Patsy Cline released her single “I Fall to Pieces.”
The single went on to being the Billboard Song of the Year in 1961.
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Coronavirus was declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern by the World Health Organization (WHO).
The US embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, closed due to increasing security concerns.
Silent romance comedy ''City Lights" by Charlie Chaplin premiered at the Los Angeles Theater.
Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated.
Researchers identified the earliest known prehistoric ancestor of humans.