soldier whoвЂ™d massacred 16 Afghan civilians, was sentenced at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, to life in prison with no chance of parole. Nidal Hasan in the deadly 2009 shooting rampage at Fort Hood, Texas, that claimed 13 lives the Army psychiatrist was later sentenced to death. In 2003, former priest John Geoghan (GAYвЂ™-gun), the convicted child molester whose prosecution sparked the sex abuse scandal that shook the Roman Catholic Church nationwide, died after another inmate attacked him in a Massachusetts prison. In 1979, Soviet dancer Alexander Godunov (GUDвЂ™-u-nawf) defected while the Bolshoi Ballet was on tour in New York. In 1973, a bank robbery-turned-hostage-taking began in Stockholm, Sweden the four hostages ended up empathizing with their captors, a psychological condition now referred to as вЂњStockholm Syndrome.вЂќ In 1962, John Lennon married his first wife, Cynthia Powell, in Liverpool, England. In 1939, Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union agreed to a non-aggression treaty, the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, in Moscow. In 1926, silent film star Rudolph Valentino died in New York at age 31. In 1914, Japan declared war against Germany in World War I. In 1912, actor, dancer, director and choreographer Gene Kelly was born Eugene Curran Kelly in Pittsburgh. In 1775, BritainвЂ™s King George III proclaimed the American colonies to be in a state of вЂњopen and avowed rebellion.вЂќ In 1754, FranceвЂ™s King Louis XVI was born at Versailles. In 1305, Scottish rebel leader Sir William Wallace was executed by the English for treason. Joe Biden of Delaware, before a crowd outside the Old State Capitol in Springfield, Ill. On August 23, 2008, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama introduced his choice of running mate, Sen.

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