2015 Event H.J. Heinz Co and Kraft Foods Group Inc. will merge to form the third-largest global food company, Kraft Heinz Co.; the merger will be financed by Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway and Jorge Paulo Lemann's 3G Capital 2014 Event Holcim Ltd of Switzerland and Lafarge SA of France, the two largest cement companies, are making plans to merge 2013 Event Bankrupt carrier, American Airlines and U.S. Airways merge, forming the world's largest air carrier, to trade under the name, American Airlines 2012 Event Publishers Penguin and Random House merge to become Penguin Random House, the largest publisher in the world 2012 Event In the U.S., the Screen Actors Guild and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists merge to create the SAG-AFTRA union 2010 Event The world's biggest airline is created when United Airlines shareholders approve a deal to merge with Continental Airlines 2010 Event United and Continental air lines announce that the two American companies will merge, creating the world's largest airline 2008 Event Northwest Airlines and Delta Air Lines merge 1995 Event New York Police Department and New York Transit Police merge into one organization 1995 Event World's largest bank-Japan's Mitsubishi Bank and Bank of Tokyo merge 1993 Event Mattel and Fisher Price toys merge 1991 Event ABN and AMRO Dutch banks merge 1990 Event East Germany and West Germany merge to become Germany 1990 Event US, England, France, U.S.S.R., East and West Germanys sign agreements allowing 2 Germanys to merge 1990 Event East and West Germany merge their economies 1990 Event North and South Yemen merge to form Republic of Yemen 1990 Event West and East Germany agree to merge currency and economies on July 1st 1968 Event Pennsylvania Railroad/New York City Central merge into Penn Central 1967 Event United Soccer Association and National Pro Soccer League merge into NASL 1961 Event East and West Cameroon merge as Federal Republic of Cameroon 1960 Event In Britain, News Chronicle and Daily Mail merge, and London Evening Star merges with Evening News 1958 Event UP and International News Service merge into United Press International 1958 Event Egypt and Syria announce plans to merge into United Arab Republic 1957 Event San Francisco and Los Angeles stock exchanges merge 1956 Event Indian states of Punjab, Patiala and PEPSU merge as Punjab protection 1955 Event AFL and CIO merge, with George Meany as president 1955 Event U.S. Assay Office in Seattle, Washington closes Chase National (3rd largest bank) and Bank of the Manhattan Company (15th largest bank) merge to form Chase Manhattan 1955 Event U.S. federations of trade unions merge into AFL/CIO 1951 Event British auto manufacturers Austin/Moris Motors merge 1949 Event NBL and NBAA merge into National Basketball Association 1949 Event Basketball Assoc of America and National Basketball League merge to form National Basketball Association 1945 Event NFL's Boston Yankees and Brooklyn Tigers merge 1944 Event NFL Chicago Cardinals and Pittsburgh Steelers merge (dissolves on Dec 3) 1943 Event NFL's Philadelphia Eagles and Pittsburgh Steelers merge, (dissolves on Dec 5) 1939 Event British Imperial Airways and British Airways merge to form BOAC 1932 Event Kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd merge into Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 1932 Event British Anglicans and Old-Catholic church merge 1931 Event His Master's Voice and Columbia Records merge into EMI 1930 Event Jurgens and Van den Berg merge with Lever Brothers to form Unilever 1929 Event ENKA/Vereinigte Glanzstoff Factory merge AKU (Genl Kunstzijde Union) 1923 Event Italian nationalist and fascists merge (blue-shirts and black-shirts) 1921 Event National Birth Control League and Voluntary Parenthood League merge as American Birth Control League 1920 Event USPD-KPD parties merge into Vereinigte Communist Party of Germany 1920 Event Royal Canadian Mounted Police forms as Royal Northwest Mounted Police merge with Dominion Police 1907 Event Royal Oil and Shell merge to form British Petroleum (BP) 1900 Event Dutch Social-Democratic Worker's party and Socialistenbond merge 1862 Event Armies of Mississippi/Kentucky merge as Army of Tennessee
