This Day In History : June 1

1935 United Kingdom

Compulsory driving tests and license plates introduced in the United Kingdom

Compulsory driving tests and license plates were introduced in the United Kingdom on June 1, 1935. This was part of the Road Traffic Act 1934, which aimed to improve road safety by ensuring that drivers had the necessary skills and knowledge to operate vehicles safely. The act also introduced compulsory vehicle registration with the issuance of license plates to help identify vehicles and their owners.

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Births on This Day, June 1
  • 1801 Brigham Young

    American religious leader - 2nd President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

  • 1796 Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot

    French mechanical engineer and mathematician known as the "father of thermodynamics"

  • 1907 Frank Whittle

    English RAF engineer air officer and inventor of the turbojet engine

  • 1957 Jeffrey Hawkins

    American inventor (PalmPilot, Treo)

  • 1973 Heidi Klum

    German-American supermodel, actress, fashion designer (Project Runway)

Deaths on This Day, June 1
  • 1872 James G. Bennett

    American publisher who founded the New York Herald

  • 1968 Helen Keller

    American author (Let Us Have Faith), and activist, she was the first blind and deaf person to earn a bachelor of arts degree

  • 1616 Tokugawa Ieyasu

    Japanese Shogun who founded the first Tokugawa Shogunate and united Japan

  • 1912 Daniel Burnham

    American architect and urban designer (built skyscrapers)

  • 2001 Hank Ketcham

    American cartoonist who created Dennis the Menace

  • 1881 James Starley

    British inventor and manufacturer, known as the father of the bicycle industry. 

1796

Tennessee is admitted as the 16th state of the United States

Tennessee was admitted as the 16th state of the United States on June 1, 1796. Before its statehood, the area that is now Tennessee was originally part of North Carolina.
1533

Coronation of Anne Boleyn

Anne Boleyn crowned Queen of England
2000

The Patent Law Treaty (PLT) is signed

The Patent Law Treaty (PLT) is an international treaty that aims to harmonize and streamline formal procedures related to national and regional patent applications and patents. It was adopted on June 1, 2000, in Geneva, Switzerland, by 53 States and the European Patent Organisation.
1959

Constitution of Tunisia promulgated (National Day)

Constitution declared Tunisia as an independent state and established a three-branch government. It was promulgated on 1 June 1959.
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