7th June 1832: The Great Reform Act becomes law, significantly changing the electoral system of the UK
Officially known as the Representation of the People Act 1832, the Great Reform Act was introduced to improve the outdated and unrepresentative electoral system in England and Wales by eliminating rotten boroughs, creating new constituencies to represent industrial towns, and standardising voting ...
7 Juni 0s
6th June 1822: ‘Father of Gastric Physiology’ William Beaumont first treats Alexis St Martin
Alexis St. Martin, who had been shot in the stomach, was first treated by US Army surgeon William Beaumont who became known as the ‘Father of Gastric ...
6 Juni 0s
5th June 1963: John Profumo, the British Secretary of State for War, resigns following a political scandal caused by his extramarital affair
The Profumo affair was one of the defining political scandals of post-war Britain, damaging the credibility of the Conservative government of Prime Minister Harold Macmillan, and was seen as contributing to the erosion of public trust in ...
5 Juni 0s
4th June 1411: King Charles VI of France grants the exclusive right to ripen Roquefort cheese to the people of Roquefort-sur-Soulzon
The royal charter marked one of the earliest recorded examples of legal protection for a specific regional food product in Europe by ensuring that only cheese matured in the caves of Roquefort-sur-Soulzon could bear the name "Roquefort," preventing producers in other regions from marketing similar cheeses under the same ...
4 Juni 0s
3rd June 1956: Rock and Roll music banned in the Californian city of Santa Cruz
Authorities in the Californian city of Santa Cruz banned rock and roll music at public ...
3 Juni 0s
2nd June 1896: Guglielmo Marconi files a patent application for his system of wireless telegraphy
Marconi filed a patent application in London for a spark-gap transmitter that generated radio waves and a coherer as a receiver to detect the signals, which was the first patent for a communication system based on radio ...
2 Juni 0s
1st June 1946: Ion Antonescu, the former Prime Minister of Romania, executed by firing squad
Beginning in May 1946, Ion Antonescu's trial was overseen by the People’s Tribunal in Bucharest that found him guilty of war crimes, crimes against peace, and crimes against humanity. He was sentenced to death by firing ...
1 Juni 0s
31st May 1916: Battle of Jutland begins in the North Sea, marking the largest naval battle of the First World War
While the British lost 14 ships and over 6,000 personnel, compared to Germany’s 11 ships and 2,500 personnel, the strategic outcome of the Battle of Jutland favoured ...
31 Maj 0s
