1960s mass murders in the United States

1969 homicides by the Manson Family in Los Angeles

Richard Benjamin Speck was an American mass murderer who killed eight student nurses in their South Deering, Chicago, residence by stabbing, strangling, slashing their throats, or a combination of the three on the night of July 13–14, 1966. Speck also raped one victim before killing her. A ninth potential victim, student nurse Corazon Amurao, survived by hiding beneath a bed.

Ku Klux Klan bombing in 1963

1962 airliner bombing

mass shooting

aviation accident caused by hijacking

1960 airplane crash