1996 Event Curaeao gains limited form of self rule (Status Aparte) 1993 Event British premier Major/Irish premier Reynolds signs Downing Street Declaration concerning Northern Ireland self determination 1993 Death Herve Villechaize, actor (Fantasy Island), shoots self to death at 50 1992 Event Slovak parliament asks for self rule 1990 Death Albert Salmi, (Caddyshack), kills terminally ill wife and self at 62 1988 Event Man armed with explosives blows self up in 125 St. subway station (New York City) 1984 Death Christopher Wilder, FBI's "most wanted man," accidentally kills self 1982 Death Patrick Dewaere, actor (Catherine and Co), shoots self at 35 1978 Death Rolf Gunther, East German priest, self imolation 1976 Event Britain gives Gilbert Island (Kiribati) self rule 1976 Death Oskar Brusewitz, East German vicar, sets self on fire 1974 Death Chris Chubbock, newscaster, shoots self on air 1970 Event Russia lands self propelled rover on Moon 1969 Death Jan Zajic, Czechoslovakian student, self incinerates 1969 Death John Zajic, Czechoslovakian student, self incinerates 1969 Death Jan Palach, protesting Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia, self immolates at 20 1966 Event Buddhist sets self on fire at U.S. consulate in Hue South-Vietnam 1963 Death Joseph Self, murderer, executed; last Washington state execution in 25 yrs 1960 Event Belgian parliament requires rest day for self employed 1959 Event President De Gaulle recognizes Algerian right of self determination 1959 Death George Reeves, actor 'Superman', 'Gone with the Wind', shoots self at 45 1955 Event Tunisia begins domestic self governing 1955 Event Conference of Bandung against colonialism/for self determination, ends 1954 Death Johnny Ace, Memphis rocker, accidently shot self in head at 25 1952 Event Puerto Rico approves their 1st self written constitution 1938 Event Sudeten Germans in Czechoslovakia demand self government 1925 Death Willem Devout, self employed (V and Dreesmann), dies 1924 Birthday Hans Lodeizen, Johannes A Frederik, Dutch poet, Inner Self 1922 Birthday Erving Goffman, sociologist, presentation of self in everyday life 1903 Event Homel, 1st Jewish self defense organization founded in Russia 1866 Event Last Navaho chief Manuelito, turns self in at Fort Wingate 1850 Event Self deodorizing fertilizer patented in England 1138 Event Anti-Pope Victor IV (Gregorio) overthrows self for Innocentius II