What Happened On This Day ? June 1
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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.
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1979
Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) ends 90 years of white rule
In 1980, the Republic of Zimbabwe achieved sovereignty from the United Kingdom.
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1974
The Heimlich maneuver is published
Henry Heimlich is credited with developing the technique using abdominal thrusts to stop choking.
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1945
The first group of Berlin women start clearing the rubble of World War II
In Germany, the Trummerfrauen 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.
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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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1982
Justine Henin
Belgian tennis player
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1974
Alanis Morissette
Canadian/American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, actress
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1937
Morgan Freeman
American actor, producer
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1926
Marilyn Monroe
American model, actress, singer
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1907
Frank Whittle
English engineer, inventor, developed the jet engine
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2008
Yves Saint Laurent
French fashion designer
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1971
Reinhold Niebuhr
American theologian
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1952
John Dewey
American philosopher, psychologist
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1868
James Buchanan
American politician, 15th President of the United States
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1830
Swaminarayan
Indian religious leader