On this day in History - June 1

1533 – Anne Boleyn is crowned Queen of England.

1794 – The battle of the Glorious First of June is fought, the first naval engagement between Britain and France during the French Revolutionary Wars.

1831 – James Clark Ross becomes the first European at the North Magnetic Pole.

1916 – The United States Senate confirms the appointment of Louis Brandeis to the United States Supreme Court, making him the first Jew to be an Associate Justice.

1961 – The Canadian Bank of Commerce and Imperial Bank of Canada merge to form the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, the largest bank merger in Canadian history.

1974 – The Heimlich maneuver for rescuing choking victims is published in the journal Emergency Medicine.