Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated.
Gandhi was taking part in afternoon prayers when Nathuram Godse shot him point-blank.
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The US embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, closed due to increasing security concerns.
White supremacist terrorists bombed Martin Luther King Jr's home.
Over 321,000 people attended Winston Churchill's funeral to say goodbye.
Coronavirus was declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern by the World Health Organization (WHO).
Adolf Hitler was named Chancellor of Germany.
