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October 8, 2014

On October 8, 2014, thomas Eric Duncan, the first person in the United States to be diagnosed with Ebola, dies. The year's #1 song was "Happy" by Pharrell Williams. Arabella Stanton, Arabella Stanton, Arabella Stanton would arrive in the same year.

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2014 (MMXIV) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2014th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 14th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 5th year of the 2010s decade.

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On October 8, 2014

  1. 2014 Thomas Eric Duncan, the first person in the United States to be diagnosed with Ebola, dies.

    First Ebola patient diagnosed in the United States

    Thomas Eric Duncan was a Liberian citizen who became the first Ebola patient diagnosed in the United States on September 30, 2014.

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Died on October 8, 2014

Morris Lurie Australian writer
Alden E. Matthews American missionary (born 1921)
Harden M. McConnell American physical chemist
Zilpha Keatley Snyder American author (1927–2014)
Jeen van den Berg Dutch speed skater

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Arabella Stanton 2014– British actress, plays Hermione Granger
Arabella Stanton 2014– British actress, plays Hermione Granger
Arabella Stanton 2014– British actress, plays Hermione Granger
Arabella Stanton 2014– British actress, plays Hermione Granger

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