June 1935 in History

Events in History

Testing Time for Drivers

Jun 1 Compulsory driving tests and license plates introduced in the United Kingdom

Motor racing enthusiast Victoria Worsley offers advice to a learner driver in 1935. Photo: Getty Images

Jun 3 French liner SS Normandie sets Atlantic crossing record of four days, three hours and 14 minutes on her maiden voyage
Jun 3 One thousand unemployed Canadian workers board freight cars in Vancouver, British Columbia, beginning a protest trek to Ottawa, Ontario
Jun 9 Ho-Umezu Agreement: the Republic of China, under KMT administration, recognizes Japanese occupations in Northeast China.

Please Don’t Drink To My Success

Jun 10 In Akron, Ohio, Dr. Robert H. Smith (Dr. Bob) from Akron & Bill Wilson from New York City form Alcoholics Anonymous (date of Smith's last drink)

Today there are Alcoholics Anonymous branches around the world with an estimated membership of over two million

Jun 11 Inventor Edwin Armstrong gives the first public demonstration of FM broadcasting in the United States, at Alpine, New Jersey

Huey Long's 15½ Hour Speech

Jun 12 Senator Huey Long of Louisiana speaks continually for 15½ hours in then Senate's longest speech (150,000 words)

US Senator and Governor of Louisiana Huey Long

Jun 12 Weapons pact ends 3 year war of Gran Chaco (Bolivia vs Paraguay)
Jun 13 Hammond scores his 100th hundred, 116 for Gloucs v Somerset
Jun 14 Chaco War between Bolivia & Paraguay ends

Event of Interest

Jun 23 UK Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden offers Benito Mussolini a Somalian harbor

Jun 26 Lloyd Waner sets record of 18 putouts in center in doubleheader
Jun 26 SDAP & CPH achieve majority in city council in Amsterdam
Jun 26 Work service for recent graduates becomes obligatory in Germany
Jun 27 Danno O'Mahoney beats Jim Londos in Boston, to become wrestling champ

Event of Interest

Jun 28 FDR orders a federal gold vault to be built at Fort Knox, Kentucky

Jun 30 Danno O'Mahoney beats Ed George in Boston, to become wrestling champ
Jun 30 The Senegalese Socialist Party holds its first congress

Birthdays in History

Jun 1 John Porter, American politician (Rep-R-IL, 1980-2001), born in Evanston, Illinois (d. 2022)
Jun 1 Reverend Ike [Frederick J. Eikerenkoetter II], American televangelist (Joy of Living), born in Ridgeland, South Carolina (d. 2009)
Jun 2 Carol Shields, American-Canadian novelist (The Stone Diaries) and short story writer, born in Oak Park, Illinois (d. 2003)
Jun 2 Dimitri Kitsikis, Greek turkologist
Jun 4 John Geoghan, American Catholic priest, and convicted sex offender, born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 2003)
Jun 6 Jean Gattegno, French translator and scholar, born in Paris (d. 1994)
Jun 7 Thomas Kailath, American electrical engineer, born in Pune, Maharashtra, India
Jun 10 Elio Fiorucci, Italian fashion designer, born in Milan (d. 2015)
Jun 10 Tom Pendry, British politician (Labour) and member of the House of Lords, born in Broadstairs, England
Jun 12 Christoph Meckel, German writer, born in Berlin
Jun 13 Aleksandr Alekseyevich Kiselyov, Russian cosmonaut, born in Moscow
Jun 13 Christo [Javacheff], Bulgarian artist and wrapper (Running Fence, Wrapped Reichstag), born in Gabrovo, Kingdom of Bulgaria (d. 2020)
Jun 13 Jeanne-Claude [Denat de Guillebon], French artist (Running Fence, Wrapped Reichstag), born in Casablanca, French Morocco (d. 2009)
Jun 13 Samak Sundaravej, 25th Prime Minister of Thailand (2008), born in Bangkok, Thailand (d. 2009)
Jun 14 Jan Nijland, Dutch politician (CDA)
Jun 15 Fernand Schokweiler, British judge

Jun 16 Jim Dine, American pop artist (St John the Divine), born in Cincinnati, Ohio
Jun 18 Hugh McColl, American banker, born in Bennettsville, South Carolina
Jun 20 Anthony Pilkington, CEO (Pilkington Pic)
Jun 21 Françoise Sagan (née Quoirez), French novelist (Bonjour Tristesse), born in Cajarc, France (d. 2004)
Jun 23 Maurice Ferre, former mayor of Miami
Jun 24 Pete Hamill, American journalist (NY Post), born in Brooklyn, New York
Jun 25 Larry Kramer, American playwright and AIDS activist, born in Bridgeport, Connecticut (d. 2020)
Jun 25 Wynand Breytenbach, South African soldier and politician, Deputy Minister of Defense (1986-94), born in Orange Free State, South Africa (d. 2002)
Jun 26 Douglas Peterson, American politician and diplomat, born in Omaha, Nebraska
Jun 27 Eduard Pavlovich Kugno, Russian cosmonaut, born in Poltava, Ukraine (d. 1994)
Jun 30 [Jacob] "Jack" Rosenthal, American journalist and government official, born in Tel Aviv, Israel (d. 2017)

Weddings in History

Pearl S. Buck

Jun 11 American "The Good Earth" novelist Pearl S. Buck (42) weds her American publisher Robert Walsh (52), in Reno, Nevada; until his death in 1960

Divorces in History

Pearl S. Buck

Jun 11 American "The Good Earth" novelist Pearl S. Buck (42) divorces American agricultural economist John Lossing Buck (44), in Reno, Nevada after 18 years of marriage

Deaths in History

Jun 6 Julian Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy, British army officer, dies at 72
Jun 7 Ivan V Mitsjoerin, Russian botanist, dies
Jun 7 Ivan Vladimirovich Michurin, Russian botanist (more than 300 new types of fruit), dies at 79
Jun 21 Alice Brown Davis, first female Principal Chief of the Seminole Tribe of Oklahoma (1922-35), dies at 82
Jun 22 Szymon Askenazy, Polish historian, diplomat and politician (b. 1866)