Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 4 December 1985

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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There are 3347 births, 3887 deaths, 1122 murders, 492 disasters and 2023 other events about 5697 people in 6344 places until today.

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BirthFactDeath (x) Wednesday 4th of December 1985 39 years ago
56-year-old murderess Gertrude Baniszewski, originally Gertrude Nadine Van Fossan aka Gertrude Wright is released on parole in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. Baniszewski was sentenced to life imprisonment for the sadistic murder of 16-year-old neighbour Sylvia Likens in 1965.