2014 Event Scottish health officials report the nation's first case of Ebola after diagnosing a health care worker returning from Sierra Leone; the worker did not manifest symptoms until her arrival in Scotland and is currently in stable condition 2014 Event A live Ebola sample is mistakenly sent to a U.S. Centers for Disease Control laboratory that does not meet safety and security standards for handling the virus; a laboratory worker is being monitored for 21 days due to potential exposure 2014 Event The U.S. will end its 1960 embargo and reestablish diplomatic relations with Cuba; the agreement took place after an exchange of three Cuban spies for aid worker Alan Gross and an unnamed American spy 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 2014 Event Medical worker Nancy Writebol, the second of two Americans to contract the Ebola virus in Liberia, joins Dr. Kent Brantly at Emory University Hospital for treatment; both patients are receiving an experimental drug that has not been tested on humans 2012 Event Hostess Brands reveals its plan to file for bankruptcy and liquidate its assets, claiming contract disputes from the bakery's union worker strike crippled its operations; about 18,500 workers will be laid off 2012 Event The governing Worker's Party takes control of Brazil's financial capital and largest city when Fernando Haddad is elected mayor of Sao Paulo 1997 Event Jerold Mackenzie awarded $266M for being fired from Miller Brewing for sexual harrassment for relaying a Seinfeld episode to a co worker 1996 Death Muriel Monkhouse, Red Cross worker, dies at 86 1996 Death Agnes Beatrice Read, medical social worker, dies at 86 1996 Death Christopher John Seward, aid worker, dies at 45 1995 Death Gwen Swire, socila worker, dies at 61 1995 Death Marion Pitt, social worker/writer, dies at 56 1995 Death Leonard Ernest John Chant, social Worker, dies at 57 1995 Event Worker accidentally cuts electrial wires at Newark Airport 1994 Death Asta ER Elstak, Suriname/Netherlands welfare worker, dies at 74 1993 Death Cesar Chavez, U.S. farm worker (United Farm Workers), dies at 66 1991 Death Kimberly Bergalis, got AIDS from health care worker, dies at 23 1991 Event Ex-postal worker Joseph Harris kills 4 postal workers 1991 Event Congress ends railroad worker 1 day strike 1990 Event South Africa worker's union leader Billy Nair arrested 1987 Death Ben Linder, development worker, murdered by Contras in Nicaragua 1986 Death Rolando Olalia, Philippines worker's union leader, murdered 1986 Death Jef Keuleers, Belgian worker's union leader, dies at 75 1985 Death Mohammed Munir, Indonesian worker's union leader, executed 1984 Event Worker's union leader Billy Nair freed in South Africa 1983 Event South Africa worker's union leader Curnick Ndlovu freed after 19 years 1982 Death Cyrill Daal, Suriname worker's union leader, murdered 1982 Death Neil Aggett, South African worker's union leader, commits suicide 1970 Death Walter P Reuther, U.S. worker's union leader/president (CIO), dies 1966 Event 12 day transit worker strike shuts down New York City subway 1965 Event South Africa worker's union leader Henry Fazzie sentenced to 10 years 1963 Event South African worker's union leader Billy Nair arrested 1963 Event South Africa worker's union leader Curnick Ndlovu arrested 1962 Death Andre Renard, Belgium worker's union leader (MSU), dies at 51 1960 Birthday Cunningham T Ngcukana, South African worker's union leader 1960 Event 14th Tony Awards: Miracle Worker and Fiorello! win 1959 Death Maria Baers, Flemish social female worker/senator, dies at 76 1959 Event William Gibson's "Miracle Worker," premieres in New York City 1958 Event U.S. newspaper "Daily Worker" ceases publication 1956 Event U.S. seizes U.S. communist newspaper "Daily Worker" 1954 Birthday Jayaseelan Naidoo, South African worker's union leader 1953 Event Ike promises to fire as Red any federal worker taking 5th amendment 1953 Birthday James Mndaweni, South African worker's union leader/president, NACTU 1952 Death Joseph Arendt, Belgian worker's union leader, dies at 66 1949 Birthday Christopher John Seward, aid worker 1948 Event W Gomulka deposed as general secretary of Polish Worker's party 1948 Birthday Alexander "Alec" Erwin, South African worker's union leader 1946 Birthday Patty Duke, Anna Marie, born in Elmhurst, New York, actress, Miracle Worker 1943 Birthday Andrew Goodman, civil rights worker, murdered in 1964 1943 Birthday Michael Schwerner, civil rights worker, murdered in 1964 1941 Event British communist newspaper "Daily Worker" banned 1939 Birthday Marion Pitt, social worker/writer 1939 Death Grace Abbott, social worker (US Children Bureau), dies at 60 1939 Event U.S. worker's union leader Tom Mooney freed (jailed since 1916) 1938 Birthday Leonard Ernest John Chant, social worker 1935 Event Dutch Revolutionary Socialist Worker's party (RSAP), forms 1934 Birthday Hilly Axwijk, Suriname social worker 1934 Birthday Gwen Swire, British social worker 1934 Event Bank of Travail in Belgium, socialist worker's movement bankrupt 1933 Event Suriname worker's union leader A de Come banish to Netherlands 1933 Event Amsterdam confectionery worker go on strike against wage reduction 1932 Birthday Wilson "Papa" Godett, Curacaos worker's union leader/boxer 1932 Birthday Curnick M Ndlovu, Jailed South Africian worker's union leader 1931 Birthday Anne Bancroft, Graduate, Miracle Worker, Mrs Mel Brooks. 1929 Event U.S. worker union commission reports of slavery in Liberia 1928 Death Alphonse MAJ Ariens, Dutch RC pastor/social worker, dies at 68 1924 Event General Christian Worker's union demands 8 hour work day in Belgium 1924 Event Railroad worker strike ends in Amsterdam 1924 Birthday Brian Rix, born in Cottingham, England, born Brian Norman Roger Rix, Baron Rix, actor, appeared in film, The Night We Got The Bird, charity worker for Mencap 1923 Event German Republic day with laws against worker 1922 Event Scottish worker begins hunger march from Glasgow on London 1922 Birthday Arthur Penn, Philadelphia, director, Miracle Worker, Bonnie and Clyde 1921 Birthday Andrei Sakharov, Moscow, physicist, human rights worker, Nobel '75 1918 Birthday Wilson Ferreira Aldunate, Uruguayan politician/human rights worker 1917 Birthday Wilhelmus C Wijen, Broeder Pius, social worker, Curacao 1917 Birthday Asta E R Elstak, Suriname/Dutch social worker 1916 Death Klaas/old stick Kater, christian worker's union leader, dies at 73 1910 Birthday Jef Keuleers, Belgian worker's union leader 1910 Birthday Agnes Beatrice Read, medical social worker 1910 Birthday Muriel Monkhouse, Red Cross worker 1907 Birthday Otto Brenner, German worker's union leader 1906 Birthday Hans Bethe, physicist, Nobel 1967, peace worker 1905 Event Dutch Covenant of Worker's union, NVV, forms 1905 Birthday Clara "Mother" Hale, U.S. social worker, Hale House 1901 Birthday Linus Pauling, chemist/peace worker, Nobel 1954, 1962 1900 Event Dutch Social-Democratic Worker's party and Socialistenbond merge 1898 Birthday Anton de Kom, Surinam/Dutch worker's union leader/resistance fighter 1898 Birthday Leo Szilard, Hungary, physicist/A-bomb worker/peace activist 1897 Birthday Mari Andriessen, Dutch sculptor, Dock Worker 1894 Event Social-Democratic Worker's party (SDAP) forms 1888 Event Amsterdam: 1st concerto of Concert worker, under Willem Kes 1885 Birthday Joseph Arendt, Belgian worker's union leader 1883 Birthday Maria Baers, Flemish social female worker/senator 1878 Birthday Grace Abbott, Grand Island, Nebraska, social worker, US Children Bureau 1875 Birthday Michael I Kalinin, Russian metal worker/head of state 1875 Birthday Albert William Ketelbey, Aston England, composer, Wonder Worker 1863 Birthday Arthur Henderson, Britain, socialist/disarmament worker, Nobel 1934 1861 Birthday Emily Perkins Bissell, welfare worker, 1st christmas seal drive, 1907 1860 Birthday Jane Addams, U.S., pacifist/social worker/feminist, Nobel 1931 1847 Birthday Arthur T Verhaegen, Belgian worker's union leader 1845 Birthday John F Mellaerts, Flemish social worker, 1st Belgian farm gilde 1845 Birthday Thomas John Barnardo, English social worker 1835 Birthday Richard Garnett, English author, Ananda the Miracle Worker 1833 Birthday Klaas Kater, Dutch Christian Worker's Union Leader 1777 Birthday Louis Poinsot, French instrument worker 1758 Death Johann Baptist Zimmermann, German stucco worker, buried at 78 1680 Birthday Johann Baptist Zimmermann, German stucco worker
