A chronological list of the important events for
the topic "Suicide"
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33 Judas Iscariot, disciple of Jesus, reportedly committed suicide hours before the death of his teacher.
68Roman EmperorRoman Emperor "Roman Emperor" is the term historians use to refer to rulers of the Roman Empire [i], after the epoch c ...
NeroNero Nero 'Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus , born Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus, also called ...
commits suicide.
1932 Actress Peg Entwistle commits suicide jumping from the letter H of the (then) Hollywoodland sign
1949 After two months in Bethesda Naval Hospital, James ForrestalJames Forrestal James Vincent Forrestal was a Secretary of the Navy [i] and the first United States [i] Secretary of Defense [i] ...
commits suicide, under circumstances that seem suspicious to many.
1986 In Edmond, Oklahoma, United States Postal ServiceUnited States Postal Service The United States Postal Service is an "independent establishment of the executive branch" of the United States Government [i] ...
employee Patrick Sherrill guns down 14 of his co-workers before committing suicide.
1987 Hungerford Massacre: Michael Ryan kills 16 with an assault rifle before committing suicide.
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1991 A MichiganMichigan Michigan is a Midwestern [i] state [i] of the United States [i], located in the east north central [i] ...
court bars Dr. Jack KevorkianJack Kevorkian Jack Kevorkian, M.D. [i], is a controversial American [i] pathologist [i] ...
from assisting in suicides.
1993 Former prime ministerPrime minister A prime minister is the most senior minister of a cabinet [i] in the executive [i] b ...
of FranceFrance France, officially the French Republic, is a country [i] whose metropolitan territory [i] ...
Pierre Bérégovoy commits suicide.
1998 The wife of ''Saturday Night Live'' comedian Phil Hartman kills him and commits suicide afterwards.
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