2010 Event An employee at ABB Power building in St. Louis, Missouri, commits suicide after shooting eight people, 3 fatally 1987 Death Wilbur J Cohen, 1st employee of Social Security System, dies at 73 1986 Event New York City jury indicts Gennadly Zakharov (Soviet United Nations employee) of spying 1977 Event Postal employee David Berkowitz arrested in Yonkers, New York, accused of being "Son of Sam" 44 caliber killer 1974 Event Prest Gerald Ford signs Employee Retirement Income Security Act 1961 Event Disgruntled employee set fire to a circus tent in Niteroi Brazil 1955 Birthday John Gilmore, born in America, fifth employee of Sun Microsystems, among founders of Cygnus Solutions, Cypherpunks mailing list, Electronic Frontier Foundation 1937 Event DuPont Corp patents nylon, developed by employee Wallace H Carothers 1913 Birthday Wilbur J. Cohen, 1st employee of Social Security System