2015 Event Police have killed two of the three men who attacked the offices of French satire magazine 'Charlie Hebdo' yesterday to avenge the Prophet Muhammad; the third attacker turned himself in after the incident, which killed 12 and wounded 11 people 2012 Event In the U.S. state of Connecticut, a shooter kills 29 people, including 20 children, himself and his mother at Sandy Hook Elementary School 2012 Event President of Egypt Mohamed Morsi causes a call for large protests after he passed a degree giving himself sweeping new powers 2011 Event Muammar Gaddafi appears on Libyan television claiming himself the 'father of Libya' 2010 Event The 46-year old son of convicted fraud king Bernard Madoff kills himself in a Manhattan apartment 2010 Event The largest manhunt in U.K. recent history ends when gunman Raoul Moat shoots and kills himself in a 6-hour standoff with police 2001 Event 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 Death Renato Di Paolo, method actor, accidentally strangled himself while playing Judas onstage, dies at 22 1996 Death Eugene Izzi, mystery writer, hangs himself at 43 1996 Event Thomas Hamilton kills 16 kindergardeners, their teacher and himself 1994 Event 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 Event Palestinian suicide bomber kills 7 Israelis and himself 1993 Event Henri Konan Bedie names himself President of Ivory coast 1993 Death Richard Webb, actor (Captain Midnight), shoots himself at 77 1993 Event 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 Event George Jo Hennard, 35, kills 23 and himself and wounds 20 in Texas 1990 Death David Rappaport, 3'11' actor (Wizard, LA Law), shoots himself at 38 1989 Death Donnie Moore, pitcher (Angels), shoots himself at 35 1989 Event Rod Stewart hits his head while on stage and knocks himself out 1989 Event Vice President Bush is 1st since Vice President Van Buren to declare himself president 1987 Death R Budd Dwyer, Penns State Treasurer, facing prison for conspiracy and perjury, shot himself to death at a televised news conference 1984 Death Jon-Erik Hexum, accidentally shoots himself on set of "Cover Up" at 27 1983 Death Doodles Weaver, actor/comedian (Ring of Fire), shoots himself at 71 1982 Death Roberto Calvi, director (Banco Ambrosiano), hangs himself 1982 Event General Efrain Rios Montt declares himself president of Guatemala 1982 Event Twins rookie outfielder Jim Eisenreich, who suffers from Tourette's Syndrome, removes himself, due to taunts from Red Sox bleacher fans 1977 Event Jean-Bedel Bokassa, ruler of Central African Empire, crowns himself 1977 Death Freddie Prinze, comedian/actor (Chico and the Man), shoots himself at 22 1976 Event Bangladesh General Ziaur Rahman declares himself president 1975 Birthday Aron Ralston, born in America, mountain climber, motivational speaker, forced to amputate his right arm to free and save himself, when trapped by a boulder in Utah 1975 Death Pete Ham, rocker (Badfinger), commits suicide by hanging himself at 27 1972 Event Jean-Bedel Bokassa appoints himself President for life of Cent African Rep 1969 Event Jim Morrison arrested for exposing himself at Dinner Key Auditorium 1969 Event Jim Morrison arrested for exposing himself in concert 1967 Event Shah of Iran crowns himself after 26 years on Peacock Throne 1963 Death Quang Duc, Buddhist monk, immolates himself on a street in Saigon 1962 Birthday Jon Secada, born in Havana, Cuba, born Juan Francisco Secada, singer, songwriter for himself and for Gloria Estefan, Jennifer Lopez, Ricky Martin, Grammy-Award winner 1962 Event Dutch RC bishop Beckers declares himself in favor of birth control 1960 Death Jonathan Hale, actor (Blondie), shoots himself at 68 1959 Event Fidel Castro named himself Cuba's premier after overthrowing Batista 1958 Event King Hussein declares himself head of Jordan/Iraqi federation 1955 Event Ngo Dinh Diem proclaims Vietnam a republic with himself as president 1954 Event Alfredo Stroessner names himself president of Paraguay 1946 Death Hermann Goering, Nazi Reichmarshal, poisons himself in prison at age 53 1946 Event Enver Hoxha declares People's Rep of Albania with himself dictator 1942 Event Seyss-Inquart allows Dutch Nazi Anton Mussert to call himself Leader 1940 Event Belgium surrenders to Germany, King Leopold III gives himself up 1938 Event General Metaxas names himself premier of Greece 1936 Event Ioannis Metaxas names himself dictator of Greece 1936 Event Metaxas proclaims himself dictator of Greece 1935 Event President Mustapha Kemal Pasha names himself "Ataturk: Father of Turkey" 1934 Event Karlis Ulmanis names himself fascist dictator of Latvia 1933 Event Brazilians president Getulio Vargas names himself dictator 1927 Event Chilean General Carlos Ibanez names himself president 1926 Event Persian cossack officer Reza Chan crowns himself Shah Palawi 1926 Event Greek General Theodorus Pangulos names himself dictator 1924 Event King Hussein of Hedzjaz appoints himself kalief 1923 Event Harry Houdini frees himself from a straight jacket while suspended upside down, 40 feet (12 m) above ground in New York City 1920 Event Phillies manager Gravvy Cravath puts himself in as pinch hitter, his 3- run homer beats New York Giants 3-0 1913 Event Suffragette Emily Davinson throws himself in front of king's horse 1907 Event Abd al-Hafid proclaims himself sultan of Morocco 1882 Event Monarch Milan Obrenovic of Serbia crowns himself king 1859 Event Man in San Francisco claims himself Norton I, emperor of America 1832 Event Black Hawk, leader of Sauk-indians, gives himself up 1805 Event Premiere of Beethoven's "Eroica" (conducted by himself) 1764 Event Austrian arch duke Jozef crowned himself Roman Catholic king 1751 Event Adolf Frederik of Holstein-Gottorp crowns himself king of Sweden 1721 Event Prince Eugenius of Savoye unveals statue of himself 1708 Event Monarch Amengkurat II [Sunan Mas] of Mataram gives himself up to VOC 1667 Event Brandenburg declares himself neutral in Devolutie War 1665 Event Jerusalem's rabbi Sjabtai Tswi proclaims himself Messiah 1658 Event Aurangzeb appoints himself Mongol emperor 1640 Event Settler Hugh Bewitt banished from Mass colony when he declares himself to be free of original sin 1633 Event Prince Frederik Henry appoints himself viceroy of Limburg 1581 Event Portugese Cortes subjects himself on Philip II 1561 Event Lofland subjects himself on Sigismund August II of Poland 1550 Event William Cecil appoints himself English minister of foreign affairs 1547 Event King Ferdinand of Austria subjects himself on Turkish sultan Suleiman 1547 Event Ivan IV the Terrible (17) crowns himself 1st tsar of Moscow 1535 Event Henry VIII declares himself head of English Church 1483 Event Duke of Gloucester appoints himself English king Richard III 1346 Event King Stefanus IX of Serbia proclaims himself czar of Greece 1330 Event AntiPope Nicolaas V overthrows himself 1229 Event German emperor Frederick II crowns himself king of Jerusalem 1215 Event Frederik II crowns himself Roman Catholic king 1212 Event Frederik II crowns himself Roman Catholic king 1158 Event Emperor Frederik I Barbarossa declares himself ruler of North Italy 1026 Event Koenraad II crowns himself king of Italy 498 Event French king Clovis baptises himself
