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1969 : Manson cult kills five people
On this day in 1969, members of Charles Manson's cult kill five people
in movie director Roman Polanski's Beverly Hills, California, home,
including Polanski's pregnant wife, actress Sharon Tate. Less than two
days later, the group killed again, murdering supermarket executive
Leno LaBianca and his wife Rosemary in their home. The savage crimes
shocked the nation and, strangely, turned Charles Manson into a
criminal icon.
Manson was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1934 to an unwed 16-year-old
mother. He spent much of his childhood in juvenile reformatories and
his early adulthood in prison. After his release in 1967, Manson moved
to California and used his unlikely magnetism to attract a group of
hippies and set up a commune, where drugs and orgies were common, on
the outskirts of Los Angeles.
Manson preached his own blend of eccentric religious teachings to his
acolytes, who called themselves his "Family." He told them a race war
between blacks and whites was imminent and would result in great power
for the Family. Manson said they should instigate the war by killing
rich white people and trying to make it look like the work of blacks.
Roman Polanski (Rosemary's Baby, Chinatown, The Pianist), was not the
cult leader's intended target. Manson, an aspiring musician, chose the
Polanski house because he had once unsuccessfully tried to get a
recording deal from a producer who used to live there. Polanski was
out of town at the time of the murders, but his wife and her friends,
including coffee heiress Abigail Folger, were shot or stabbed to
death. Manson stayed out of the Polanski house on the night of the
crime and didn't take part in the LaBianca killings either. However,
he would later be charged with murder on the grounds he had influenced
his followers and masterminded the crimes.
After initially eluding police suspicion, Manson was arrested only
after one of his followers, already in jail on a different charge,
started bragging about what had happened. Manson's subsequent trial
became a national spectacle, in which he exhibited bizarre and violent
behavior. In 1971, he was convicted and given the death penalty;
however, that sentence became life behind bars when the California
Supreme Court overturned the death penalty in 1972.
Manson has been the subject of numerous movies and books, including
the best-seller Helter Skelter (the title is a reference to a Beatles'
song of the same name, through which Manson believed the group was
sending secret messages to start a race war). Manson remains in a
California prison.
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378 : Romans routed at Adrianople
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1936 : Owens wins 4th gold medal
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1974 : Nixon leaves White House; Ford sworn in
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1969 : Manson cult kills five people
On this day in 1969, members of Charles Manson's cult kill five people
in movie director Roman Polanski's Beverly Hills, California, home,
including Polanski's pregnant wife, actress Sharon Tate. Less than two
days later, the group killed again, murdering supermarket executive
Leno LaBianca and his wife Rosemary in their home. The savage crimes
shocked the nation and, strangely, turned Charles Manson into a
criminal icon.
Manson was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1934 to an unwed 16-year-old
mother. He spent much of his childhood in juvenile reformatories and
his early adulthood in prison. After his release in 1967, Manson moved
to California and used his unlikely magnetism to attract a group of
hippies and set up a commune, where drugs and orgies were common, on
the outskirts of Los Angeles.
Manson preached his own blend of eccentric religious teachings to his
acolytes, who called themselves his "Family." He told them a race war
between blacks and whites was imminent and would result in great power
for the Family. Manson said they should instigate the war by killing
rich white people and trying to make it look like the work of blacks.
Roman Polanski (Rosemary's Baby, Chinatown, The Pianist), was not the
cult leader's intended target. Manson, an aspiring musician, chose the
Polanski house because he had once unsuccessfully tried to get a
recording deal from a producer who used to live there. Polanski was
out of town at the time of the murders, but his wife and her friends,
including coffee heiress Abigail Folger, were shot or stabbed to
death. Manson stayed out of the Polanski house on the night of the
crime and didn't take part in the LaBianca killings either. However,
he would later be charged with murder on the grounds he had influenced
his followers and masterminded the crimes.
After initially eluding police suspicion, Manson was arrested only
after one of his followers, already in jail on a different charge,
started bragging about what had happened. Manson's subsequent trial
became a national spectacle, in which he exhibited bizarre and violent
behavior. In 1971, he was convicted and given the death penalty;
however, that sentence became life behind bars when the California
Supreme Court overturned the death penalty in 1972.
Manson has been the subject of numerous movies and books, including
the best-seller Helter Skelter (the title is a reference to a Beatles'
song of the same name, through which Manson believed the group was
sending secret messages to start a race war). Manson remains in a
California prison.
history.com/tdih.do
378 : Romans routed at Adrianople
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1936 : Owens wins 4th gold medal
history.com/tdih.do?action=tdihArticleCategory&id=6984
1974 : Nixon leaves White House; Ford sworn in
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