Victor Henry Elford was an English sports car racing, rallying, and Formula One driver. He participated in 13 World Championship F1 Grands Prix, debuting on 7 July 1968. He scored a total of 8 championship points.

1935Lu Jiaxi, Chinese self-taught mathematician (died 1983)^[†]

Lu Jiaxi was a self-taught Chinese mathematician who made important contributions in combinatorial design theory. He was a high school physics teacher in a remote city and worked in his spare time on the problem of large sets of disjoint Steiner triple systems.

1935Yoshihiro Tatsumi, Japanese author and illustrator (died 2015)^[†]

Yoshihiro Tatsumi was a Japanese manga artist whose work was first published in his teens, and continued through the rest of his life. He is widely credited with starting the gekiga style of alternative manga in Japan, having allegedly coined the term in 1957. His work frequently illustrated the darker elements of life.

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1935Dr. Robert Smith takes his last drink, and Alcoholics Anonymous is founded in Akron, Ohio, United States, by him and Bill Wilson.^[†]

Robert Holbrook Smith, also known as Dr. Bob, was an American physician and surgeon who cofounded Alcoholics Anonymous with Bill Wilson.

1935Chaco War ends: A truce is called between Bolivia and Paraguay who had been fighting since 1932.^[†]

The Chaco War was fought from 1932 to 1935. It was between Bolivia and Paraguay over control of the northern part of the Gran Chaco region, which was thought to be rich in petroleum. The war is also referred to as La Guerra de la Sed, since it was fought in the semi-arid Chaco. It was the first South America war in which modern weapons were used, and also the bloodiest South America war of the 20th century — around 2% of the Bolivian population and 3% of Paraguayans were killed during the conflict.

Headlines from June 10, 1935

Streicher Predicts Hitler Will Win Back Colonies

6,500 REPUBLICANS READY FOR PARLEY; ' Grass Roots' Leaders See a National Crisis Similar to That of Lincoln's Day.

COUPLE CAUGHT IN UTAH CONFESS THEY KIDNAPPED THE WEYERHAEUSER BOY; THEY NAME THIRD PERSON

Fatal Ills Curbed by 'Brain Bath' Washing Poisons From System; Method of Combating Infantile Paralysis and Other Diseases by Injections in Ankle Reported at Atlantic City -- 8,000 Doctors to Attend Medical Convention.

CITY BUDGET FACES SNAG ON TAX LIMIT; Drastic Cut or New Revenues Are Held Necessary Under Citizens' Group Estimates.

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