Today is 1st June, 09 and here’s what happened today in tech…

1 – 1890 – The United States Census Bureau begins using Herman Hollerith’s tabulating machine to count census returns.

2 - 1935 – The first driving tests were introduced in the United Kingdom.

3 – 1938 – U.S.A. Superman Appears For The First Time.

4 - 1956 – First international flight (to Montreal YUL) from the Atlanta Municipal Airport (ATL; now Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, and currently the world’s busiest airport).

5 - 1980 – Cable News Network (CNN) begins broadcasting.

6 – 2003 – The People’s Republic of China began filling the reservoir behind the Three Gorges Dam.