On this day: August 1

  1. 1966
    Victim David Hubert Gunby 路 University of Texas tower shooting

    An engineering student, wounded in 1966; he died in 2001 and his death was ruled a homicide.

  2. 1966
    Victim Margaret Elizabeth Whitman 路 University of Texas tower shooting

    Whitman's mother, who had recently moved to Austin.

  3. 1966
    Victim Kathleen Frances Whitman 路 University of Texas tower shooting

    Whitman's wife, a high school science teacher.

  4. 1966
    Victim Edna Elizabeth Townsley 路 University of Texas tower shooting

    Receptionist on the Tower's 28th floor.

  5. 1966
    Victim Mark Jerome Gabour 路 University of Texas tower shooting

    A visitor touring the Tower with his family.

  6. 1966
    Victim Marguerite M. Lamport 路 University of Texas tower shooting

    Mark Gabour's aunt, visiting with the family.

  7. 1966
    Victim Baby Boy Wilson 路 University of Texas tower shooting

    The unborn son of student Claire Wilson, who was eight months pregnant and survived.

  8. 1966
    Victim Thomas Frederick Eckman 路 University of Texas tower shooting

    A UT freshman, Claire Wilson's boyfriend.

  9. 1966
    Victim Robert Hamilton Boyer 路 University of Texas tower shooting

    A mathematician and physicist about to take up a post at the University of Liverpool.

  10. 1966
    Victim Thomas Aquinas Ashton 路 University of Texas tower shooting

    A Peace Corps trainee.

  11. 1966
    Victim Thomas Ray Karr 路 University of Texas tower shooting

    A UT senior, walking home after an exam.

  12. 1966
    Victim Paul Bolton Sonntag 路 University of Texas tower shooting

    A recent high school graduate.

  13. 1966
    Victim Claudia Marilyn Rutt 路 University of Texas tower shooting

    A recent high school graduate and dancer, Paul Sonntag's girlfriend.

  14. 1966
    Victim Harry Walchuk 路 University of Texas tower shooting

    A graduate student and teacher, father of six.

  15. 1966
    Victim Billy Paul Speed 路 University of Texas tower shooting

    An Austin police officer.

  16. 1966
    Victim Roy Dell Schmidt 路 University of Texas tower shooting

    An electrician on a call near campus.

  17. 1982
    Victim Marcia Fay Chapman 路 Gary Ridgway
  18. 1990
    Arrest Winnacunnet High School area, Hampton 路 Murder of Gregg Smart

    Pamela Smart worked as media-services coordinator at Winnacunnet High School, where she met Flynn. She was arrested on August 1, 1990, at her school office across the street from the high school.