Argentina raised interest rates to 60% to try and maintain the Peso.
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Period drama movie '12 Years a Slave' premiered and went on to win Best Picture at the Telluride Film Festival in 2014.
Rapper Kanye West publicly announced his plans to run for president at the MTV Video Music Awards.
HMS Pandora sank at The Great Barrier Reef after a voyage to hunt down the Bounty mutineers in 1790.
Honolulu became an official city.
Captain William Penn set sail from Deal, England, on his famous voyage to the New World on his ship named 'Welcome.'
