Casey Stengel announced that he was retiring from managing the New York Mets after 55 years in baseball.
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Honolulu became an official city.
The second-largest mosque in Africa officially opened in Casablanca, Morocco.
The late author Terry Pratchett's unfinished novels were destroyed by a steamroller, as it was his last dying wish.
Argentina raised interest rates to 60% to try and maintain the Peso.
The last American military evacuation plane left Kabul, ending the brutal 20-year-long War in Afghanistan.
