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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Winston Churchill gave his first speech in the British House of Commons.
President John F. Kennedy granted Winston Churchill the first-ever honorary US citizenship.
Queen Elizabeth II knighted Sir Winston Churchill in London, England.
Winston Churchill fell ill with pneumonia.
British Prime Minister Winston Churchill went public that Britain had its first atomic bomb and planned to test it in Australia by the end of the year.
