June 1: on this day in history

Historical events

1. 1494The earliest known written record of whisky production in Scotland was entered in the royal accounts.
2. 1533Anne Boleyn was crowned Queen of England in a ceremony at Westminster Abbey.
3. 1857Charles Baudelaire's The Flowers of Evil, which profoundly influenced French poetry, was published.
4. 1890The US Census Bureau began using Herman Hollerith's punched-card machine to process census data.
5. 1974The Heimlich maneuver, used to help someone who is choking, was first introduced in a medical journal.

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