Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 30 January 1948

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)

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BirthFactDeath (-) Friday 30th of January 1948 77 years ago
Aviation pioneer Orville Wright dies of a heart attack at the age of 77 in Dayton, Ohio, United States.