Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 15 July 1974

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With the execution of Claude Buffet, seven minutes after Bontems, these were the last executions in Paris.
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BirthFactDeath (-) Monday 15th of July 1974 50 years ago She Kept Channel 40's Policy of Bringing Blood and Guts
News reporter Christine Chubbuck commits suicide by a shot through the head at the age of 30 in WXLT-TV, Sarasota, Florida, United States. Chubbuck was doing a live newscast during her Suncoast Digest show and said "In keeping with Channel 40's policy of bringing you the latest in blood and guts, and in living color, you are going to see another first: an attempted suicide" and shot herself behind the left ear. Chubbuck was taken to Sarasota Memorial Hospital where she was pronounced dead fourteen hours later.