History Hop Tags - Suicide

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Julius Caesar's general Gaius Scribonius Curio is defeated in the Second Battle of the Bagradas River by the Numidians under Publius Attius Varus and King Juba of Numidia. Curio commits suicide to avoid capture.

42

Roman Republican civil wars: Second Battle of Philippi - Brutus's army is decisively defeated by Mark Antony and Octavian. Brutus commits suicide.

30

Battle of Alexandria: Mark Antony achieves a minor victory over Octavian's forces, but most of his army subsequently deserts, leading to his suicide.

68-06-09

Roman Emperor Nero commits suicide, imploring his secretary Epaphroditos to slit his throat to evade a Senate-imposed death by flogging.

69-01-15

Otho seizes power in Rome, proclaiming himself Emperor of Rome, but only rules for three months before committing suicide.

1644-03-19

200 members of Peking imperial family/court commit suicide in loyalty to the Emperor

1703-02-04

In Edo (now Tokyo), 46 of the Forty-Seven Ronin commit seppuku (ritual suicide) as recompense for avenging their master's death.

1765-03-09

After a public campaign by the writer Voltaire, judges in Paris posthumously exonerate Jean Calas of murdering his son. Calas had been tortured and executed in 1762 on the charge, though his son had actually committed suicide.

1854-02-06

Composer R Schumann is saved from suicide attempt into the Rhine

1854-02-27

Composer Robert Schumann saved from suicide attempt in Rhine

1858-01-09

Anson Jones, the last President of the Republic of Texas, commits suicide.

1868-04-13

Abyssinian War ends as British and Indian troops capture Magdala and Ethiopian Emperor commits suicide

1900-08-29

Gaetano Bresci, the assassin of King Umberto I of Italy, is tried and sentenced to life imprisonment; he will commit suicide in jail on 22 May 1901

1911-11-20

The funeral of Paul and Laura (daughter of Karl Marx) Lafargue in Paris is attended by Lenin; the two socialists died in a suicide pact in the belief that their political usefulness was at an end

1932-09-18

Actress Peg Entwistle commits suicide by jumping from the letter "H" in the Hollywood sign.

1943-03-19

Frank Nitti, the Chicago Outfit Boss after Al Capone, commits suicide at the Chicago Central Railyard.

1944-07-26

Japanese suicide attack on US lines in Guam

1944-11-20

1st Japanse suicide submarine attack (Ulithi Atol, Carolines)

1945-04-07

US planes intercept Japanese fleet heading for Okinawa on a suicide superbattleship Yamato & four destroyers were sunk

1945-05-01

About 1,000 citizens of Demmin in Germany, commit suicide provoked by occupation by Soviet Red Army

1945-05-22

NSB-Fuhrer Rost van Tonningen makes failed suicide attempt

1945-05-23

Heinrich Himmler, German Nazi leader & Gestapo leader, commits suicide in prison at 44

1945-09-08

Hideki Tojo, Japanese PM during most of WW II, attempts suicide rather than face war crimes tribunal attempt fails, later he is hanged

1970-11-25

In Japan, author Yukio Mishima and two compatriots commit ritualistic suicide after an unsuccessful coup attempt.

1973-07-15

Ray Davies, announces retirement from Kinks then attempts suicide

1978-03-13

Moluccan "suicide commandos" occupies Province house

1978-10-23

Sid Vicious attempts suicide while at Riker's Detention Center in NYC

1978-11-18

In Jonestown Guyana 918 members of Peoples Temple are murdered/commit suicide under leadership of cult leader Jim Jones

1979-10-27

Voluntary Euthanasia Society publishes how-to-do-it suicide guide

1981-01-19

Muhammad Ali talks a despondent 21 year old out of committing suicide

1981-05-27

John Hinckley attempts suicide by overdosing on Tylenol

1983-04-18

A lone suicide bomber kills 63, at US Embassy in Lebanon

1983-10-23

Suicide terrorist truck bomb kills 243 US personnel in Beirut

1984-09-20

Suicide car bomb attacks US Embassy annex in Beirut, kills 23

1987-02-09

Former national security adviser Robert McFarlane attempts suicide

1987-08-19

Hungerford Massacre: in England, Michael Ryan kills sixteen people with an assault rifle and then commits suicide.

1987-11-27

Young man survives 7 attempts at suicide in Somerset, England

1989-02-07

Tennis superstar Bjorn Borg, apparently attempts suicide in Milan

1989-07-04

14 year old actress Drew Barrymore, attempts suicide

1990-06-04

Dr Jack Kevorkian assisted an Oregon woman to commit suicide, beginning a national debate over the right to die

1990-07-16

Civil trial by parents of Suicide victims against Judas Priest begins

1991-07-25

Pittsburgh Steelers guard Terry Long treated for an apparent suicide attempt after he learned he tested positive for steroid use

1991-10-23

Dr Jack Kevorkian's suicide machine kills 2 women

1991-11-30

Rob Pilatus, 27, of Milli-Vanilli attempts suicide

1993-04-19

After a 51 day siege by the FBI 76 Branch Davidians die in a fire near Waco Texas (accident, suicide, tear gas are disputed causes)

1994-04-06

Palestinian suicide bomber kills 7 Israelis & himself

1994-12-07

Radio personality Howard Stern talks a man out of attempting suicide

1995-11-19

Suicide bomber blasts into Egyptian embassy in Islamabad, kills 16

1996-03-13

Dunblane massacre: in Dunblane, Scotland, 16 children and 1 teacher are shot dead by spree killer Thomas Hamilton who then commits suicide.

1997-06-26

The U.S. Supreme Court upholds doctor-assisted suicide ban

1997-07-30

Terrorist double suicide bombing in Jerusalem, kills 14

1998-01-25

Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) suicide attack on Sri Lanka's Temple of the Tooth, killing 8 people injuring 25 others.

1999-04-20

Columbine High School massacre: Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold kill 13 people and injure 24 others before committing suicide at Columbine High School located in Jefferson County, Colorado.

