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QUOTE OF THE WEEK:<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cThe only thing that stands between you and your dream is the will to try and the belief that it is actually possible.\u201d<\/a> <\/em>\u2013 Joel Brown<\/p>\n MAY 11<\/strong><\/p>\n 2013\u00a0 <\/strong>At least 46 people are killed in a bombing<\/a> in Reyhanl\u0131<\/a>, Turkey<\/a>.<\/p>\n 2011\u00a0 <\/strong>The Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO)<\/a> together with the Government of Japan<\/a> will not cap compensation payments resulting from the Fukushima I nuclear accidents<\/a>.<\/p>\n 2000\u00a0 <\/strong>Second Chechen War<\/a>: Chechen<\/a> separatists ambush<\/a> Russian paramilitary forces in the Republic of Ingushetia<\/a>.<\/p>\n 1998\u00a0 <\/strong>India conducts three underground atomic tests<\/a> in Pokhran<\/a> to include a thermonuclear<\/a> device.<\/p>\n 1997\u00a0 <\/strong>Deep Blue<\/a>, a chess<\/a>-playing supercomputer<\/a>, defeats Garry Kasparov<\/a> in the last game<\/a> of the rematch, becoming the first computer<\/a> to beat a world-champion chess player in a classic match format.<\/p>\n 1996\u00a0 <\/strong>After the aircraft’s departure from Miami, Florida<\/a>, a fire started by improperly handled chemical oxygen generators<\/a> in the cargo hold of Atlanta<\/a>-bound ValuJet Flight 592<\/a> causes the Douglas DC-9<\/a> to crash in the Florida Everglades<\/a> killing all 110 on board.<\/p>\n 1995\u00a0 <\/strong>More than 170 countries extend the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty<\/a> indefinitely and without conditions.<\/p>\n 1987\u00a0 <\/strong>Klaus Barbie<\/a> goes on trial in Lyon<\/a> for war crimes<\/a> committed during World War II.<\/p>\n 1973\u00a0 <\/strong>Citing government misconduct<\/a>, Daniel Ellsberg<\/a> has charges for his involvement in releasing the Pentagon Papers<\/a> to The New York Times<\/a><\/em> dismissed.<\/p>\n 1972\u00a0 <\/strong>US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.<\/p>\n 1968\u00a0 <\/strong>The Toronto Transit Commission<\/a> opens the largest expansion of its Bloor\u2013Danforth line<\/a>, going to Scarborough<\/a> in the East, and Etobicoke<\/a> in the West.<\/p>\n 1967\u00a0 <\/strong>Andreas Papandreou<\/a>, Greek economist<\/a> and socialist politician, is imprisoned in Athens<\/a> by the Greek military junta<\/a>.<\/p>\n 1965\u00a0 <\/strong>USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh\/Semipalitinsk, USSR.<\/p>\n 1963\u00a0 <\/strong>Racist bombings in Birmingham<\/a>, Alabama<\/a> disrupt nonviolence<\/a> in the Birmingham campaign<\/a> and precipitate a crisis<\/a> involving federal troops.<\/p>\n 1962\u00a0 <\/strong>US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island.<\/p>\n 1962<\/strong>\u00a0 US sends troops to Thailand.<\/a><\/p>\n 1960\u00a0 <\/strong>In Buenos Aires<\/a>, Argentina<\/a>, four Israeli<\/a> Mossad<\/a> agents capture fugitive Nazi<\/a> Adolf Eichmann<\/a> who is living under the alias of Ricardo Klement.<\/p>\n 1949\u00a0 <\/strong>Israel<\/a> joins the United Nations<\/a>.<\/p>\n 1949\u00a0 <\/strong>Siam officially changes its name to Thailand<\/a> for the second time. The name had been in use since 1939<\/a> but was reverted in 1945<\/a>.<\/p>\n 1946\u00a0 <\/strong>UMNO (United Malays National Organization)<\/a> is created.<\/p>\n 1945\u00a0 <\/strong>World War II: Off the coast of Okinawa<\/a>, the aircraft carrier<\/a> USS\u00a0Bunker Hill<\/em><\/a> is hit by two kamikazes<\/a>, killing 346 of its crew. Although badly damaged, the ship is able to return to the U.S. under its own power.<\/p>\n 1944\u00a0 <\/strong>World War II: The Allies<\/a> begin a major offensive against the Axis Powers<\/a> on the Gustav Line<\/a>.<\/p>\n 1943\u00a0 <\/strong>World War II<\/a>: American troops invade<\/a> Attu Island<\/a> in the Aleutian Islands<\/a> in an attempt to expel occupying Japanese forces.<\/p>\n 1918\u00a0 <\/strong>The Mountainous Republic of the Northern Caucasus<\/a> is officially established.<\/p>\n 1907\u00a0 <\/strong>Thirty-two Shriners<\/a> are killed when their chartered train derails at a switch near Surf Depot in Lompoc, California<\/a>.<\/p>\n 1880\u00a0 <\/strong>Seven people are killed in the Mussel Slough Tragedy<\/a>, a gun battle in California<\/a>.<\/p>\n 1867\u00a0 <\/strong>Luxembourg<\/a> gains its independence.<\/p>\n 1857\u00a0 <\/strong>Indian Rebellion of 1857<\/a>: Indian rebels seize Delhi<\/a> from the British.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n MAY 12<\/strong><\/p>\n 2013\u00a0 <\/strong>The World Health Organization announces that the Novel coronavirus 2012, the newly discovered coronavirus, also referred to as Saudi SARS, can be transmitted from person-to-person contact.<\/p>\n 2008\u00a0 <\/strong>An earthquake<\/a> (measuring around 8.0 magnitude) occurs in Sichuan<\/a>, China, killing over 69,000 people.<\/p>\n 2007\u00a0 <\/strong>Riots<\/a> in which over 50 people are killed and over 100 are injured take place in Karachi<\/a> upon the arrival in town of the Chief Justice<\/a> of Pakistan<\/a> Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry<\/a>.<\/p>\n 2006\u00a0 <\/strong>Iranian Azeris<\/a> interpret a cartoon<\/a> published in an Iranian<\/a> magazine as insulting, resulting in massive riots<\/a> throughout the country.<\/p>\n 2006\u00a0 <\/strong>Mass unrest<\/a> by the Primeiro Comando da Capital<\/a> begins in S\u00e3o Paulo<\/a> (Brazil<\/a>), leaving at least 150 dead.<\/p>\n 2003\u00a0 <\/strong>The Riyadh compound bombings<\/a>, carried out by Al Qaeda<\/a>, kill 26 people.<\/p>\n\n
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