Pope Innocent IX was elected.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's opera 'Don Giovanni' premiered in Prague.
Climate Control reported that rising sea levels would 'erase' many coastal cities by as early as 2050.
The International Committee of the Red Cross was formed when eighteen countries gathered in Geneva, Switzerland.
India was hit by the Odisha super cyclone, India's strongest storm.
Turkey became a republic following the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire.
