Ten years ago: A federal jury in Kansas City, Missouri, convicted Lisa Montgomery of killing expectant mother Bobbie Jo Stinnett, cutting the baby from her womb and taking the infant home (four days later, the jury recommended that Montgomery receive the death penalty). China’s Communist Party gave President Hu Jintao a second five-year term. Marie Osmond fainted onstage during ABC’s live broadcast of “Dancing With the Stars” after performing a samba with partner Jonathan Roberts.
Five years ago: President Barack Obama sharply challenged Mitt Romney on foreign policy in their final campaign debate, held in Boca Raton, Florida, accusing him of “wrong and reckless leadership that is all over the map”; the Republican coolly responded, “Attacking me is not an agenda” for dealing with a dangerous world. In a verdict that sent shock waves through the scientific community, an Italian court convicted seven experts of manslaughter for failing to adequately warn residents of the risk before an earthquake struck central Italy in 2009, killing more than 300 people. (The verdicts were later overturned.) San Francisco closed out Game 7 of the NL championship series, routing the St. Louis Cardinals 9-0. American Indian activist Russell Means, 72, died in Rapid City, South Dakota.
One year ago: Republican Donald Trump vowed to sue every woman who accused him of sexual assault or other inappropriate behavior, calling them “liars” whose allegations he blamed Democrats for orchestrating. The Chicago Cubs won their first pennant since 1945, beating the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-0 in Game 6 of the NL Championship Series.
