Pope Innocent IX was elected.
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India was hit by the Odisha super cyclone, India's strongest storm.
Nigel Richards won the World Scrabble Championships for the fourth time in a row with the word 'groutier.'
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's opera 'Don Giovanni' premiered in Prague.
Cristina Fernández de Kirchner became Argentina's first female president.
Istanbul Airport was opened by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
