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On this day, August 23, 1973, the bank robbery that led to the Stockholm syndrome started.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_23• 1973 – A bank robbery gone wrong in Stockholm, Sweden, turns into a hostage crisis; over the next five days the hostages begin to sympathise with their captors, leading to the term "Stockholm syndrome".