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.
The Eiffel Tower in Paris received its 150 millionth visitor.
The late author Terry Pratchett's unfinished novels were destroyed by a steamroller, as it was his last dying wish.
Period drama movie '12 Years a Slave' premiered and went on to win Best Picture at the Telluride Film Festival in 2014.
The last American military evacuation plane left Kabul, ending the brutal 20-year-long War in Afghanistan.
