On This Day | 01 June

On this day:

1831: The British explorer James Clark Ross discovers the North Magnetic Pole

1974: The Heimlich manoeuvre to stop choking is published

1979: Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) ends 90 years of white rule

1996: H. D. Deve Gowda becomes Prime Minister of India

Born on this day:

1926: Marilyn Monroe, American model, actress, singer

Gone on this day:

1996: Neelam Sanjiva Reddy, sixth President of India (1977-82), dies at 83