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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 Vice President Bush is 1st since Vice President 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 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 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 president 1954 Alfredo Stroessner names himself president of Paraguay 1946 Hermann Goering, Nazi Reichmarshal, poisons himself in prison at age 53 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 General 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 General Carlos Ibanez names himself president 1926 Persian cossack officer Reza Chan crowns himself Shah Palawi 1926 Greek General 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 manager 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 Lofland 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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