Seress actually survived jumping out of his window, but later in the hospital choked himself to death with a wire. His song 'Szomorú Vasárnap (Gloomy Sunday)' sparked a worldwide wave of suicides in 1933. (11 January 1968)
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Tuesday 10th of June 1980 (x) — Mathematician and serial bomber Theodore Kaczynski mails a bomb to United Airlines president Percy Wood. Wood suffered cuts and burns over most of his body and face.
Friday 8th of April 1983 (-) — Victim of Larry Eyler aka The Leather Boy Killer Gustavo Herrera is beaten and stabbed to death by Larry Eyler aka The Leather Boy Killer. In the course of the fight Eyler’s hand is badly cut between the thumb and forefinger.