On This Day In History - 24 January
Humorous History Presents: ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY - 24th January On This Day in 1965, Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill died. Winston Churchill is best known as the Prime Minister of Britain during World War 2, and for constantly smoking a big, fat, cigar. Although, what you might not know about Winston Churchill, was that he was pretty good at seeing into the future. Churchill predicted he would die on the same day as his father. And he did: Winston Churchill died on 24th January 1965 (aged 90), and his father, Lord Randolph Churchill, died the same day in 1895 (aged 45). However, his supernatural ability to predict the day of his death didn't stop him being accident prone. The guy was a klutz. As a little nipper, Churchill threw himself off a bridge, as you do, and suffered a concussion and ruptured a kidney. He also nearly drowned in a Swiss lake, dislocated his shoulder disembarking a shi...