2014 Event American doctor Craig Spencer has been diagnosed with Ebola after recently returning to New York from Sierra Leone; Spencer rode the subway, went bowling, and took a taxi the day before he began displaying symptoms 2014 Event Labor unions of workers in the public sector went on strike across the U.K. to protest wage increases below the rate of inflation; unions claim that over one million workers participated 2013 Event The LAM Mozambique Airlines Flight 470 that went off the radar Friday is discovered in Namibia's Bwabwata National Park; all 33 passengers died in the crash 2012 Event After Chen Guangcheng flees house arrest, U.S. President Barack Obama refuses to comment on the blind Chinese dissident who reportedly went to the U.S. embassy 2010 Event A tsunami warning went into effect for Chile and Peru after an 8.8 magnitude earthquake hits near Conception, Chile 1994 Event Brady Law, imposing a wait-period to buy a hand-gun, went into effect 1992 Event Americans with Disabilities Act went into effect 1983 Event Last hand-cranked telephones U.S. went out of service as 440 telephone customers in Bryant Pond, Maine, were switched over to direct-dial 1981 Birthday Josh Groban, born in Los Angels, California, singer, songwriter, actor, sold nearly 20 million albums, album, 'Josh Groban' went from gold to double-platinum 1980 Birthday Chingy, born in St. Louis, Missouri, born Howard Bailey, Jr., rapper, debut album, 'Jackpot' produced hit titled, 'One Call Away' and went Triple Platinum 1979 Event Charlie Daniels Band releases "Devil Went Down to Georgia" 1978 Birthday Clay Aiken, born in Raleigh, North Carolina, singer, appeared on 'American Idol' television show, debut album, 'Measure of a Man' went multi-platinum 1976 Event Superstation WTBS in Atlanta went national 1972 Event Republican convention (Miami Beach, Florida) renominates Vice President Agnew but not unanimous - 1 vote went to NBC newsman David Brinkley 1972 Birthday Dane Cook, born in Boston, Massachusetts, Dane Jeffrey Cook, comedian, stand up comic, released five comedy albums, 'Retaliation' went double platinum, the highest charting comedy album in 28 years, appeared in 15 films since 1997, including 'My Best Friend's Girl' 1968 Event Country's 1st 911 phone system went into service in Haleyville, Ala 1958 Event Pete Runnels wins Comeback Player of Year (avg went from .230 to .322) 1936 Birthday Charlie Daniels, born in Wilmington, North Carolina, singer, Devil Went Down to Georgia 1933 Event Lala Amarnath scores century on Test Cricket debut (went on to 118) 1916 Event A bomb went off during a Preparedness Day parade in San Francisco killing 10 1914 Birthday Hank Snow, Nova Scotia, Canada, country singer, I Went to Your Wedding 1913 Birthday John Mitchell, Nixon's attorney general who went to jail 1894 Event In New York City, 12,000 tailors went on strike protesting sweat shops 1881 Event Charles J. Guiteau went on trial for President Garfield's assassination 1801 Death Johann Nepomuk Went, composer, dies at 56 1792 Event France's King Louis XVI went on trial, accused of treason 1790 Death Jeremiah Carlton, laziest man in history, heir to a large fortune at 19 went to bed and stayed there for next 70 yrs, dies at 89 1745 Birthday Johann Nepomuk Went, composer 1326 Death Reinald I, earl of Gelre/monarch, went insane, dies
