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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Adolf Hitler was named Chancellor of Germany.
South Korea's first launch vehicle successfully reached orbit for the first time.
White supremacist terrorists bombed Martin Luther King Jr's home.
Coronavirus was declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern by the World Health Organization (WHO).
Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated.
