2001 The heir to the Nepalese throne killed his parents and eight other family members before shooting himself, after an argument over his choice of a bride
2000 Renato Di Paolo, method actor, accidentally strangled himself while playing Judas onstage, dies at 22
1996 Eugene Izzi, mystery writer, hangs himself at 43
1996 Thomas Hamilton kills 16 kindergardeners, their teacher and himself
1994 O.J. Simpson doesn't turn himself in on murder charges, Los Angeles police chase his Ford Bronco for 1 hours, eventually gives up
1994 Palestinian suicide bomber kills 7 Israelis and himself
1993 Henri Konan Bedie names himself President of Ivory coast
1993 Richard Webb, actor (Captain Midnight), shoots himself at 77
1993 16 year old Keron Thomas disguises himself as a motorman and takes New York City subway train and 2,000 passengers on a 3 hour ride
1991 George Jo Hennard, 35, kills 23 and himself and wounds 20 in Texas
1990 David Rappaport, 3'11' actor (Wizard, LA Law), shoots himself at 38
1989 Donnie Moore, pitcher (Angels), shoots himself at 35
1989 Rod Stewart hits his head while on stage and knocks himself out
1989 VP Bush is 1st since VP Van Buren to declare himself president
1987 R Budd Dwyer, Penns State Treasurer, facing prison for conspiracy and perjury, shot himself to death at a televised news conference
1984 Jon-Erik Hexum, accidentally shoots himself on set of "Cover Up" at 27
1983 Doodles Weaver, actor/comedian (Ring of Fire), shoots himself at 71
1982 Roberto Calvi, director (Banco Ambrosiano), hangs himself
1982 General Efrain Rios Montt declares himself president of Guatemala
1982 Twins rookie outfielder Jim Eisenreich, who suffers from Tourette's Syndrome, removes himself, due to taunts from Red Sox bleacher fans
1977 Jean-Bedel Bokassa, ruler of Central African Empire, crowns himself
1977 Freddie Prinze, comedian/actor (Chico and the Man), shoots himself at 22
1976 Bangladesh General Ziaur Rahman declares himself president
1975 Pete Ham, rocker (Badfinger), commits suicide by hanging himself at 27
1972 Jean-Bedel Bokassa appoints himself President for life of Cent African Rep
1969 Jim Morrison arrested for exposing himself at Dinner Key Auditorium
1969 Jim Morrison arrested for exposing himself in concert
1967 Shah of Iran crowns himself after 26 years on Peacock Throne
1963 Quang Duc, Buddhist monk, immolates himself on a street in Saigon
1962 Dutch RC bishop Beckers declares himself in favor of birth control
1960 Jonathan Hale, actor (Blondie), shoots himself at 68
1959 Fidel Castro named himself Cuba's premier after overthrowing Batista
1958 King Hussein declares himself head of Jordan/Iraqi federation
1955 Ngo Dinh Diem proclaims Vietnam a republic with himself as pres
1954 Alfredo Stroessner names himself president of Paraguay
1946 Hermann Goering, Nazi Reichmarshal, poisons himself in prison
1946 Enver Hoxha declares People's Rep of Albania with himself dictator
1942 Seyss-Inquart allows Dutch Nazi Anton Mussert to call himself Leader
1940 Belgium surrenders to Germany, King Leopold III gives himself up
1938 Gen Metaxas names himself premier of Greece
1936 Ioannis Metaxas names himself dictator of Greece
1936 Metaxas proclaims himself dictator of Greece
1935 President Mustapha Kemal Pasha names himself "Ataturk: Father of Turkey"
1934 Karlis Ulmanis names himself fascist dictator of Latvia
1933 Brazilians president Getulio Vargas names himself dictator
1927 Chilean gen Carlos Ibanez names himself president
1926 Persian cossack officer Reza Chan crowns himself Shah Palawi
1926 Greek gen Theodorus Pangulos names himself dictator
1924 King Hussein of Hedzjaz appoints himself kalief
1923 Harry Houdini frees himself from a straight jacket while suspended upside down, 40 feet (12 m) above ground in New York City
1920 Phillies mgr Gravvy Cravath puts himself in as pinch hitter, his 3- run homer beats New York Giants 3-0
1913 Suffragette Emily Davinson throws himself in front of king's horse
1907 Abd al-Hafid proclaims himself sultan of Morocco
1882 Monarch Milan Obrenovic of Serbia crowns himself king
1859 Man in San Francisco claims himself Norton I, emperor of America
1832 Black Hawk, leader of Sauk-indians, gives himself up
1805 Premiere of Beethoven's "Eroica" (conducted by himself)
1764 Austrian arch duke Jozef crowned himself Roman Catholic king
1751 Adolf Frederik of Holstein-Gottorp crowns himself king of Sweden
1721 Prince Eugenius of Savoye unveals statue of himself
1708 Monarch Amengkurat II [Sunan Mas] of Mataram gives himself up to VOC
1667 Brandenburg declares himself neutral in Devolutie War
1665 Jerusalem's rabbi Sjabtai Tswi proclaims himself Messiah
1658 Aurangzeb appoints himself Mongol emperor
1640 Settler Hugh Bewitt banished from Mass colony when he declares himself to be free of original sin
1633 Prince Frederik Henry appoints himself viceroy of Limburg
1581 Portugese Cortes subjects himself on Philip II
1561 L˜fland subjects himself on Sigismund August II of Poland
1550 William Cecil appoints himself English minister of foreign affairs
1547 King Ferdinand of Austria subjects himself on Turkish sultan Suleiman
1547 Ivan IV the Terrible (17) crowns himself 1st tsar of Moscow
1535 Henry VIII declares himself head of English Church
1483 Duke of Gloucester appoints himself English king Richard III
1346 King Stefanus IX of Serbia proclaims himself czar of Greece
1330 AntiPope Nicolaas V overthrows himself
1229 German emperor Frederick II crowns himself king of Jerusalem
1215 Frederik II crowns himself Roman Catholic king
1212 Frederik II crowns himself Roman Catholic king
1158 Emperor Frederik I Barbarossa declares himself ruler of North Italy
1026 Koenraad II crowns himself king of Italy
498 French king Clovis baptises himself
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