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Christine Chubbuck [a] (August 24, 1944 – July 15, 1974) was an American television news reporter who worked for stations WTOG and WXLT-TV in Sarasota, Florida.. The first person to die by suicide on a live television broadcast, Chubbuck shot herself in the head with a gun on July 15, 1974 during WXLT-TV's Suncoast Digest, after claiming that the network was about to present "an exclusive ...
Robert Opel (né Oppel; October 23, 1939 – July 7, 1979) was an American photographer and art gallery owner most famous for streaking during the 46th Academy Awards in 1974. Biography [ edit ]
January 6 – Dewey Mayhew, American football coach (b. 1898) January 10 – Charles G. Bond, U.S. House of Representatives from New York (b. 1877) January 12 – Jack Jacobs, American-born National Football League and Canadian Football League player (b. 1919) January 15 – Harold D. Cooley, U.S. House of Representatives from North Carolina (b ...
Visitors from all over the world come to see the Stanford Memorial Church without a clue of what happened here in 1974. Even people who graduated in the 70s have never heard of the murder.
A. Théodore Abada; Giustina Abbà; Mahyaddin Abbasov; Bud Abbott; Edmund Abbott; William Abbott (Newfoundland politician) Husein Hasanally Abdoolcader; Abdul Alim (folk singer)
Died: Leo Goossen, 82, American mechanical engineer and automobile designer, died after a stroke. [52] Lee Kinsolving, 36, American actor, died of a respiratory illness. [53] Henry Francke Jr., 17, a linebacker on the Riverhead High School football team on Long Island, died eight weeks after breaking his neck during an intrasquad scrimmage. [54]
John is joined onstage at Madison Square Garden by his surprise guest, John Lennon, in November 1974. The show would be Lennon's final live concert performance before his tragic death six years later.
Died: Harry Hartz, 77, American auto mechanic and racing driver who finished in second place in the Indianapolis 500 three times, later inducted into the Auto Racing Hall of Fame [306] [307] [308] September 27 , 1974 (Friday)