Event:
Mark David Chapman, John Lennon's murderer, is sentenced to 20 years
Mark David Chapman History:
June 22, 1981 - Mark David Chapman pleads guilty to killing John Lennon
May 10, 1955 - Mark David Chapman, assassin, John Lennon
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1990 U.N. security council authorizes military action against Iraq
1952 Puerto Rico becomes a U.S. commonwealth
1944 Paris liberated from Nazi occupation, Freedom Tuesday
1814 British forces destroy Library of Congress, containing 3,000 books
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