2000-03-17

The 800+ deaths of members of the Ugandan cult Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God is considered to be a mass murder and suicide orchestrated by leaders of the cult.

2000-10-12

The USS Cole is badly damaged in Aden, Yemen, by two suicide bombers, killing 17 crew members and wounding at least 39

2001-06-01

Dolphinarium massacre: an Hamas suicide bomber kills 21 at a disco in Tel Aviv.

2002-03-27

Passover Massacre: A suicide bomber kills 29 people in Netanya, Israel.

2002-04-12

Palestinian suicide bomber (female) kills 7 and injures 104 (among them 9 Arabs) at the Mahane Yehuda Market in Jerusalem.

2003-03-05

In Haifa, 17 Israeli civilians are killed by a Hamas suicide bomb in the Haifa bus 37 massacre.

2003-08-19

A Hamas planned suicide attack on a bus in Jerusalem kills 23 Israelis, 7 of them children in the Jerusalem bus 2 massacre.

2003-10-04

Maxim restaurant suicide bombing in Haifa, Israel: 21 Israelis, Jews and Arabs, are killed, and 51 others wounded.

2003-11-09

A suicide-terrorist attack in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, kills 17 people.

2003-11-12

Iraq war: In Nasiriya, Iraq, at least 23 people, among them the first Italian casualties of the 2003 Iraq war are killed in a suicide bomb attack on an Italian police base.

2004-08-24

89 passengers die after two airliners explode after flying out of Domodedovo International Airport, near Moscow. The explosions were caused by suicide bombers (reportedly female) from the Russian Republic of Chechnya.

2005-02-28

A suicide bombing at a police recruiting centre in Al Hillah, Iraq kills 127.

2005-03-03

Mayerthorpe Incident: James Roszko murders four Royal Canadian Mounted Police constables during a drug bust at his property in Rochfort Bridge, Alberta, then commits suicide. It is the deadliest peace-time incident for the RCMP since 1885 and the North-West Rebellion.

2005-07-21

Four terrorist bombings, occurring exactly two weeks after the similar July 7 bombings, target London's public transportation system. All four bombs fail to detonate and all four suspected suicide bombers are captured and later convicted and imprisoned for long terms.

2005-11-09

Suicide bombers attacked three hotels in Amman, Jordan, killing at least 60 people.

2006-09-13

At Dawson College (Montreal), Kimveer Gill kills one student and wounds 19 others before committing suicide.

2006-10-02

Five school girls are murdered by Charles Carl Roberts in a shooting at an Amish school in Nickel Mines, Pennsylvania before Roberts commits suicide.

2007-04-16

Virginia Tech massacre: The deadliest mass shooting in modern American history. The gunman, Seung-Hui Cho, kills 32 people and injures 23 others before committing suicide.

2007-10-18

After 8 years in exile, Benazir Bhutto returns to her homeland Pakistan. The same night, suicide attackers blow themselves up near Bhutto's convoy, killing over 100 in the cheering crowd, including 20 police officers. Bhutto escaped uninjured.

2007-12-27

Former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto is assassinated by a suicide bomber.

2008-06-25

Atlantis Plastics shooting, An employee shot and killed five people after an argument, which ended in the gunman's suicide in Henderson, Kentucky.

2009-12-28

43 people die in a suicide bombing in Karachi, Pakistan, where Shia Muslims were observing the Day of Ashura.

2010-01-01

Suicide car bomb detonates at a volleyball tournament in Lakki Marwat, Pakistan, killing 105 and injuring 100

2010-03-29

Two female suicide bombers hit the Moscow Metro system at the peak of the morning rush hour, killing 40.

2011-04-09

A gunman murdered five people, injured eleven, and committed suicide in a mall in the Netherlands.

2012-01-14

Suicide bomber kills 53 and injures 130 in Basra, Iraq

2012-02-25

Al Qaeda suicide bombing kills at least 26 people in Mukalla, Yemen

2012-04-04

Somalia's National Theatre is struck by a suicide bomber killing ten people including the presidents of the Somali Olympic Committee and Football Federation

2012-04-05

77-year old pensioner's suicide outside Greek parliament prompts further protests in Athens

2012-05-21

120 people are killed and 350 injured by a suicide bomb in Sana'a, Yemen

2012-06-03

Suicide car bombing kills 15 and inures 42 people in Bauchi, Nigeria

2012-06-18

15 people are killed and 40 injured in a suicide attack in Baquba, Iraq

2012-07-11

POliciy academy suicide bombing kills 20 in Sana'a, Yemen

2012-07-14

Suicide bomber attacks a wedding reception and kills 22 people and inures 22 in northern Afghanistan

2012-07-18

Syrian suicide bombing kills three high profile government officials, including Syria's Minister of Defence

2012-08-04

45 people are killed by a suicide bombing in Abyan, Yemen

2012-08-05

Gunman opens fire on Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wisconsin killing six people and committing suicide

2012-08-14

46 people are killed and 80 injured after a series of suicide bombings in Afghanistan

2012-09-01

Two suicide bombings kill 12 people and wound 50 in a NATO base in Afghanistan's Sayed Abad district

2012-09-04

25 people are killed at a funeral suicide bombing in Nangarhar, Pakistan

2012-09-08

6 people are killed by a Taliban suicide bombing in Kabul, Afghanistan

2012-09-10

16 people are killed by a suicide bombing n Kunduz, Afghanistan

2012-09-20

14 people are killed in a cafe suicide bominbg in Somalia

2012-10-01

3 NATO soldiers and 16 Afghan police are killed by a suicide bombing in Khost, Afghanistan

2012-10-13

15 people are killed by a market suicide bombing in Darra Adam Khel, Pakistan

2012-10-26

41 people are killed and 50 injured by a suicide bombing of a mosque in Maymana, Afghanistan

