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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Coronavirus was declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern by the World Health Organization (WHO).
Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated.
Researchers identified the earliest known prehistoric ancestor of humans.
Patsy Cline released her single 'I Fall to Pieces.'
A three-day-long ''dense smog" rolled through London.
