Over 321,000 people attended Winston Churchill’s funeral to say goodbye.
It was the largest state funeral of its time.
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Patsy Cline released her single 'I Fall to Pieces.'
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.
Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated.
A three-day-long ''dense smog" rolled through London.
