Discrete actions are clearly defiend events that have a definite beginning and, in most cases, a definite conclsusion. See Ornelas v. Department of Justice, EEOC Appeal no. 01995301 (September 26, 2002). Examples include terminations, non-selections, failures to promote, transfer denials, suspensions, leave restrictions, officials reprimands, etc.
The Chateau Marmont in Hollywood has a similar connection to a celebrity death that it will never be able to shake -- and perhaps doesn't want to. In 1982, Saturday Night Live's John Belushi died of a drug overdose there at the age of 33.
Chicago, June 16 (AP). - Mrs. Flora Gresham Louer, mother of Bobby Franks, who was killed in 1924 by Richard Loeb and Nathan Leopold, died last night in her apartment at the Drake Hotel at the age of 60.