2012-11-05

50 Syrian military personnel are killed by a suicide car bomb in Hama

2012-11-10

20 Syrian troops are killed by suicide bombings in Daara

2012-12-22

8 people are killed by a suicide bomber in Peshawar, Pakistan

2012-12-30

19 people are killed by a suicide bomber in Balochistan, Pakistan

2013-01-03

27 Shiite pilgrims are killed and 60 are injured by a suicide bombing in Musayyib, Iraq

2013-01-23

23 people are killed in a mosque suicide bombing in Tuz Khormato, Iraq

2013-01-26

10 people are killed and 20 are injured by a suicide bombing in Kunduz, Afghanistan

2013-01-26

The United States Sentencing Commission is hacked by Anonymous in response to the suicide of Aaron Swartz

2013-02-01

21 people are killed and 30 are wounded by a market suicide bombing in Hangu, Pakistan

2013-02-03

33 people are killed by a suicide bombing by an explosive-packed truck in Kirkuk, Iraq

2013-02-04

22 people are killed and 44 are injured after a suicide bombing in Taji, Iraq

2013-02-14

A suicide bombing kills 4 police officer and injures 5 in Dagestan

2013-03-09

19 people are killed in two suicide bombings in Kabul, Afghanistan

2013-03-13

10 people are killed by a suicide bombing in Kunduz province, Afghanistan

2013-03-24

17 soldiers are killed by a suicide bomber at a military checkpoint in North Waziristan, Pakistan

2013-04-01

9 people are killed by a suicide bombing in Tikrit, Iraq

2013-04-03

46 people are killed and 100 are injured by a court-house suicide bombing in Farah, Afghanistan

2013-04-06

22 people are killed and 60 are injured by a suicide bombing at an election campaign tent in Baquba, Iraq

2013-06-03

20 people, including 10 children, are killed by a suicide bombing in Kabul, Afghanistan

2013-06-18

31 people are killed and 60 are injured by two suicide bombings in al-Qahira, Baghdad

2013-06-18

27 people are killed and 30 are injured by a suicide bomb in Sher Garh, Pakistan

2013-06-21

15 people are killed and 20 are injured after a suicide bomber attacks a mosque in Peshawar, Pakistan

2013-07-19

20 people are killed by a suicide bombing in Diyala, Iraq

2013-08-03

9 children are killed by a suicide bombing in Jalalabad, Afghanistan

2013-08-08

28 people are killed by a suicide bombing in Quetta, Pakistan

2013-08-12

8 people are killed and 25 are injured in a suicide bomb attack in Balad, Iraq

2013-08-22

14 people are killed by a suicide bombing in Western Iraq

2013-08-23

26 people are killed and 55 are injured by a suicide bombing in Baghdad, Iraq

2013-09-22

78 people are killed in a church suicide bombing in Peshawar, Pakistan

2013-10-19

16 people are killed and 30 are wounded by a suicide bombing Beledweyne, Somalia

2013-10-20

30 people are killed by a suicide truck bomber in Hama, Syria

2013-10-20

37 people are killed in a suicide bombing in Baghdad, Iraq

2013-11-06

8 people are killed and 50 are injured by a suicide bombing in Damascus, Syria

2013-11-06

15 people are killed after a suicide bombing in Baghdad, Iraq

2013-11-19

23 people are killed by a suicide bombing attack on the Iranian Embassy in Beirut, Lebanon

2013-12-29

16 people are killed and 40 are wounded by a suicide bomb attack at Volgograd-1 railway station, Russia

2014-01-17

21 people are killed in a suicide bombing in a restaurant in Kabul, Afghanistan

2014-01-30

24 hostages are killed after 6 suicide bombers temporarily take over the Iraqi Ministry of Transportation in Baghdad

2014-10-01

41 children are killed by a suicide bombing on the Akrameh al-Makhzumi school in Homs, Syria

2014-11-23

A suicide bomber kills 40 people at a volleyball tournament in eastern Afghanistan

2015-11-12

Red Cross: At least 37 killed, 180 hurt in southern Beirut suicide bombings

2015-11-21

Cameroon: At least 6 killed in suspected Boko Haram suicide bombings

2015-11-23

Suicide bombing in Nigeria kills 8

2015-11-28

21 killed in Nigeria suicide attack

2016-02-11

Female suicide bombers kill 58 in a Nigerian camp meant to be a safe haven

2016-02-29

Suicide bombings kill 40 in eastern Iraq, eight west of Baghdad

2016-03-26

Iraq violence: 'IS suicide attack' kills 29 in football match

2016-03-28

Taliban faction says carried out suicide bomb attack on Pakistan park, says Christians were target

2016-05-25

Ten killed in suicide attack near Afghan capital

2017-01-03

Islamic State suicide bomber kills 36 in Baghdad market

2017-01-08

Suicide Bombing in Baghdad Kills at Least 36

2017-02-22

British suicide bomber dies in attack on Iraqi forces in Mosul

2017-04-17

More Than 100 Die In Suicide Attack On Syrian Evacuees

2017-12-17

Suicide bombers attack church in Pakistan, killing 5

2017-12-25

Suicide bomber kills 6 in Afghan capital

2018-01-15

Double suicide bombing in Baghdad kills at least 16 people

2018-04-30

25 killed, including 7 journalists, in Kabul suicide bombing

2018-05-13

11 dead, 41 hurt as suicide bombers hit Indonesian churches

1858-10-28

John Mason, Moral Suicide

1861-12-05

James Thornton, My Sweet Suicide

1875-12-05

Torborg Schønberg, Suicide Mission

1889-02-21

Ormi Hawley, Race Suicide

1889-04-22

Richard Glücks, German SS officer and concentration camp administrator (d. 1945, by suicide)

1890-02-15

Robert Ley, Nazi politician. Committed suicide 1945.

