On this day: August 1

POSTED: 08:47 PM PDT Jul 31, 2012    UPDATED: 11:00 PM PDT Jul 31, 2012 

Oxygen is discovered, Adolf Hitler presides over the opening of the Olympics, a new superhero is introduced, tragedy strikes the University of Texas and a new all-music TV network debuts, all on this day.

OTD August 1 - Charles Whitman
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1966: Charles Whitman kills 14 people at The University of Texas at Austin before being killed by the police. He kills three of his victims within the university's administrative building before shooting 10 others, including a pregnant woman, from the 28th floor observation deck of the building (on the right). Earlier that morning he stabbed to death his wife and mother at their homes, raising his death toll to 16. Another 32 people were injured in the attack before shot and killed by Austin police officers.

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