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.
Danny Boyle and Loveleen Tandan's Slumdog Millionaire premiered at Colorado’s Telluride Film Festival.
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.'
The late author Terry Pratchett's unfinished novels were destroyed by a steamroller, as it was his last dying wish.
