The Winter Olympics are born, the Battle of the Bulge comes to an end, Charles Manson is found guilty, the Iran hostages arrive home, and Egypt begins rising up, all on this day.
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San Quentin Correctional Center
1971: Charles Manson and three female "Family" members are found guilty of the 1969 Tate-LaBianca murders. All four would be sentenced to death, but their sentences were automatically reduced to life in prison when the California Supreme Court abolished the state's death penalty in February 1972.