{"id":56890,"date":"2015-04-27T12:00:07","date_gmt":"2015-04-27T11:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=56890"},"modified":"2015-05-05T21:25:50","modified_gmt":"2015-05-05T20:25:50","slug":"this-week-in-history-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2015\/04\/this-week-in-history-21\/","title":{"rendered":"This Week in History"},"content":{"rendered":"

Apr 27\u2013May 3<\/em><\/p>\n

QUOTE OF THE WEEK:<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Good morning… this is God. I will be handling all of your problems today. I will not need your help. So, have a good day.<\/em>“<\/a> \u2013 Unknown<\/p>\n

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

2007\u00a0 <\/strong>Estonian<\/a> authorities remove the Bronze Soldier<\/a>, a Soviet<\/a> Red Army<\/a> war memorial<\/a> in Tallinn<\/a>, amid political controversy with Russia<\/a>.<\/p>\n

1996\u00a0 <\/strong>The 1996 Lebanon war<\/a> ends.<\/p>\n

1994\u00a0 <\/strong>South African general election, 1994<\/a>: The first democratic general election<\/a> in South Africa<\/a>, in which black citizens could vote. The Interim Constitution<\/a> comes into force.<\/p>\n

1992\u00a0 <\/strong>The Russian Federation<\/a> and 12 other former Soviet<\/a> republics<\/a> become members of the International Monetary Fund<\/a> and the World Bank<\/a>.<\/p>\n

1992\u00a0 <\/strong>Betty Boothroyd<\/a> becomes the first woman to be elected Speaker<\/a> of the British House of Commons<\/a> in its 700-year history.<\/p>\n

1992\u00a0 <\/strong>The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia<\/a>, comprising Serbia<\/a> and Montenegro<\/a>, is proclaimed.<\/p>\n

1989\u00a0 <\/strong>The April 27 Demonstration<\/a>,a student-led protest responding to the April 26 Editorial<\/a>, during the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989<\/a>.<\/p>\n

1987\u00a0 <\/strong>The U.S. Department of Justice<\/a> bars Austrian<\/a> President Kurt Waldheim<\/a> from entering the United States<\/a>, saying he had aided in the deportation and execution of thousands of Jews<\/a> and others as a German Army officer during World War II<\/a>.<\/p>\n

1986\u00a0 <\/strong>The City of Prypiat<\/a> as well as the surrounding areas are evacuated due to Chernobyl Disaster<\/a><\/p>\n

1981\u00a0 <\/strong>Xerox PARC<\/a> introduces the computer mouse<\/a>.<\/p>\n

1975\u00a0 <\/strong>USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh\/Semipalitinsk, USSR.<\/p>\n

1967\u00a0 <\/strong>US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.<\/p>\n

1962\u00a0 <\/strong>US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island.<\/p>\n

1961\u00a0 <\/strong>Sierra Leone<\/a> is granted its independence from the United Kingdom<\/a>, with Milton Margai<\/a> as the first Prime Minister<\/a>.<\/p>\n

1960\u00a0 <\/strong>Togo<\/a> gains independence from French<\/a>-administered UN trusteeship<\/a>.<\/p>\n

1953\u00a0 <\/strong>Operation Moolah<\/a> is initiated by U.S. General<\/a> Mark W. Clark<\/a> against Communist pilots in the Korean War<\/a>.<\/p>\n

1950\u00a0 <\/strong>Apartheid<\/a>: In South Africa<\/a>, the Group Areas Act<\/a> is passed formally segregating races.<\/p>\n

1945\u00a0 <\/strong>World War II: Benito Mussolini<\/a> is arrested by Italian partisans<\/a> in Dongo<\/a>, while attempting escape disguised as a German soldier.<\/p>\n

1945\u00a0 <\/strong>World War II: German troops are finally expelled from Finnish Lapland<\/a>.<\/p>\n

1941\u00a0 <\/strong>World War II: The Communist Party of Slovenia, the Slovene Christian Socialists, the left-wing Slovene Sokols (also known as “National Democrats”) and a group of progressive intellectuals establish the Liberation Front of the Slovenian People<\/a>.<\/p>\n

1941\u00a0 <\/strong>World War II<\/a>: German<\/a> troops enter Athens<\/a>.<\/p>\n

1927\u00a0 <\/strong>Carabineros de Chile<\/a> (Chilean<\/a> national police<\/a> force and gendarmery<\/a>) are created.<\/p>\n

1914\u00a0 <\/strong>Honduras<\/a> becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty<\/a>.<\/p>\n

1909\u00a0 <\/strong>Sultan<\/a> of Ottoman Empire<\/a> Abdul Hamid II<\/a> is overthrown, and is succeeded by his brother, Mehmed V<\/a>.<\/p>\n

1861\u00a0 <\/strong>American President<\/a> Abraham Lincoln<\/a> suspends the writ of habeas corpus<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n

1813\u00a0 <\/strong>War of 1812<\/a>: American<\/a> troops capture the capital<\/a> of Upper Canada<\/a> in the Battle of York<\/a> (present day Toronto<\/a>, Canada<\/a>).<\/p>\n

1810\u00a0 <\/strong>Beethoven<\/a> composes F\u00fcr Elise<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n

