<Li> Died: Dean Corll, 33, US serial killer, shot by his accomplice Elmer Wayne Henley . </Li> <Ul> <Li> Dean Corll's accomplice, Elmer Wayne Henley, leads police to the bodies of several murder victims . Over subsequent days, this results in the discovery of the Houston Mass Murders: at least 28 boys were killed over a three - year period by Corll, Henley and David Owen Brooks . </Li> <Li> Died: Donald Peers, 65, Welsh popular singer; Nikos Zachariadis, 70, Greek Communist politician </Li> </Ul> <Li> Dean Corll's accomplice, Elmer Wayne Henley, leads police to the bodies of several murder victims . Over subsequent days, this results in the discovery of the Houston Mass Murders: at least 28 boys were killed over a three - year period by Corll, Henley and David Owen Brooks . </Li> <Li> Died: Donald Peers, 65, Welsh popular singer; Nikos Zachariadis, 70, Greek Communist politician </Li>

August 8 1973 and day of the week