Timeline Monday 29 March 1971

Events on Monday 29 March 1971 2

• 1971 Charles Manson Sentenced to Death Cult leader condemned for the Tate-LaBianca murders Charles Manson and three followers were sentenced to death for orchestrating the 1969 murders of Sharon Tate and six others in Los Angeles. California's abolition of the death penalty the following year commuted the sentences to life imprisonment. The trial and murders became emblematic of the end of 1960s countercultural optimism.
• 1971 Lieutenant Calley Convicted of My Lai Massacre US officer found guilty of murdering Vietnamese civilians A military court-martial convicted Lieutenant William Calley of premeditated murder for his role in the 1968 My Lai massacre, in which US soldiers killed hundreds of unarmed Vietnamese villagers. He was sentenced to life in prison, later reduced, and served only a few years under house arrest. The case became a symbol of the atrocities and moral costs of the Vietnam War.