CoM Moderators Posted June 1 Posted June 1 1935 - Compulsory driving tests and license plates introduced in the United Kingdom 1940 - Major General Bernard Montgomery returns to London 1951 - International Cheese treaty signed 1957 - French Championships Men's Tennis: Sven Davidson becomes first Swede to win a Grand Slam title; beats American Herbert Flam 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 1965 - Arno Penzias and Robert Woodrow Wilson at Bell Labs detect 3°K primordial background radiation - helping confirm The Big Bang theory (1978 Nobel Prize) 1970 - Soyuz 9 launched into Earth orbit for 18 days 1984 - KWK-AM in St Louis MO changes call letters to KGLD 1990 - Dow Jones Industrial Average hits a record high of 2,900.97 1995 - Texas Rangers pitcher Kenny Rogers' scoreless inning streak ends at 39 in a 6-3 win over the Minnesota Twins 2019 - Price of a movie ticket rises in Japan for the first time in 26 years from ¥1,800 to ¥1,900, while some cinemas keep the price the same More Historical Events »
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