Richard Speck
Richard Benjamin Speck was an American mass murderer who killed eight student nurses in their South Deering, Chicago, residence via stabbing, strangling, slashing their throats, or a combination of the three on the night of July 13–14, 1966. One victim was also raped prior to her murder. A ninth potential victim, student nurse Corazon Amurao, survived by hiding beneath a bed.
6 December 1941
Born on the same birth date (6 December 1941): Bill Thomas • Helen Cornelius
Born on the same birth day (6 December): Adam Eaton (outfielder) • Danielle Downey • December 6 • Dion Fortune • Elvia Carrillo Puerto • Gary Goodman • Hugo Peretti • James Elphinston • Joseph Lamb (composer) • José Contreras • Lynn Fontanne • Naozumi Takahashi • Nobunaga Shimazaki • Peter Dimmock • Robbie Gould • Shreyas Iyer • Skippy Baxter • Stephen Hepburn • Tony Lazzeri • William II of the Netherlands • Zeki Müren
Born in the same month (December 1941): Bob Brown (offensive lineman) • Bobby Elliott • Daniel Schmid • Fionnula Flanagan • Helen Cornelius • Intikhab Alam • J. P. Parisé • Joan Wallach Scott • Karan Armstrong • Lee Myung-bak • Marty Riessen • Ray Thomas • Tom McGuinness (musician) • Tommy Kirk