1998 Sandy Hume, correspondent (Fox News), commits suicide at 28
1998 Robert Merrill, songwriter (Funny Girl), commits suicide at 76
1997 Juzo Itami, Japanese director, commits suicide at 64
1997 Michael Hutchence, rocker (INXS), commits suicide at 37
1997 Andrew Cunanan, serial killer (Gianni Versage), commits suicide
1997 Brian Keith, actor (Family Affair), commits suicide at 75
1997 Michael Dorris, writer, Broken Cord, commits suicide at 52
1997 John Curtis Jr, pres/CEO (Luby's Cafe), commits suicide at 58
1996 Faron Young, country singer and actor (Hidden Guns), commits suicide at 34
1996 Faron Young, country singer, commits suicide at 64
1996 James Leo Herlihy, author (Midnight Cowboy), commits suicide at 66
1996 Margaux Hemingway, model/actress (Lipstick), commits suicide at 41
1996 Ray Combs, TV host (Family Feud), commits suicide at 40
1996 Mike Jeremy Boorda, commandant (NATO), commits suicide at 57
1995 Mordechai Gur, Israeli general, commits suicide at 65
1995 Cheyenne Brando, daughter of Marlon, commits suicide
1995 Jacques Lefebvre, Belgian air force gen, commits suicide at 64
1995 Ed Flanders, actor (Dr. Westphall-St. Elsewhere), commits suicide at 60
1995 Frederick West, Engl contractor/serial killer, commits suicide at 53
1994 Ronald "Buster" Edwards, Great Train Robber, commits suicide at 62
1994 Tommy Boyce, U.S. songwriter (Be My Guest), commits suicide at 55
1994 Danny Gatton, U.S. guitarist, commits suicide at 48
1994 Patrick Crommelynck, Belgian pianist, commits suicide
1994 Taeko Kuwata, Japanese/Belgian pianist, commits suicide
1994 Luis Ocana, Span cyclist (Tour de France 1973), commits suicide at 48
1994 Lewis B Puller, U.S. writer (Pulitzer 1992), commits suicide at 48
1994 Kurt Cobain, grunge rocker (Nirvana), commits suicide by gun at 27
1994 Lady Caithness, wife of British undersecretary, commits suicide
1993 Adriaan Venema, Dutch journalist/art dealer, commits suicide at 52
1993 Will Rogers Jr, (Rep-D)/actor (Boy from Okla), commits suicide at 81
1993 Patrick Haemers, Belgian criminal, commits suicide at 40
1993 Pierre Beregovoy, PM of France (1992-93), commits suicide at 67
1993 Jeff Ward, drummer (9 Inch Nails), commits suicide at 30
1993 Fletcher Knebel, author (7 Days in May), commits suicide at 81
1993 Sathasivam Krishnakumar, Sri Lanka commander, commits suicide
1992 David Jones, actor, commits suicide (had terminal cancer) at 76
1991 Cubs Doug Dascenzo commits his 1st career error after 242 games
1991 Sergei Ajromeiev, soviet general, commits suicide
1991 Boris Pugo, U.S.S.R. minister of Interior (1990), commits suicide
1991 Mary Bacon, jockey, dying of cancer, commits suicide by gun at 43
1991 Jiang Qing, widow of Chinese leader Mao Tse Tung, commits suicide
1991 Dennis Crosby, son of Bing, commits suicide at 54
1990 Mitch Snyder, homeless advocate, commits suicide by hanging at 46
1990 Bruno Bettelhelm, Austrian/US psychoanalyst, commits suicide at 86
1989 Jay Stewart, annoucer on Lets Make a Deal, commits suicide
1988 Tommy John commits rec 3 errors on 1 play as Yanks rout Brewers 16-3
1988 Bantcho Bantchevsky, U.S. opera singer, commits suicide
1987 Nico Slothouwer, poet (Liefdesstratenplan), commits suicide at 30
1987 Rudolph Hess, Nazi (46 years in Spandau Prison), commits suicide at 93
1987 Yogi Horton, drummer (Luther Vandross), commits suicide at 33
