Queen Elizabeth II knighted Sir Winston Churchill in London, England.
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A fire broke out in Surat city, India, which caused more than 500 deaths and destroyed 9,737 houses.
A Soviet cosmonaut became the first human casualty during a space mission.
Businesswoman Estée Lauder, famous for her American cosmetics line, died at the age of 97.
Mary Queen of Scots married Francis Dauphin of France.
A garment factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh, collapsed.
