Today in History - 1st of June

What Happened On This Day – 1 June

2009 Air France flight 447 crashes into the Atlantic

All 228 people on board died in the crash. It took two years to find and recover the wreckage from the ocean floor.
1979 Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) ends 90 years of white rule

In 1980, the Republic of Zimbabwe achieved sovereignty from the United Kingdom.
1974 The Heimlich maneuver is published

Henry Heimlich is credited with developing the technique using abdominal thrusts to stop choking.
1945 The first group of Berlin women start clearing the rubble of World War II

In Germany, the Trümmerfrauen are a well-known symbol for a new beginning after the total desolation in the aftermath of the war, and for the Wirtschaftswunder, the rapid reconstruction of Germany's economy through hard labor.
1831 The British explorer James Clark Ross discovers the North Magnetic Pole

It is the location where the Earth's magnetic field points directly downwards. It lies in the vicinity of the Geographic North Pole.

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Births On This Day – 1 June

1982 Justine Henin

Belgian tennis player
1974 Alanis Morissette

Canadian/American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, actress
1937 Morgan Freeman

American actor, producer
1926 Marilyn Monroe

American model, actress, singer
1907 Frank Whittle

English engineer, inventor, developed the jet engine