 |
| | | The world's first commercial jet airliner, the Comet, designed by de Havilland, goes into service with BOAC (British Overseas Airways Corporation) | |
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| 1954 |
| | | The German firm NSU builds the first working example of the rotary engine invented in 1924 by Felix Wankel | |
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| 1959 |
| | | The Mini is launched, designed by Alec Issigonis, and becomes the best-selling British car of all time | |
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| 1959 |
| | | The first prototype of the Hovercraft, designed by British engineer Christopher Cockerell, crosses the English Channel | |
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| 1959 |
| | | The St Lawrence Seaway, a joint Canadian and US project, links the Great Lakes and the sea | |
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| 1962 |
| | | The Trans-Canada Highway is completed, stretching some 5000 miles across the continent | |
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| 1964 |
| | | The Verrazano-Narrows Bridge, linking Brooklyn and Staten Island, is the world's longest suspension bridge with a main span of 4260 feet (1298m) | |
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| 1969 |
| | | The Anglo-French airliner Concorde makes its first supersonic test flight | |
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