Timeline Monday 1 August 1966

Events on Monday 1 August 1966 1

• 1966 University of Texas tower shooting Sniper kills sixteen people from the Austin campus clock tower On 1 August 1966, Charles Whitman climbed the observation deck of the University of Texas at Austin's main tower and opened fire on people below, killing fourteen and wounding more than thirty before being shot dead by police. He had also murdered his wife and mother earlier that day, bringing the death toll to sixteen.