Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated.
Gandhi was taking part in afternoon prayers when Nathuram Godse shot him point-blank.
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Coronavirus was declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern by the World Health Organization (WHO).
Over 321,000 people attended Winston Churchill's funeral to say goodbye.
White supremacist terrorists bombed Martin Luther King Jr's home.
Researchers identified the earliest known prehistoric ancestor of humans.
Varig Flight 967 disappeared thirty minutes after taking off from Tokyo.
