The Famous Vietnam Burning Monk

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June 11, 1963, Thich Quang Duc, a Buddhist monk from Vietnam, burned himself to death at a busy intersection in downtown Saigon to bring attention to the repressive policies of the Catholic Diem regime that controlled the South Vietnamese government at the time. Buddhist monks asked the regime to lift its ban on flying the traditional Buddhist flag, to grant Buddhism the same rights as Catholicism, to stop detaining Buddhists and to give Buddhist monks and nuns the right to practice and spread their religion.

While burning Thich Quang Duc never moved a muscle!

14 Years Old Palestinian Suicide Bomber Caught By Israeli Police

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Things you Haven't seen from the Checkpoints as seen on Israeli TV - the commercial channel 2. Hussam Abdo, a 14 year old Palestinian boy. a suicide bomber, getting caught at the Shchem (Nablus, Hawara) checkpoint.

Suicide Video Of American Politician Budd Dwyer

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On January 22, 1987 R. Budd Dwyer the State Treasurer of Pennsylvania held a press conference the day before he was to be sentenced for his conviction on charges of conspiracy, mail fraud and racketeering. After a rambling speech he pulled a .357 Magnum revolver from a manila envelope, put the gun in his mouth and pulled the trigger. With camera’s flashing and video rolling Dwyer ended his life with one bullet. The video made from the TV broadcast soon spread and became a legend. Even without the Internet, millions saw the suicide on either private tapes passed from person to person or "Faces Of Death" type commercial videos. Micheal Moore even included the clip in his movie against gun violence, Bowling for Columbine. The band Filter, one of many groups who paid tribute to Dwyer, wrote a hit song called, "Hey Man, Nice Shot"