12 November 1934 (+) is born in Cincinnati, United States.

11 September 1967 (x) records 14 tracks of his music in San Francisco, United States.

9 August 1968 (x) overdubs some tracks of his music in San Francisco, United States.

16 August 1969 (x) is arrested in a police-raid on suspicion of leading a major auto theft ring that had been stealing Volkswagens and converting them into dune buggies in Chatsworth, United States.

12 October 1969 (x) is arrested in a police-raid in Death Valley National Park, United States.

19 April 1971 (x) is sentenced to death for the Tate/LaBianca murders in Los Angeles, United States.

25 September 1984 (x) is doused with paint thinner and set on fire by inmate Jan Holstrom in the hobby shop in Vaccaville, United States.

13 June 1998 (x) is transferred back after serving time in Pelican Bay State Prison for peddling drugs to fellow inmates in Corcoran, United States.

23 May 2007 (x) is denied parole for the eleventh time in Corcoran, United States.

11 April 2012 (x) is denied parole for the twelfth time in Los Angeles, United States.

19 November 2017 (-) dies of natural causes in Bakersfield, United States.