Captain James Cook reached a record 1,130 miles from the South Pole.
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Patsy Cline released her single 'I Fall to Pieces.'
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).
Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated.
White supremacist terrorists bombed Martin Luther King Jr's home.