1987 David Savoy Jr, rock manager (Husker Du), commits suicide at 24
1986 Richard Manuel, rock vocalist/pianist (Band), commits suicide at 40
1985 Singing Nun, commits suicide in Belgium at 52
1983 Walter Slezak, actor (Bedtime For Bonzo), commits suicide in New York at 80
1983 Roy Horb, Suriname sergeant/putschist, commits suicide
1982 John AM "Hans" van Tongeren, actor (Hunk), commits suicide at 27
1982 Sylvestre A Guzman Fernandez, President Dominican Rep, commits suicide
1982 Louis M de Guiringaud, Fren forgn min (1976-78), commits suicide at 70
1982 Brenda Benet, actress (Track of Thunder), commits suicide by gun at 36
1982 Neil Aggett, South African worker's union leader, commits suicide
1981 Mehmet Shehu, PM Albania (1954-81)/"US-Russ spy", commits suicide
1980 Axel Springer Jr, German photographer, commits suicide at 38
1979 Jean Seberg, actress (Breathless, Airport), commits suicide at 40
1979 Donny Hathaway, Chicago, Illinois, rocker (Ghetto), commits suicide at 33
1978 Jim Jones, U.S. pastor, leader of Jonestown Cult, commits suicide
1978 Gig Young, kills his bride of 3 weeks and then commits suicide at 64
1977 Avraham Ofer, Israeli minister of housing, commits suicide
1976 Phil Ochs, singer (Draft Dodger Rag), commits suicide at 35
1975 Pete Ham, rocker (Badfinger), commits suicide by hanging himself at 27
1974 Henri Smajda, Tunis/French publisher (Combat), commits suicide at 77
1973 Paul Williams, rocker (Temptations), commits suicide at 32
1972 Rory Storm, lead singer (Rory Storm and Hurricane), commits suicide
1971 Peter Deuel, actor (Gidget, Love on a Rooftop), commits suicide at 31
1971 Bella Darvi, actress (Racers), commits suicide at 42
1971 16 time gold glover Brook Robinson commits 3 errors in 6th inning
1971 Diane Arbus, [Nemerov], photographer (Vogue), commits suicide at 48
1970 Bernd-Alois Zimmermann, Germ composer (Requiem), commits suicide at 52
1970 Inger Stevens, actress (Katy-Farmer's Daughter), commits suicide at 35
1969 Manson family commits Tate-LaBianca murders
1968 Vladimir Boudnik, Czech sculptor, commits suicide at about 45
1968 Kokichi Tsuburaya, Jap marathoner (Oly-bronze-1964), commits suicide
1967 Mohammed Abdul Hakim Amer, Egyptian vice-PM, commits suicide at 47
1967 Joe Meek, rocker (Tornados)/producer (Telstar), commits suicide
1961 Ernest Hemingway, writer, commits suicide at 61
1960 Phyllis Haver, actress (Don Juan), commits suicide at 61
1959 Lou Bandy, Dutch revue-artist (Life Ain't Bad), commits suicide at 69
1956 Aleksandr A Fadejev, Russ author (Young Guard), commits suicide at 54
1954 Alan M Turing, British mathematician (Turing), commits suicide at 41
1954 Edwin H Armstrong, U.S. radio inventor (FM), commits suicide at 63
1948 Columbia commits to 33 1/3 rpm records, plans to phase out 78's as Dr. Peter Goldmark of CBS demonstrates "long playing record"
1948 Jan Masaryk, Czech Foreign minister, commits suicide or is murdered
1946 Hermann Wilhelm Goering, German SA-leader, commits suicide at 53
1946 Heinrich George, German actor (Jud Suss), commits suicide at 52
1945 Fumimaro Konu, Japanese prince/PM (1937-39, 40-41), commits harakiri
1945 Robert van Genechten, Dutch Nazi (NSB), commits suicide
1945 Robert Ley, German nazi, commits suicide
1945 Lieutenant General Ushijima, Japanese commander, commits suicide at Okinawa
1945 Isamu Tsjo, Japanese chief-staff 32nd Army, commits harakiri
