2014 Event Thomas Eric Duncan, the first patient hospitalized for Ebola in the U.S., slips from serious to critical condition in a Dallas hospital; 10 people who had been in close contact with the patient have been placed in isolation 2013 Event Japan reports on the International Nuclear Event Scale that they've upgraded the leak of radioactive water at the Fukushima nuclear disaster site to Level 3, a 'serious incident' 2012 Event A serious cold snap across Europe causes 110 deaths 1953 Birthday Yahoo Serious, Australian Director 1938 Birthday Tyrone Davis, U.S. R&B singer, Are you serious 1917 Birthday Jane Bowles, born in New York, New York, writer, playwright, wrote 'Two Serious Ladies', 'In The Summer House', works admired by Tennessee Williams, Truman Capote, John Ashbery 1663 Event 1st serious slave conspiracy in colonial America (Virginia)