1905-06-13

Éliane de Creus, J'ai l'noir ou Le suicide de Dranem

1908-01-25

Shizue Kawarazaki, Double Suicide

1918-02-12

Norman Farberow, Suicide: A Teenage Dilemma

1921-07-31

Takashi Sue, Double Suicide

1923-03-05

Sumiko Hidaka, Double Suicide

1924-08-25

Yasuzô Masumura, Double Suicide of Sonezaki

1924-9-02

Knud Leif Thomsen, School for Suicide

1925-01-15

Theodor Michael, Suicide

1926-02-08

Neal Cassady, The Last Time I Committed Suicide

1926-08-06

Jay Della, Suicide Kings

1927-08-11

Jørgen Ryg, School for Suicide

1930-07-10

Ippei Souda, Suicide Bus

1930-11-29

Yûsuke Takita, Double Suicide

1931-03-09

Masahiro Shinoda, Double Suicide

1931-04-02

Howard Engel, The Suicide Murders

1931-9-01

Jewell Lain, Suicide Battalion

1932-12-05

Ludwig Minelli, The Suicide Tourist

1933-07-25

David Madden, The Suicide's Wife

1935-07-28

Taeko Tomioka, Double Suicide

1936-08-18

Daisy Lumini, Suicide Commandos

1937-11-21

Tina Nørløv, School for Suicide

1938-12-27

Stanislav Stanojevic, Diary of a Suicide

1940-03-15

Jill Donohue, The Suicide Attempt

1941-01-03

Shima Iwashita, actress (Red Lion, Hara-Kiri, Double Suicide)

1942-9-14

Oliver Lake, For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow Is Enuf

1948-01-02

Kazimierz Bendkowski, Suicide Club

1948-02-02

Tony DeMeur, rocker (Fabulous Poodles-Anna Rexia, Suicide Bridge)

1948-12-25

Bernard Alane, The Suicide Shop

1949-04-20

John Ostrander, Suicide Squad

1950-08-02

Sue Rodriguez, Canadian assisted suicide advocate (d. 1994)

1951-08-17

Robert Joy, Montreal Quebec, actor (Big Shots, Suicide Club)

1952-01-11

Sullivan Brown, The Suicide Club

1953-02-26

Jean Teulé, The Suicide Shop

1953-07-30

Tobi Wurth, Suicide Kings

1954-05-14

Tom Pöysti, A Charming Mass Suicide

1954-11-26

Prabhakaran, Suicide Killers

1954-12-24

Gino Greco, Killer Sex and Suicide Blondes

1954-12-25

Elzbieta Golinska, Suicide Room

1957-07-19

Tomoki Hasegawa, Suicide Club

1958-01-23

Eric Métayer, The Suicide Shop

1959-01-03

Dankan, Suicide Bus

1960-03-18

Dorota Roqueplo, Suicide Room

1960-11-19

Matt Sorum, US pop drummer (Guns n' Roses, Like a Suicide) [or Nov 2]

1961-01-08

Zenon Kruszelnicki, Invitation to a Suicide

1961-06-02

Kathleen Laychak, Suicide Kings

1961-11-07

Billy Monaghan, The Suicide Club

1961-9-20

Krzysztof Dracz, Suicide Room

1962-06-21

Ewelina Paszke, Suicide Room

1962-11-25

Brian Tubbert, Suicide Regimen

1963-02-27

Nasty Suicide, Hanoi Rocks in Concert

1963-03-10

Yumi Kusaka, The Kôsuke Kindaichi Series 6: The Perfume and Suicide

1963-06-30

Nathan Dana Aldrich, Suicide Kings

1963-10-15

Danuta Borsuk, Suicide Room

1963-9-06

Rolly, Suicide Club

1964-05-03

Raoul W. Heimrich, Suicide

1966-10-04

Sasko Nasev, Suicide Guide

1968-03-03

Tomasz Kitrasiewicz, Suicide Room

1970-08-02

Christopher Papastefanou, How to Stop a Man from Committing Suicide

1971-02-18

Naoko Tsuchiya, Suicide Club

1971-04-11

Martin Saumer, Suicide Club

1972-01-23

Mats Karsvall, Backyard Suicide

1972-05-15

Eduardo Carrillo, Suicide Blonde

1972-11-21

Leo Allen, Suicide

1973-01-02

Tamao Satô, Suicide Club

1973-05-08

Oriah Miller, Love & Suicide

1974-01-22

Takashi Mitsuhashi, Suicide Bus

1974-02-05

Midori Shin'e, Suicide Club

1975-10-30

Ian D'Sa, Suicide Room

1976-02-13

Mr. Niko, The Suicide Shop

1976-03-02

Piotr Nowak, Suicide Room

1976-03-18

Andrew Baird, The Suicide Club

1976-04-22

Olaf Saumer, Suicide Club

1976-05-25

Kate Murphy, Suicide Kings

1977-01-29

Mai Hosho, Suicide Club

1977-06-05

Nanako Ôkôchi, Suicide Bus

1977-06-12

Larry Teng, Suicide Squad

1977-10-07

Mathieu Süsstrunk, Suicide Club

1977-9-16

Tom Slot, Suicide Kids

1978-01-06

Pawel Ferens, Suicide Room

1978-03-14

Magdalena Smalara, Suicide Room

1978-07-30

Dominika Tomczyk, Suicide Room

1978-11-17

Blazej Kafarski, Suicide Room

1978-12-20

Michal Piss, Suicide Room

1979-01-18

Anthony Vlastas, Suicide Squad

1979-9-03

Masato Tsujioka, Suicide Club

1979-9-05

Agata Harrison, It's a Perfect Night for Suicide

1980-03-03

Julia Popkiewicz, Suicide Room

1980-10-09

Filip Bobek, Suicide Room

1980-11-06

Bartosz Porczyk, Suicide Room

1981-01-06

Sandra Isabel Carrasco, Suicide Notes

1981-01-29

Roma Gasiorowska, Suicide Room

1981-02-10

Dominika Markuszewska, Suicide Room

1981-03-29

Jeppe Toubro, The Suicide Experts

1981-05-19

Michal Rolnicki, Suicide Room

1981-06-09

Ernest Dancy, Actor Commits Suicide on Youtube

1981-08-21

Anna Ilczuk, Suicide Room

1981-10-28

Jan Komasa, Suicide Room

1981-9-01

Chisato Morishita, The Suicide Manual

1982-01-08

Hiromi Eguchi, Suicide Club

1982-03-31

Amina Munster, Suicide Girls Must Die!

