2015 Event The World Health Organization declares Liberia free of the Ebola virus after a period of 42 days with no new cases, which is twice the normal quarantine duration; over 4,700 people perished in the nation during the epidemic 2015 Event The last Ebola patient in Liberia, a 58-year-old English teacher, has been released; the nation will be declared Ebola-free by the World Health Organization if no new cases of the virus emerge in the next 42 days 2014 Event The World Health Organization reports that the rate of Ebola infection is slowing in Liberia, with hospitals now at less than full capacity; the slowdown is attributed to a campaign to educate citizens on safe burial practices 2014 Event Australia bans all visas from the Ebola-hit nations of Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone; the nation's officials state that this is required to preserve public health, but health experts have criticized the policy 2014 Event American freelance videographer Ashoka Mukpo tests positive for Ebola while working in Liberia; the cameraman has been working in the country for the past three years but became symptomatic the day after beginning an assignment for NBC News 2014 Event The U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) project that Ebola cases could reach between 550,000 and 1.4 million by January if more isn't done to control spread of the disease; infections are doubling about every 3 weeks in Liberia and Sierra Leone 2014 Event Dr. Kent Brantly and Nancy Writebol, American aid workers who contracted the Ebola virus in Liberia and returned to the U.S. for treatment, have been released and declared fully recovered 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 2014 Event Dr. Kent Brantly, one of two American medical workers who contracted the Ebola virus in Liberia, arrives in the U.S. for treatment in isolation at Emory University Hospital; the virus has already claimed hundreds of lives in West Africa 2013 Event The University of Liberia reports the all 25,000 applicants to the University failed their admissions test because they lacked enthusiasm and didn't know basic English 2010 Event Model Naomi Campbell confirms former President of Liberia Charles Taylor gave her diamonds she described as 'dirty looking stones' 1994 Event Liberia militia kills 48 inhabitants of Monrovia 1994 Event Charles Taylor resigns as President of Liberia 1992 Event Charles Taylor launches an offensive against Monrovia Liberia 1990 Event Dr. Amos Sawyer installed as interim President of Liberia 1990 Death Samuel Kanyon Doe, president of Liberia (1980-90), assassinated 1990 Event Liberia president Samuel K Doe is captured by Mr. Johnson's forces 1990 Event 3,500 peacekeepers arrive in Liberia 1989 Event Charles Taylor enters Liberia to unseat President Samuel K Doe 1971 Death William Tubman, president of Liberia (1944-71), dies at 76 1964 Event Guinee, Liberia and Ivory Coast form joint market 1943 Event 1st president of a black country to visit U.S. (Edwin Barclay, Liberia) 1935 Event Lester Walton appointed minister to Liberia 1930 Event Charles E Mitchell, named minister to Liberia 1929 Event U.S. worker union commission reports of slavery in Liberia 1927 Event William T. Francis named minister to Liberia 1921 Event Solomon Porter Hood named minister to Liberia 1918 Event Dr. Joseph L Johnson named minister to Liberia 1915 Event Atty James L. Curtis named minister of Liberia 1913 Event George W Buckner, named minister to Liberia 1913 Birthday William R. Tolbert, president Liberia, 1971-80 1910 Event William D. Crum, a South Carolina physician, appointed minister to Liberia 1899 Birthday Sarah Williamson, U.S. missionary in Liberia 1898 Event Owen Smith of NC, AME Zion minister, named minister to Liberia 1895 Event 200 blacks leave Savannah, Georgia for Liberia 1895 Event William Heard, AME minister and educator, named minister to Liberia 1892 Event William D McCoy of Indiana appointed U.S. minister to Liberia 1890 Event Alexander Clark, journalist/lawyer, named minister to Liberia 1885 Event Moses Hopkins, named minister to Liberia 1882 Death Henry Highland Garnet, diplomat, dies in Monrovia Liberia at 66 1881 Event Henry Highland Garnet, named minister to Liberia 1878 Event Atty John Henry Smyth named minister to Liberia 1878 Event Ship Azor leaves Charleston with 206 blacks for Liberia 1871 Event J Milton Turner named minister to Liberia 1847 Event Liberia declares independence from American Colonization Society 1824 Event Freed American slaves forms country of Liberia 1822 Event Free American Blacks settle Liberia, West Africa 1822 Event Liberia colonized by Americans 1809 Birthday Joseph Jenkins Roberts, 1st President of Liberia
