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 2011 Event Canada declares that because its country would face large penalties for treaty violations, it is withdrawing itself from the Kyoto Protocol 1990 Death Ken Hill, actor (Cobra, Protocol), dies 1942 Event Peru and Ecuador sign Protocol of Rio (boundary determiniation) 1922 Event Protocol of Genevia signed: Austria gains independence 1898 Event Peace protocol ends Spanish-American War, signed