1982-07-24

Sayako Hagiwara, Suicide Club

1982-12-31

Joshua, Suicide Club

1983-01-18

Hajime Matsumoto, Suicide Club

1983-12-12

Leon Cain, The Suicide Theory

1983-12-16

Mika Kikuchi, Suicide Club

1984-04-14

Suzunosuke, Suicide Club

1984-04-22

Quinne Suicide, Suicide Girls Must Die!

1984-07-10

Kei Tanaka, Suicide Club

1984-12-23

Maciej Nawrocki, Suicide Room

1984-9-09

Jason Neisewander, Suicide Squad

1984-9-23

Kyle Ringgenberg, The Quantum Suicide of Sophie Miller

1985-11-15

Paulina Chapko, Suicide Room

1986-04-27

Karolina Kominek-Skuratowicz, Suicide Room

1987-08-11

Seth McLaughlin, Suicide Is Painless

1988-03-20

Jakub Gierszal, Suicide Room

1988-04-25

Bartosz Gelner, Suicide Room

1988-10-19

Aleksandra Hamkalo, Suicide Room

1988-12-05

Chika Kumagai, Suicide Club

1988-12-07

Amanda Ramsaran, Suicide Squad

1989-01-18

Olof Nyman, How to Stop a Man from Committing Suicide

1989-02-21

Dexter Howe, Suicide Squad

1991-08-26

Aleksandra Radwanska, Suicide Room

1996-11-27

Amanda Todd, My Story: Struggling, Bullying, Suicide, Self Harm

1996-9-25

J Purkaple, I Am Suicide

1998-06-12

David Burns, The Suicide Helpline

2004-9-20

Eun-Chan Oh, The Suicide Forecast

30

Mark Antony, Roman Politician and General, commits suicide after he is defeated by Octavian at the Battle of Actium at 53

30

Cleopatra VII Philopator, the last ruler of the Egyptian Ptolemaic dynasty, commits suicide allegedly by inducing an asp (Egyptian cobra) to bite her

9-09-15

Publius Quinctilius Varus, Roman viceroy of Syria, suicide at 59

68-06-09

Claudius Nero, Roman emperor (54-68), commits suicide at 31

238-04-12

Gordian I, Roman Emperor, suicide, after losing battle at Carthage and death of son Gordian I

394-09-08

Arbogast, French general, commits suicide

1242-02-12

Hendrik VII, Roman Catholics German king (1220-35), commits suicide

1514-12-04

Richard Hunne, English "heretic", commits suicide(?)

1553-02-25

Hirate Masahide, Japanese diplomat and tutor of Oda Nobunaga (suicide) (b. 1492)

1618-09-28

Gilles van Ledenberg, sec of Utrecht States (1588-1618), suicide at 68

1630-09-11

John de White, calvinist/banker to Prague, commits suicide

1644-03-19

Chongzhen, last Ming Emperor of China, commits suicide

1673-08-17

Regnier de Graaf, Dutch physician and anatomist, dies of possible suicide at 32 (b. 1641)

1768-07-04

Willem van Hairs, Fries nobleman/poet (Suicide), dies at 58

1791-02-16

Richard earl d'Alton, Austria general of S Neth, commits suicide at 58

1794-03-28

Marquis de Condorcet, French enlightenment philosopher, is murdered or commits suicide in prison at 50

1809-10-11

Meriwether Lewis, (Lewis & Clark Expedition), commits suicide at 35

1819-12-09

Ann C Coleman, fiancee of pres Buchanan, commits suicide

1822-08-12

Robert Stewart, 2nd marguess of Londonderry, commits suicide, dies

1830-08-27

Louis H J Condé, French prince, commits suicide at 74

1831-02-05

John CJ van Speijk, commits suicide at 29

1849-01-26

Thomas Lovell Beddoes, English poet (Death's Jest-Book), suicide at 45

1858-01-09

Anson Jones, 5th and last President of Texas (suicide) (b. 1798)

1861-12-26

Philip St George Cocke, Confederate brig-gen, commits suicide at 52

1865-06-15

Edmun Ruffin, US secessionist/writer, commits suicide

1866-07-20

Faa di Bruno, Italian captain (Er d'italia, Lissa), commits suicide

1868-01-28

Adalbert Stifter, Austrian author (Witiko), commits suicide at 62

1868-04-13

Tewodros II / Theodorus II, Emperor of Ethiopia (b. 1818) commits suicide

1881-03-15

Emory Upton, US Union gen-maj (Selma), commits suicide at 42

1886-11-08

Frederick J "Fred" Archer, English jockey, commits suicide at 29

1893-07-09

William Scotton, cricketer (wicket in 15 Tests for Eng), suicide

1902-11-22

Friedrich A Krupp, cannon manufacturer, commits suicide

1904-06-03

Vincent Tancred, cricket (Bernard & Louis bro, Test for S A), suicide

1914-07-30

Albert Trott, cricketer (3 Tests for Aus, 2 for Eng), commits suicide

1914-08-30

Aleksandr Samsonov, Russian general, commits suicide

1915-04-03

Andrew Stoddart, cricketer (England capt at turn of century), suicide

1917-11-13

Emile Durkheim, French sociologist (Le suicide), dies

1919-01-12

John Mason, Moral Suicide

1919-07-15

Hermann Emil Fischer, German chemist and Nobel Prize laureate, commits suicide at 66

1927-05-18

Andrew Kehoe, American mass murderer commits suicide (b. 1872)

