2014 Event Residents of the West Point shantytown in Monrovia, Nigeria loot an Ebola quarantine center, stealing items that include contaminated bedsheets; patients flee during the raid, raising the risk of spreading the virus among the 50,000 slum inhabitants 1994 Event Liberia militia kills 48 inhabitants of Monrovia 1992 Event Charles Taylor launches an offensive against Monrovia Liberia 1882 Death Henry Highland Garnet, diplomat, dies in Monrovia Liberia at 66
