Argentina raised interest rates to 60% to try and maintain the Peso.
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Amateur astronomer Gennady Borisov discovered a strange comet in another star system.
Fanny Kaplan, a Ukrainian Jewish Socialist Revolutionary, attempted to assassinate Vladimir Lenin.
Casey Stengel announced that he was retiring from managing the New York Mets after 55 years in baseball.
Captain William Penn set sail from Deal, England, on his famous voyage to the New World on his ship named 'Welcome.'
The second-largest mosque in Africa officially opened in Casablanca, Morocco.
