United Airlines begins service (as Boeing Air Transport). Date: July 1, 1931 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 1 📅 Events on this day in 1931 📅 On This Day (Today)

Australia's national broadcaster, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, was formed. Date: July 1, 1932 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 1 📅 Events on this day in 1932 📅 On This Day (Today)

Regina, Saskatchewan, police and Royal Canadian Mounted Police ambush strikers participating in the On-to-Ottawa Trek. Date: July 1, 1935 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 1 📅 Events on this day in 1935 📅 On This Day (Today)

World War II: start of the First Battle of El Alamein. Date: July 1, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 1 📅 Events on this day in 1942 📅 On This Day (Today)

The City of Tokyo and the Prefecture of Tokyo are both replaced by the Tokyo Metropolis. Date: July 1, 1943 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 1 📅 Events on this day in 1943 📅 On This Day (Today)

Crossroads Able is the first postwar nuclear weapon test. Date: July 1, 1946 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 1 📅 Events on this day in 1946 📅 On This Day (Today)

The Philippine Air Force is established. Date: July 1, 1947 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 1 📅 Events on this day in 1947 📅 On This Day (Today)

Muhammad Ali Jinnah (Quaid-i-Azam) inaugurates Pakistan's central bank, the State Bank of Pakistan. Date: July 1, 1948 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 1 📅 Events on this day in 1948 📅 On This Day (Today)

The merger of two princely states of India, Cochin and Travancore, into the state of Thiru-Kochi (later re-organized as Kerala) in the Indian Union ends more than 1,000 years of princely rule by the Cochin royal family. Date: July 1, 1949 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 1 📅 Events on…