Turkey became a republic following the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire.
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The James Bond spy movie 'Quantum of Solace' with Daniel Craig premiered in London.
India was hit by the Odisha super cyclone, India's strongest storm.
The first computer-to-computer link was established on ARPANET.
Cristina Fernández de Kirchner became Argentina's first female president.
Nigel Richards won the World Scrabble Championships for the fourth time in a row with the word 'groutier.'
