{"id":248869,"date":"2023-11-27T12:00:34","date_gmt":"2023-11-27T12:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=248869"},"modified":"2023-11-22T08:47:47","modified_gmt":"2023-11-22T08:47:47","slug":"this-week-in-history-179","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2023\/11\/this-week-in-history-179\/","title":{"rendered":"This Week in History"},"content":{"rendered":"

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27 Nov – 3 Dec 2023<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

Israeli Amir and Palestinian Amjad: ‘we are no enemies!’ – YouTube<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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27 November<\/strong><\/p>\n

1912\u00a0 Spain<\/a>\u00a0declares a protectorate over the north shore of\u00a0Morocco<\/a>.<\/p>\n

1945\u00a0 CARE<\/a>\u00a0(then the Cooperative for American Remittances to Europe) is founded to send\u00a0CARE Packages<\/a>\u00a0of food relief to Europe after World War II.<\/p>\n

1965\u00a0 <\/strong>Vietnam War<\/a>:\u00a0The Pentagon<\/a>\u00a0tells U.S. President\u00a0Lyndon B. Johnson<\/a> (LBJ)\u00a0that if planned operations are to succeed, the number of American troops in\u00a0Vietnam<\/a>\u00a0has to be increased from 120,000 to 400,000.<\/p>\n

[1]\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Timeline of <\/a>America\u2019s Vietnam War<\/a>:<\/p>\n