Benedetto Odescalchi was elected as Pope Innocent XI.
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The Great Fire of New York ended.
Malta gained independence from the United Kingdom.
Widespread forest fires in Indonesia caused the skies to turn red.
A Jellyfish was discovered and became the first-known animal that sleeps and doesn’t have a brain.
The survival movie 'Into the Wild,' starring Emile Hirsch, premiered at the Rome Film Festival.
