On this day:
1989: The Iron Curtain begins to fall as Hungary makes its border fence porous for those escaping East Germany
2018: Indian city of Kanpur declared world’s most polluted city by WHO with 14 other Indian cities in the top 20
Born on this day:
1921: Satyajit Ray, Indian director, born in Calcutta, India
1975: David Beckham, English footballer, coach, model
Gone on this day:
1519: Leonardo da Vinci, Italian painter, sculptor, architect
1972: J. Edgar Hoover, American first director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
