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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Adolf Hitler was named Chancellor of Germany.
Captain James Cook reached a record 1,130 miles from the South Pole.
South Korea's first launch vehicle successfully reached orbit for the first time.
Varig Flight 967 disappeared thirty minutes after taking off from Tokyo.
White supremacist terrorists bombed Martin Luther King Jr's home.