Samuel Byck (1930-1974) -- Born into an economically distressed family in Philadelphia, Byck dropped out of high school and served two years in the U.S. Army, (at the age of 24) Byck was trained in firearms and explosives. He was honorably discharged later in 1956. He married and had four children, but could not hold a job and failed in several businesses, including selling tires. Byck spent two months in a psychiatric hospital to be treated for depression and began to blame his problems on a government conspiracy to keep the poor man down. He became an outspoken critic of President Nixon.
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