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