Rapper Kanye West publicly announced his plans to run for president at the MTV Video Music Awards.
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The late author Terry Pratchett's unfinished novels were destroyed by a steamroller, as it was his last dying wish.
Danny Boyle and Loveleen Tandan's Slumdog Millionaire premiered at Colorado’s Telluride Film Festival.
Fanny Kaplan, a Ukrainian Jewish Socialist Revolutionary, attempted to assassinate Vladimir Lenin.
Argentina raised interest rates to 60% to try and maintain the Peso.
Period drama movie '12 Years a Slave' premiered and went on to win Best Picture at the Telluride Film Festival in 2014.