1927-11-17

Adolf A Joffe, Russian author/diplomat, commits suicide at 44

1930-09-10

G A Faulkner, cricketer (S Afr googly all-rounder), commits suicide

1932-03-11

Dora Carrington, British Bloomsbury artist commits suicide aged 38

1932-03-12

Ivar Kreuger, "Swedish Match King" industrialist, commits suicide

1932-04-27

Harold "Heart" Crane, US poet (Bridge), commits suicide at 32

1937-03-19

Horacio Quiroga, Uruguayan author/poet, commits suicide at 58

1937-03-26

Albert Relf, cricketer (13 Tests for England 1903-14), commits suicide

1938-07-27

James Thornton, My Sweet Suicide

1939-01-23

Matthias Sindelar, Austria soccer star, commits suicide

1939-06-09

Owen Moore, actor (She Done Him Wrong), commits suicide at 52

1939-12-20

Hans Langsdorff, German capt (Graaf Spee), commits suicide

1940-05-14

Menno ter Braak, Dutch writer (Forum, New Elite), suicide at 38

1940-05-15

Willem A Bonger, Dutch criminologist (Race & Crime), suicide at 63

1940-07-20

Y G Van de Peat, Dutch director of employment, commits suicide

1940-08-03

Willard Hershberger, catcher (Cin Reds), commits suicide

1941-01-29

Ioannis Metaxas, Greek gen/dictator (1936-41), commits suicide at 69

1941-02-11

Rudolf Hilferding, Germ economist/Min of Finance (SPD), suicide at 63

1941-03-28

Virginia Woolf-Stephen [Adeline], author (To Lighthouse), dies from suicide at 59

1941-04-03

Pal Teleki-von Szek, PM Hungary (1920-21, 39-41), suicide at 61

1941-04-18

... Korysis, PM of Greece, commits suicide

1941-11-17

Earnest Udet, German general/head air pioneer, commits suicide

1942-06-03

Ormi Hawley, Race Suicide

1942-07-23

Adam Czerniakow, Polish engineer (suicide) (b. 1880)

1943-05-09

Enrique González Tuñón, Tomorrow I'll Commit Suicide

1943-06-26

Fritz Schmidt, Nazi commissioner in Holland, commits suicide at 39

1943-08-18

Hans Jeschonnek, German air force general/chief-staff, commits suicide

1944-05-19

Godfrey Wilson, British Anthropologist of social change and colonial problems in Africa, commits suicide as a conscientious objector in WW II

1944-07-21

Henning von Tresckow, Gen-Maj, "July 20th plotter", commits suicide

1944-08-19

Gunther von Kluge, German field marshal, commits suicide, dies at 62

1944-08-31

Killinger, German ambassador to Romania, commits suicide

1944-10-14

Erwin Rommel, German Field Marshal (WW II-Africa), suicide at 52

1944-11-20

Sekio Nishina, Japanese inventor (kaiten-suicide submarine), dies at 21

1945-03-16

Pierre Drieu la Rochelle, French writer/poet, commits suicide at 52

1945-04-17

Walter Model, German fieldmarshal, commits suicide at 54

1945-04-30

Adolf Hitler, German Dictator (1936-45), commits suicide at 56

1945-04-30

Eva Braun, mistress/wife of Hitler, commits suicide at 33

1945-05-01

Paul Joseph Goebbels, German Nazi Minister of Propoganda, commits suicide aged 47 with his wife and arranges the death of his 6 children aged

1945-05-02

Martin Bormann, German Nazi Officer, Personal Secretary to Hitler, commits suicide aged 44 (remains identified 1972)

1945-05-02

Ludwig Stumpfegger, German SS doctor and Hitler's personal surgeon commits suicide at 34

1945-06-06

Meinoud M Rost van Tonningen, anti semite/NSB (1937-41), suicide

1945-06-23

Lt Gen Ushijima, Japanese commander, commits suicide at Okinawa

1945-09-20

Eduard Wirths, Nazi physician at Auschwitz, commits suicide at 36

1945-10-24

Robert Ley, German nazi, commits suicide

1945-12-13

Robert van Genechten, Dutch Nazi (NSB), commits suicide

1948-03-10

Jan Masaryk, Czech Foreign minister, commits suicide or is murdered

1954-01-31

Edwin H Armstrong, US radio inventor (FM), commits suicide at 63

1954-06-07

Alan M Turing, British mathematician (Turing), commits suicide at 41

1954-08-24

Getulio D Vargas, President and dictator of Brazil: 1930-45, 51-54, suicide at 71

1954-09-24

Edward Pilgrim, British suicide hastened by bureaucracy (b. 1904)

1956-05-13

Aleksandr A Fadejev, Russ author (Young Guard), commits suicide at 54

1959-03-27

Grant Withers, actor (Oklahoma Annie), suicide with sleeping pills at 54

1959-05-08

Renato Caccioppoli, Italian mathematician/pianist, suicide at 55

1959-06-16

George Reeves, actor (Superman, Gone with the Wind), commits suicide by shooting himself in the head at 45

