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Events on Tuesday 10 January 1939 1
1939 – 1976Sal Mineo (1939-1976)Died 12 February 1976, aged 37Sal Mineo, the American actor twice nominated for an Academy Award, including for his role in Rebel Without a Cause, was stabbed to death outside his West Hollywood apartment. His killer, a pizza delivery driver who had robbed him, was not identified until 1978. The murder shocked Hollywood.