On this day, Oct. 12, in 1978, British punk star Sid Vicious allegedly stabbed his girlfriend, Nancy Spungen, to death in a New York hotel.

Vicious, the former bassist for the Sex Pistols, was charged with second-degree murder, released on bail and died hours later.

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