2014 Event A court has ruled that Kaci Hickox, the Maine nurse who has fought against requirements to quarantine herself due to her contact in West Africa with Ebola patients, will not have to restrict her movements; Hickox has shown no signs of the virus 2014 Event A Dallas hospital worker who treated deceased Ebola victim Thomas Eric Duncan has herself contracted the virus despite wearing protective gear; the Centers for Disease Control states that her infection results from a breach in protocol 1992 Event Lynn Gunther of California threatens to blow herself up in front of U.N. 1986 Event Kathy Ormsby, a 21-year-old member of North Carolina State track team jumps off a bridge permanently paralyzing herself 1984 Event California Supreme Court rejects quadriplegic Elizabeth Bouvia, who wants to starve herself to death in a public hospital 1963 Death Sylvia Plath, poet and novelist (Ariel), kills herself in London at 30 1829 Event Britain abolished "suttee" in India, widow burning herself to death on her husband's funeral pyre 1682 Event Sofia names herself regent of Russia 1474 Event Isabella crowns herself queen of Castilie and Aragon
