Turkey became a republic following the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire.
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Pope Innocent IX was elected.
The first American astronaut to orbit Earth, John Glenn, returned to space aboard NASA's STS-95 Voyager.
Adventures of Asterix was first published in the French magazine 'Pilote.'
The James Bond spy movie 'Quantum of Solace' with Daniel Craig premiered in London.
Cristina Fernández de Kirchner became Argentina's first female president.