1805\u00a0 <\/strong>First Barbary War<\/a>: United States Marines<\/a> and Berbers<\/a> attack the Tripolitan<\/a> city of Derna<\/a> (The “shores of Tripoli” part of the Marines’ hymn<\/a>).<\/p>\n

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APRIL 28<\/strong><\/p>\n

1986\u00a0 <\/strong>High levels of radiation resulting from the Chernobyl disaster<\/a> are detected at a nuclear power plant in Sweden<\/a>, leading Soviet authorities to publicly announce the accident.<\/p>\n

1986\u00a0 <\/strong>The United States Navy<\/a> aircraft carrier<\/a> USS\u00a0Enterprise<\/em><\/a> becomes the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier<\/a> to transit the Suez Canal<\/a>, navigating from the Red Sea<\/a> to the Mediterranean Sea to relieve the USS\u00a0Coral Sea<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

1978\u00a0 <\/strong>President of Afghanistan<\/a>, Mohammed Daoud Khan<\/a>, is overthrown and assassinated<\/a> in a coup<\/a> led by pro-communist rebels.<\/p>\n

1977\u00a0 <\/strong>The Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Microorganisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure<\/a> is signed.<\/p>\n

1977\u00a0 <\/strong>The Red Army Faction<\/a> trial ends, with Andreas Baader<\/a>, Gudrun Ensslin<\/a> and Jan-Carl Raspe<\/a> found guilty of four counts of murder<\/a> and more than 30 counts of attempted murder<\/a>.<\/p>\n

1975\u00a0 <\/strong>General Cao V\u0103n Vi\u00ean<\/a>, chief of the South Vietnamese military<\/a>, departs for the US as the North Vietnamese Army<\/a> closed in on victory<\/a>.<\/p>\n

1970\u00a0 <\/strong>Vietnam War<\/a>: U.S. President<\/a> Richard M. Nixon<\/a> formally authorizes American combat troops to fight communist<\/a> sanctuaries in Cambodia<\/a>.<\/p>\n

1969\u00a0 <\/strong>Charles de Gaulle<\/a> resigns as President of France<\/a>.<\/p>\n

1965\u00a0 <\/strong>United States occupation of the Dominican Republic<\/a>: American troops land in the Dominican Republic<\/a> to “forestall establishment of a Communist<\/a> dictatorship” and to evacuate U.S. Army<\/a> troops.<\/p>\n

1952\u00a0 <\/strong>The Sino-Japanese Peace Treaty (Treaty of Taipei)<\/a> is signed in Taipei<\/a>, Taiwan<\/a> between Japan and the Republic of China<\/a> to officially end the Second Sino-Japanese War<\/a>.<\/p>\n

1952\u00a0 <\/strong>Occupied Japan<\/a>: The United States<\/a> occupation of Japan<\/a> ends as the Treaty of San Francisco<\/a>, ratified September 8, 1951, comes into force.<\/p>\n

1952\u00a0 <\/strong>Dwight D. Eisenhower<\/a> resigns as Supreme Allied Commander<\/a> of NATO<\/a>.<\/p>\n

1949\u00a0 <\/strong>Former First Lady of the Philippines<\/a> Aurora Quezon<\/a>, 61, is assassinated while en route<\/em> to dedicate a hospital in memory of her late husband<\/a>; her daughter and ten others are also killed.<\/p>\n

1947\u00a0 <\/strong>Thor Heyerdahl<\/a> and five crew mates set out from Peru<\/a> on the Kon-Tiki<\/a><\/em> to prove that Peruvian natives could have settled Polynesia<\/a>.<\/p>\n

1945\u00a0 <\/strong>Benito Mussolini<\/a> and his mistress Clara Petacci<\/a> are executed by a firing squad consisting of members of the Italian resistance movement<\/a>.<\/p>\n

1944\u00a0 <\/strong>World War II<\/a>: Nine German E-boats<\/a> attacked US and UK units during Exercise Tiger<\/a>, the rehearsal for the Normandy landings<\/a>, killing 946.<\/p>\n

1922\u00a0 <\/strong>A vaccine<\/a> for yellow fever<\/a> is announced for use on humans<\/a>.<\/p>\n

1920\u00a0 <\/strong>Azerbaijan<\/a> is added to the Soviet Union<\/a>.<\/p>\n

1887\u00a0 <\/strong>A week after being arrested by the Prussian Secret Police<\/a>, Alsatian<\/a> police inspector Guillaume Schnaebel\u00e9<\/a> is released on order of German Emperor<\/a> William I<\/a>, defusing a possible war.<\/p>\n

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APRIL 29<\/strong><\/p>\n

2005\u00a0 <\/strong>Syria<\/a> completes withdrawal from Lebanon<\/a>, ending 29 years of occupation<\/a>.<\/p>\n

2004\u00a0 <\/strong>Dick Cheney<\/a> and George W. Bush<\/a> testify before the 9\/11 Commission<\/a> in a closed, unrecorded hearing in the Oval Office<\/a>.<\/p>\n

1997\u00a0 <\/strong>The Chemical Weapons Convention<\/a> of 1993 enters into force, outlawing the production, stockpiling and use of chemical weapons<\/a> by its signatories.<\/p>\n