{"id":246279,"date":"2023-10-23T12:00:01","date_gmt":"2023-10-23T11:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=246279"},"modified":"2023-10-16T07:01:16","modified_gmt":"2023-10-16T06:01:16","slug":"this-week-in-history-174","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2023\/10\/this-week-in-history-174\/","title":{"rendered":"This Week in History"},"content":{"rendered":"

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23-29 October 2023<\/strong><\/p>\n

Quote of the Week:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cAll that we are is the result of what we have thought: it is founded on our thoughts and made up of our thoughts.<\/em><\/a>\u201d – Gautama Buddha<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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23 October<\/strong><\/p>\n

1295\u00a0 The first treaty forming the\u00a0Auld Alliance<\/a>\u00a0between\u00a0Scotland<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0France<\/a>\u00a0against\u00a0England<\/a>\u00a0is signed in\u00a0Paris<\/a>.<\/u><\/p>\n

1850\u00a0 The first\u00a0National Women’s Rights Convention<\/a>\u00a0begins in\u00a0Worcester, Massachusetts<\/a>.<\/p>\n

1911\u00a0 The\u00a0Italo-Turkish War<\/a>\u00a0sees the first use of an airplane in combat when an Italian pilot makes a reconnaissance flight.<\/p>\n

1912\u00a0 First Balkan War<\/a>: The\u00a0Battle of Kumanovo<\/a>\u00a0between the Serbian and Ottoman armies begins.<\/p>\n

1940\u00a0 Adolf Hitler<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Francisco Franco<\/a>\u00a0meet at Hendaye<\/a>\u00a0to discuss the possibility of\u00a0Spain entering the Second World War<\/a>.<\/p>\n

1942\u00a0 World War II<\/a>: Allied forces commence the\u00a0Second Battle of El Alamein<\/a>, which proves to be the key turning point in the North African campaign.<\/p>\n

1942\u00a0 World War II: The\u00a0Battle for Henderson Field<\/a>\u00a0begins on Guadalcanal.<\/p>\n

1944\u00a0 World War II: The\u00a0Battle of Leyte Gulf<\/a>\u00a0begins.<\/p>\n

1956\u00a0 Secret police shoot several anti-communist protesters, igniting the\u00a0Hungarian Revolution<\/a>.<\/p>\n