Event:
India has officially divided the state of Andhra Pradesh to create the nation's 29th state, Telangana; Hyderabad will act as joint capital for both states for the next decade; K. Chandrasekhara Rao will serve as Telangana prime minister
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1991 Warsaw Pact officially dissolves
1971 Ed Sullivan's final TV show on CBS
1958 Charles de Gaulle elected premier of France
1936 Queen Mary completes its maiden voyage, arriving in New York
1869 Voting machine patented by Thomas A. Edison
