Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 26 May 1886

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-) Calendar

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.
(15 July 1974)

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar 1991

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BirthFactDeath (+) Wednesday 26th of May 1886 140 years, 10 months and 22 days ago
Singer, actor and comedian Al Jolson aka The World's Greatest Entertainer is born as Asa Yoelson in Srednik, Lithuania, Russia.