The death of silent-screen idol Rudolph Valentino sends his fans into a hysterical state of mass mourning.
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August 23, 1926 – Valentino dies
August 23, 1939 – Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union sign a nonaggression agreement and a secret codicil dividing eastern Europe into spheres of influence.
On this day in 1939, Germany and the Soviet Union sign a non-aggression pact, stunning the world, given their diametrically opposed ideologies.