Sharon Tate and the Cielo Drive murders

On August 8–9, 1969, actress Sharon Tate and four others were murdered at the residence known as 10050 Cielo Drive in the Benedict Canyon area of Los Angeles by members of the Manson Family. Tate was eight months pregnant at the time of her death. The killings were part of a series of murders carried out by the group in 1969. The original house at 10050 Cielo Drive was later demolished.