1945 Mitsuri Ushijima, Jap lt-gen/commandant 32nd Army, commits harakiri
1945 Heinrich Himmler, Gestapo leader, commits suicide in prison at 44
1945 Paul Josef Goebbels, Nazi minister on propoganda, commits suicide
1945 Adolph Hitler, German dictator (1936-45), commits suicide at 56
1945 Eva Braun, mistress/wife of Hitler, commits suicide at 33
1945 Walter Model, German fieldmarshal, commits suicide at 54
1945 Pierre Drieu la Rochelle, French writer/poet, commits suicide at 52
1944 Killinger, German ambassador to Romania, commits suicide
1944 Gunther von Kluge, German field marshal, commits suicide, dies at 62
1944 Henning von Tresckow, Gen-Maj, "July 20th plotter", commits suicide
1943 Hans Jeschonnek, German air force general/chief-staff, commits suicide
1943 Fritz Schmidt, Nazi commissioner in Holland, commits suicide at 39
1941 Earnest Udet, German general/head air pioneer, commits suicide
1941 ... Korysis, PM of Greece, commits suicide
1941 Ioannis Metaxas, Greek gen/dictator (1936-41), commits suicide at 69
1940 Willard Hershberger, catcher (Cin Reds), commits suicide
1940 Y G Van de Peat, Dutch director of employment, commits suicide
1939 Hans Langsdorff, German capt (Graaf Spee), commits suicide
1939 Owen Moore, actor (She Done Him Wrong), commits suicide at 52
1939 Matthias Sindelar, Austria soccer star, commits suicide
1937 Jean-Joseph Rabearivelo, Hungarian poet, commits suicide at 36
1937 Horacio Quiroga, Uruguayan author and poet, commits suicide at 58
1934 Acting President Constantine Pats commits coup in Tallinn Estonia
1932 Harold "Heart" Crane, U.S. poet (Bridge), commits suicide at 32
1932 Ivar Kreuger, "Swedish Match King" industrialist, commits suicide
1927 Adolf A Joffe, Russian author/diplomat, commits suicide at 44
1914 Aleksandr Samsonov, Russian general, commits suicide
1902 Friedrich A Krupp, cannon manufacturer, commits suicide
1886 Frederick J "Fred" Archer, English jockey, commits suicide at 29
1881 Emory Upton, U.S. Union gen-maj (Selma), commits suicide at 42
1868 Theodorus, [Kasa], emperor of Abyssinia, commits suicide
1868 Adalbert Stifter, Austrian author (Witiko), commits suicide at 62
1866 Faa di Bruno, Italian captain (Er d'italia, Lissa), commits suicide
1865 Edmun Ruffin, U.S. secessionist/writer, commits suicide
1861 Philip St. George Cocke, Confederate brig-gen, commits suicide at 52
1861 Laselo Teleki, Hungarian earl/revolutionary, commits suicide
1860 Count Istvan Szechenyi, statesman, commits suicide
1831 John CJ van Speijk, commits suicide at 29
1830 Louis H J Conde, French prince, commits suicide at 74
1822 Robert Stewart, 2nd marguess of Londonderry, commits suicide, dies
1819 Ann C Coleman, fiancee of President Buchanan, commits suicide
1809 Meriwether Lewis, (Lewis and Clark Expedition), commits suicide at 35
1794 Sebastien-Roch-Nicolas Chamfort, Fr playwright, commits suicide at 53
1791 Richard earl d'Alton, Austria general of S Neth, commits suicide at 58
1644 Si Sang, last Ming-emperor of China, commits suicide
1630 John de White, calvinist/banker to Prague, commits suicide
1514 Richard Hunne, English "heretic", commits suicide
1242 Hendrik VII, Roman Catholics German king (1220-35), commits suicide
394 Arbogast, French general, commits suicide
68 Claudius Nero, Roman emperor (54-68), commits suicide at 31
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