Café Filho is forced to give up the presidency of Brazil on health grounds.[8] President-elect Juscelino Kubitschek does not take office until the following year.
The Irish coaster City of Ghent sinks 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) off the Lizard Lighthouse, Cornwall, UK. All seventeen crew members are rescued by the Cadgwith lifeboat.[21]
Milton rail crash: a passenger train, carrying 293 passengers from south Wales to Paddington, takes a crossover faster than the recommended limit. The automatic train control system fails to stop the train, which is derailed at Milton, near Didcot, UK. Eleven people are killed and 157 injured.[28]
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