Rapper Kanye West publicly announced his plans to run for president at the MTV Video Music Awards.
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Argentina raised interest rates to 60% to try and maintain the Peso.
Honolulu became an official city.
HMS Pandora sank at The Great Barrier Reef after a voyage to hunt down the Bounty mutineers in 1790.
Casey Stengel announced that he was retiring from managing the New York Mets after 55 years in baseball.
Captain William Penn set sail from Deal, England, on his famous voyage to the New World on his ship named 'Welcome.'
