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1. Thursday 22nd of January 1987 (-) — Treasurer of Pennsylvania Budd Dwyer commits suicide by a shot in his mouth
   Dwyer killed himself in front of the gathered reporters at a press conference with a .357 caliber revolver. Dwyer's suicide was subsequently broadcast to a wide television audience across the state of Pennsylvania. He was about to being sentenced for taking a $300,000 kickback.