Period drama movie “12 Years a Slave” premiered and went on to win Best Picture at the Telluride Film Festival in 2014.
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Argentina raised interest rates to 60% to try and maintain the Peso.
The last American military evacuation plane left Kabul, ending the brutal 20-year-long War in Afghanistan.
The second-largest mosque in Africa officially opened in Casablanca, Morocco.
Danny Boyle and Loveleen Tandan's Slumdog Millionaire premiered at Colorado’s Telluride Film Festival.
Captain William Penn set sail from Deal, England, on his famous voyage to the New World on his ship named 'Welcome.'