On a January day in 1965, Big Ben was silent from 9:45 AM-midnight in honor of this.
- Birth of Prince Edward
- Queen Elizabeth II’s coronation
- Winston Churchill’s funeral
- Signing of the nuclear test ban treaty
On a January day in 1965, Big Ben was silent from 9:45 AM-midnight in honor of this.
Winston Churchill’s funeral. Churchill died on January 24, 1965 at age 90. He was given a state funeral, the first for a commoner since the Duke of Wellington over one hundred years earlier. The funeral procession began at 9:45 AM.