WHAT HAPPENED ON 1. JULY
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World War II: first Battle of El Alamein. (1. July 1942)

The Australian Federal Government becomes the sole collector of income tax in Australia as the State Income Tax is abolished. (1. July 1942)

Tokyo City merges with Tokyo Prefecture and is dissolved. Since then, no city in Japan has had the name "Tokyo" (present-day Tokyo is not officially a city). (1. July 1943)

The Philippine Air Force is established. (1. July 1947)

Muhammad Ali Jinnah (Quaid-i-Azam) inaugurates Pakistan's central bank, the State Bank of Pakistan. (1. July 1948)

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. (1. July 1949)

The International Geophysical Year begins. (1. July 1957)

The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation links television broadcasting across Canada via microwave. (1. July 1958)

Flooding of Canada's St. Lawrence Seaway begins. (1. July 1958)

The Party of the African Federation holds its constitutive conference. (1. July 1959)

Specific values for the international yard, avoirdupois pound and derived units (e.g. inch, mile and ounce) are adopted after agreement between the U.S.A., the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth countries. (1. July 1959)

Independence of Somalia. (1. July 1960)

Ghana becomes a Republic and Kwame Nkrumah becomes its first President as Queen Elizabeth II ceases to be its Head of state. (1. July 1960)

Independence of Rwanda. (1. July 1962)

Independence of Burundi. (1. July 1962)

ZIP codes are introduced for United States mail. (1. July 1963)

The British Government admits that former diplomat Kim Philby had worked as a Soviet agent. (1. July 1963)

The first color television transmission in Canada takes place from Toronto. (1. July 1966)

The European Community is formally created out of a merger with the Common Market, the European Coal and Steel Community, and the European Atomic Energy Commission. (1. July 1967)

Canada celebrates the 100th anniversary of the British North America Act, 1867, which officially made Canada its own federal dominion. (1. July 1967)