1st june anniversaries

• Birth
  • 1882
  • Great Britain
  • "Birth of John Drinkwater, British poet, playwright, and critic"
  • 1910
  • France
  • "Birth of Jacques-Yves Cousteau, Oceanographer" more
• event
  • 61
  • Great Britain
  • Defeat of Boudicca
  • 1648
  • Great Britain
  • Battle of Maidstone
  • 1670
  • France
  • King Charles II and King Louis XIV of France sign the Secret Treaty of Dover more
  • 1794
  • "Battle of Glorious First of June, the first naval battle of the Napoleonic Wars. Britain technically won, but failed in their objective of stopping a grain convoy. " more
  • 1831
  • James Clark Ross discovers the North Magnetic Pole
  • 1870
  • India
  • Telegraph link to India first open for business
  • 1879
  • Great Britain
  • First Tay Bridge completed (Thomas Bouch)
  • 1907
  • Great Britain
  • "Birth of Frank Whittle, British aviation engineer who invented the jet engine" more
  • 1938
  • United States
  • "The first issue of ‘Action Comics’ was published, featuring ‘Superman’ (Note: this issue actually went on sale in April 1938, the cover date is June)."
  • 1938
  • United States
  • Protective baseball helmets were worn by batsmen for the first time .
  • 1957
  • Great Britain
  • ERNIE (Electronic Random Number Indicator Equipment) selected the first Premium Bond winners
  • 1958
  • France
  • Charles de Gaulle became President of France . more
  • 1958
  • Iceland
  • "Iceland extended its fishing limits from 4 miles to 12 miles, initiating the ‘Cod War’ with Britain."
  • 1967
  • Great Britain
  • The Beatles release Sgt Peppers
  • 1977
  • Great Britain
  • Maximum British speed limit introduced 70mph dual roads; 60mph single carriageway roads.
  • 1979
  • Zimbabwe
  • "Rhodesia ended 90 years of white minority rule, established a black government, and changed its name to Zimbabwe-Rhodesia"
  • 1988
  • US President Ronald Reagan and Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev signed the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty at the Moscow.
  • 1994
  • South Africa
  • "Following the end of apartheid, South Africa rejoined the Commonwealth"
  • 1998
  • "The European Central Bank was founded in Brussels, Belgium ."
• Death
  • 1959
  • Great Britain
  • "Death of Sax Rohmer, British writer (creator of Fu Manchu)"
  • 1968
  • United States
  • "Death of Helen Keller, American author and lecturer who earned a college degree despite being blind and deaf for most of her life."
  • 1999
  • Great Britain
  • "Death of Christopher Cockerell, British engineer, inventor of the hovercraft"