1959-06-24

Lou Bandy, Dutch revue-artist (Life Ain't Bad), commits suicide at 69

1960-11-19

Phyllis Haver, actress (Don Juan), commits suicide at 61

1961-07-02

Ernest Hemingway, American author and Nobel laureate, dies from suicide at 61

1962-04-15

Clara Blandick, committed suicide at 80

1963-01-08

Kay Sage, American artist and poet commits suicide aged 64

1963-02-11

Sylvia Plath, American poet/novelist (Ariel), commits suicide at 30

1965-08-06

Everett Sloane, dies of apparent suicide with bartiturates at 55

1966-01-10

George Cresswell, cricketer (Took 13 wkts in 3 Tests for NZ), suicide

1967-02-03

Joe Meek, rocker (Tornados)/producer (Telstar), commits suicide

1967-09-14

Mohammed Abdul Hakim Amer, Egyptian vice-PM, commits suicide at 47

1968-01-09

Kokichi Tsuburaya, Jap marathoner (Oly-bronze-1964), commits suicide

1968-08-21

Vladimir Boudnik, Czech sculptor, commits suicide at about 45

1970-04-30

Inger Stevens, actress (Katy-Farmer's Daughter), commits suicide at 35

1970-08-10

Bernd-Alois Zimmermann, Germ composer (Requiem), commits suicide at 52

1971-07-28

Diane Arbus, [Nemerov], photographer (Vogue), commits suicide at 48

1971-09-10

Bella Darvi, actress (Racers), commits suicide at 42

1971-12-12

Frank Wolff, actor (Erotic Illusion, Last Gun), commits suicide at 43

1971-12-31

Peter Deuel, actor (Gidget, Love on a Rooftop), commits suicide at 31

1972-09-27

Rory Storm, lead singer (Rory Storm & Hurricane), commits suicide

1973-08-17

Paul Williams, rocker (Temptations), commits suicide at 32

1974-07-14

Henri Smajda, Tunis/French publisher (Combat), commits suicide at 77

1975-04-23

Pete Ham, rocker (Badfinger), commits suicide by hanging himself at 27

1976-04-09

Phil Ochs, singer (Draft Dodger Rag), commits suicide at 35

1977-01-03

Avraham Ofer, Israeli minister of housing, commits suicide

1978-03-30

Harold Gimblett, cricketer (Batted in 3 Tests for England), suicide

1978-10-19

Gig Young, American actor, kills his bride of 3 weeks and commits suicide at 64

1978-11-18

Jim Jones, US pastor, leader of Jonestown Cult, commits suicide at 47

1978-11-18

Leo J Ryan, (Rep-Cal) & 4 killed in Jonestown, Guyana by members of Peoples Temple, followed by ritual mass suicide of 914 members

1979-01-13

Donny Hathaway, Chicago Ill, rocker (Ghetto), commits suicide at 33

1979-02-02

Jim Burke, cricketer (Australian opener), commits suicide

1979-09-08

Jean Seberg, actress (Breathless, Airport), commits suicide at 40

1980-01-03

Axel Springer Jr, German photographer, commits suicide at 38

1980-05-18

Ian Curtis, English rock vocalist (Joy Division), commits suicide at 23

1980-11-16

Imogen Hassall, Countess of Cleavage (Carry on Lovng), suicide at 37

1981-12-18

Mehmet Shehu, PM Albania (1954-81)/"US-Russ spy", commits suicide

1982-02-05

Neil Aggett, South African worker's union leader, commits suicide

1982-04-07

Brenda Benet, actress (Track of Thunder), commits suicide by gun at 36

1982-04-15

Louis M de Guiringaud, Fren forgn min (1976-78), commits suicide at 70

1982-07-04

Sylvestre A Guzman Fernandez, pres Dominican Rep, commits suicide

1982-08-25

John AM "Hans" van Tongeren, actor (Hunk), commits suicide at 27

1983-02-02

Roy Horb, Suriname sergeant/putschist, commits suicide

1983-03-01

Arthur Koestler, Hung/Brit writer ("Darkness at Noon"), commits suicide at 77

1983-04-22

Walter Slezak, actor (Bedtime For Bonzo), commits suicide in NY at 80

1984-03-21

Shauna Grant, American actress (suicide) (b. 1963)

1985-03-23

Singing Nun, commits suicide in Belgium at 52

1985-12-23

James Vance (20) & Raymond Belknap (18), commit suicide, sparking their families to sue rock group Judas Priest for subliminal messages

1986-03-04

Richard Manuel, rock vocalist/pianist (Band), commits suicide at 42

1986-11-23

Yasuzô Masumura, Double Suicide of Sonezaki

1987-06-08

Yogi Horton, drummer (Luther Vandross), commits suicide at 33

1987-06-26

Glen Hall, cricketer (Test for South Africa 1965), commits suicide

1987-08-17

Rudolph Hess, Nazi (46 years in Spandau Prison), commits suicide at 93

1987-09-23

Louis Kentner, Suicide Squadron

1987-11-11

Nico Slothouwer, poet (Liefdesstratenplan), commits suicide at 30

1988-01-29

Bantcho Bantchevsky, US opera singer, commits suicide

1988-06-07

Joe Partridge, cricketer (S Afr pace bowler 1963-65), commits suicide

1988-07-09

Anthony Holland, AIDS sufferer committed suicide at 60

1989-09-17

Jay Stewart, annoucer on Lets Make a Deal, commits suicide

1990-02-08

Del Shannon, American entertainer (suicide) (b. 1934)

1990-03-13

Bruno Bettelhelm, Austrian/US psychoanalyst, commits suicide at 86

1990-03-17

Capucine, French actress and fashion model (The Pink Panther), dies of suicide at 62

1990-07-05

Mitch Snyder, homeless advocate, commits suicide by hanging at 46

1990-10-12

Leif Larsen, Suicide Mission

1991-01-04

Harry Krimer, actor (Napoleon), committed suicide at 94

1991-05-04

Dennis Crosby, son of Bing, commits suicide at 54

1991-05-14

Jiang Qing, widow of Chinese leader Mao Zedong, commits suicide

1991-06-08

Mary Bacon, jockey, dying of cancer, commits suicide by gun at 43

1991-08-22

Boris Pugo, USSR minister of Interior (1990), commits suicide

1991-08-25

Sergei Ajromeiev, soviet general, commits suicide

1991-10-11

Steven Jesse Bernstein, American underground poet (suicide) (b. 1950)

1991-11-17

Kelly Jean Van Dyke-Nance, (Jerry Van Dyke's daughter), suicide at 33

1992-09-14

David Jones, actor, commits suicide (had terminal cancer) at 76

1992-10-01

Bruce Vorhauer, inventor (Today contraceptive sponge), suicide at 50

1993-01-16

Sathasivam Krishnakumar, Sri Lanka commander, commits suicide

1993-02-26

Fletcher Knebel, author (7 Days in May), commits suicide at 81

1993-03-19

Jeff Ward, drummer (9 Inch Nails), commits suicide at 30

1993-04-19

David Koresh, [Vernon Howell], cult leader (Davidians), suicide

1993-05-14

Patrick Haemers, Belgian criminal, commits suicide at 40

1993-06-04

June Smaney, actress (Sainted Sister), dies of apparent suicide at 71

1993-07-09

Will Rogers Jr, (Rep-D)/actor (Boy from Okla), commits suicide at 81

1993-07-20

Vince Foster, American lawyer and Deputy White House Counsel commits suicide aged 48

