{"id":57115,"date":"2015-05-04T12:00:28","date_gmt":"2015-05-04T11:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=57115"},"modified":"2015-05-05T21:24:42","modified_gmt":"2015-05-05T20:24:42","slug":"this-week-in-history-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2015\/05\/this-week-in-history-23\/","title":{"rendered":"This Week in History"},"content":{"rendered":"

May 4-10<\/em><\/p>\n

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

\u201cThis day will never come again and anyone who fails to eat and drink and taste and smell it will never have it offered to him again in all eternity. The sun will never shine as it does today… But you must play your part and sing a song, one of your best. \u201d<\/a> <\/em>\u2013 Hermann Hesse<\/p>\n

MAY 4<\/strong><\/p>\n

1994\u00a0 <\/strong>Israeli<\/a> Prime Minister<\/a> Yitzhak Rabin<\/a> and PLO<\/a> leader Yasser Arafat<\/a> sign a peace accord regarding Palestinian<\/a> autonomy granting self-rule in the Gaza Strip<\/a> and Jericho<\/a>.<\/p>\n

1990\u00a0 <\/strong>Latvia<\/a> proclaims the renewal of its independence<\/a> after the Soviet<\/a> occupation.<\/p>\n

1989\u00a0 <\/strong>Iran-Contra Affair<\/a>: Former White House<\/a> aide Oliver North<\/a> is convicted of three crimes and acquitted of nine other charges. The convictions, however, are later overturned on appeal.<\/p>\n

1979\u00a0 <\/strong>Margaret Thatcher<\/a> becomes the first female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom<\/a>.<\/p>\n