Rockband Green Day released their seventh album, “American Idiot.”
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Media mogul Rupert Murdoch stepped down as the chair of Fox and News Corp at the age of 92, choosing to pass the reins to his son, Lachlan.
Widespread forest fires in Indonesia caused the skies to turn red.
A Jellyfish was discovered and became the first-known animal that sleeps and doesn’t have a brain.
The survival movie 'Into the Wild,' starring Emile Hirsch, premiered at the Rome Film Festival.
The Great Fire of New York ended.