1993-08-19

Daisy Lumini, Suicide Commandos

1993-10-31

Adriaan Venema, Dutch journalist/art dealer, commits suicide at 52

1993-12-31

Zviad Gamsachurdia, pres of Georgia SSR (1991-1993), suicide at 54

1994-01-08

Lady Caithness, wife of Brit undersecretary, commits suicide

1994-02-12

Sue Rodriguez, Canadian assisted suicide advocate (b. 1950)

1994-04-05

Kurt Cobain, grunge rocker (Nirvana), commits suicide by gun at 27 in Seattle, Washington

1994-04-07

Francois de Grossouvre, Pres Mitterrand advisor, suicide at 76

1994-05-08

Steven Keats, actor (Death Wish), dies of apparent suicide at 48

1994-05-11

Lewis B Puller, US writer (Pulitzer 1992), commits suicide at 48

1994-05-19

Luis Ocana, Span cyclist (Tour de France 1973), commits suicide at 48

1994-07-14

Patrick Crommelynck, Belgian pianist, commits suicide

1994-07-14

Taeko Kuwata, Japanese/Belgian pianist, commits suicide

1994-07-27

Kevin Carter, a South African photojournalist and Pulitzer Prize winner & member of the Bang-Bang Club, suicide at 33

1994-10-04

Danny Gatton, US guitarist, commits suicide at 48

1994-11-23

Tommy Boyce, US songwriter (Be My Guest), commits suicide at 55

1994-11-28

Ronald "Buster" Edwards, Great Train Robber, commits suicide at 62

1995-01-01

Frederick West, Engl contractor/serial killer, commits suicide at 53

1995-02-22

Ed Flanders, actor (Dr Westphall-St Elsewhere), commits suicide at 60

1995-03-07

Jacques Lefebvre, Belgian air force gen, commits suicide at 64

1995-04-16

Cheyenne Brando, daughter of Marlon, commits suicide

1995-04-20

Sunil Jayasinghe, Sri Lankan wicketkeeper (1979 World Cup), suicide

1995-07-16

Mordechai Gur, Israeli general, commits suicide at 65

1996-05-16

Mike Jeremy Boorda, Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) commits suicide at 57

1996-06-01

Ray Combs, TV host (Family Feud), commits suicide at 40

1996-06-30

Margaux Hemingway, model/actress (Lipstick), commits suicide at 41

1996-10-29

James Leo Herlihy, author (Midnight Cowboy), commits suicide at 66

1996-12-09

Faron Young, country singer, commits suicide at 64

1996-12-10

Faron Young, country singer/actor (Hidden Guns), commits suicide at 34

1997-03-14

John Curtis Jr, pres/CEO (Luby's Cafe), commits suicide at 58

1997-04-02

Éliane de Creus, J'ai l'noir ou Le suicide de Dranem

1997-04-11

Michael Dorris, writer, commits suicide at 52

1997-06-05

J Anthony Lukas, writer (Pulitizer, Common Ground), suicide at 64

1997-06-24

Brian Keith, actor (Family Affair), commits suicide at 75

1997-07-23

Andrew Cunanan, serial killer (Gianni Versage), commits suicide

1997-11-22

Michael Hutchence, Australian rocker (INXS), commits suicide at 37

1997-12-22

Juzo Itami, Japanese director, commits suicide at 64

1998-02-18

Robert Merrill, songwriter (Funny Girl), commits suicide at 76

1998-02-22

Sandy Hume, correspondent (Fox News), commits suicide at 28

1998-09-29

Jared High, victim of bullying and suicide (b. 1985)

2002-01-01

Shizue Kawarazaki, Double Suicide

2002-08-01

Sumiko Hidaka, Double Suicide

2003-10-14

Knud Leif Thomsen, School for Suicide

2004-01-19

Harry E. Claiborne, American judge (suicide) (b. 1917)

2005-01-28

Karen Lancaume, French actress (suicide) (b. 1973)

2007-03-21

Kevin Whitrick, first British man to commit suicide on a live chatroom (b. 1964)

2008-05-24

Joshua, Suicide Club

2008-11-06

Jay Della, Suicide Kings

2009-05-18

Prabhakaran, Suicide Killers

2012-01-31

mike Kelley, American artist, commits suicide at 57

2012-02-01

Don Cornelius, American television host, commits suicide by gunshot at 75

2012-02-10

Ippei Souda, Suicide Bus

2012-05-02

Junior Seau, NFL inside linebacker, commits suicide at 43

2012-06-07

Bob Welch, American musician, commits suicide by gunshot at 66

2012-08-19

Tony Scott, American director, commits suicide at 68

2012-10-10

Amanda Todd, My Story: Struggling, Bullying, Suicide, Self Harm

2012-12-01

Jovan Belcher, American football linebacker, commits suicide by gunshot at 25

2013-01-11

Aaron H. Swartz, American computer programmer, dies from an apparent suicide at 26

2013-02-17

Mindy McCready, American country singer, commits suicide by gunshot at 37

2013-05-16

Dick Trickle, American race car driver, commits suicide by gunshot at 71

2014-08-11

Robin Williams, American actor and comedian (Mork & Mindy, Good Will Hunting), commits suspected suicide at 63

2015-09-10

Norman Farberow, Suicide: A Teenage Dilemma

2016-02-04

Dave Mirra, BMX Rider, Dies at 41 of Apparent Suicide

2016-03-11

British music star Keith Emerson dies aged 71 from reported suicide

2016-07-17

Suicide frontman and electronic music pioneer Alan Vega dies, aged 78

2017-04-12

MTV star Clay Adler dead at 27 from apparent suicide

2017-04-28

Former Disney star Michael Mantenuto has died aged 35 in suicide

2017-11-04

'Veronica Mars' actor Brad Bufanda dead by suicide at 34

2018-01-31

Former 'Glee' star Mark Salling dies of apparent suicide at 35

2018-02-02

Fidel Castro's eldest son Fidel Castro Diaz-Balart dies of an apparent suicide at age 68

2018-06-06

Fashion designer Kate Spade dies aged 55 in apparent suicide