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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South Korea's first launch vehicle successfully reached orbit for the first time.
Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated.
Varig Flight 967 disappeared thirty minutes after taking off from Tokyo.
Silent romance comedy ''City Lights" by Charlie Chaplin premiered at the Los Angeles Theater.
Researchers identified the earliest known prehistoric ancestor of humans.