The Eiffel Tower in Paris received its 150 millionth visitor.
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HMS Pandora sank at The Great Barrier Reef after a voyage to hunt down the Bounty mutineers in 1790.
Rapper Kanye West publicly announced his plans to run for president at the MTV Video Music Awards.
Casey Stengel announced that he was retiring from managing the New York Mets after 55 years in baseball.
Amateur astronomer Gennady Borisov discovered a strange comet in another star system.
Fanny Kaplan, a Ukrainian Jewish Socialist Revolutionary, attempted to assassinate Vladimir Lenin.
