Argentina raised interest rates to 60% to try and maintain the Peso.
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HMS Pandora sank at The Great Barrier Reef after a voyage to hunt down the Bounty mutineers in 1790.
Amateur astronomer Gennady Borisov discovered a strange comet in another star system.
Rapper Kanye West publicly announced his plans to run for president at the MTV Video Music Awards.
The first Europeans started the first permanent settlement of Melbourne.
Honolulu became an official city.
