{"id":249274,"date":"2023-12-04T12:00:10","date_gmt":"2023-12-04T12:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=249274"},"modified":"2023-11-28T05:59:07","modified_gmt":"2023-11-28T05:59:07","slug":"this-week-in-history-180","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2023\/12\/this-week-in-history-180\/","title":{"rendered":"This Week in History"},"content":{"rendered":"

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4-10 December 2023<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

\u201cTo the rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights one more might, with relevance, be added. It is \u2018The Right to Refuse to Kill\u2019.<\/em><\/a>\u201d\u00a0 – Se\u00e1n MacBride<\/a><\/p>\n

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

Auschwitz to Palestine: Love Unites – YouTube<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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04 December<\/strong><\/p>\n

1943\u00a0 World War II: In\u00a0Yugoslavia<\/a>, resistance leader Marshal\u00a0Josip Broz Tito<\/a>\u00a0proclaims a\u00a0provisional democratic Yugoslav government in-exile<\/a>.<\/p>\n

1945\u00a0 By a vote of 65\u20137, the\u00a0United States Senate<\/a>\u00a0approves United States\u00a0participation<\/a>\u00a0in the\u00a0United Nations<\/a>. (The UN had been established on October 24, 1945.)<\/p>\n

1950\u00a0 Korean War:\u00a0Associated Press<\/a>\u00a0photographer\u00a0Max Desfor<\/a>\u00a0photographs hundreds of Korean refugees crossing a downed bridge in the\u00a0Taedong River<\/a>:\u00a01951 Pulitzer Prize<\/a>\u00a0winner\u00a0Flight of Refugees Across Wrecked Bridge in Korea<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

1971\u00a0 Indo-Pakistani War of 1971<\/a>: The\u00a0Indian Navy<\/a>\u00a0attacks the\u00a0Pakistan Navy<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Karachi<\/a>.<\/p>\n

1981\u00a0 South Africa grants independence to the\u00a0Ciskei<\/a>\u00a0“homeland<\/a>” (not recognized by any government outside South Africa).<\/p>\n

1982\u00a0 The\u00a0People’s Republic of China<\/a>\u00a0adopts its current\u00a0constitution<\/a>.<\/p>\n

1984\u00a0 Sri Lankan Civil War<\/a>:\u00a0Sri Lankan Army<\/a>\u00a0soldiers\u00a0kill<\/a>\u00a0107\u2013150 civilians in\u00a0Mannar<\/a>.<\/p>\n

1992\u00a0 Somali Civil War<\/a>: President\u00a0George H. W. Bush<\/a>\u00a0orders 28,000 U.S. troops to\u00a0Somalia<\/a>\u00a0in\u00a0Northeast Africa<\/a>.<\/p>\n

[1]\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 History of Somalia<\/a>:<\/p>\n