Turkey became a republic following the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire.
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The International Committee of the Red Cross was formed when eighteen countries gathered in Geneva, Switzerland.
The first computer-to-computer link was established on ARPANET.
Nigel Richards won the World Scrabble Championships for the fourth time in a row with the word 'groutier.'
India was hit by the Odisha super cyclone, India's strongest storm.
Climate Control reported that rising sea levels would 'erase' many coastal cities by as early as 2050.
