On this day:
1946: Italy becomes a parliamentary republic from a monarchy
1979: Pope John Paul II becomes the first pontiff to visit a communist country
2014: Telangana with Hyderabad as its capital becomes India’s 29th state after it is separated from Andhra Pradesh
Born on this day:
1943: Ilaiyaraaja, Indian composer
Gone on this day:
1988: Raj Kapoor, Indian actor known as “the greatest showman of Hindi cinema”, dies of complications related to asthma at 63