{"id":57122,"date":"2015-05-18T12:00:46","date_gmt":"2015-05-18T11:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=57122"},"modified":"2015-05-05T21:24:40","modified_gmt":"2015-05-05T20:24:40","slug":"this-week-in-history-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2015\/05\/this-week-in-history-25\/","title":{"rendered":"This Week in History"},"content":{"rendered":"

May 18-24<\/em><\/p>\n

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

\u201cReserve your right to think, for even think wrongly is better than not to think at all.\u201d<\/a><\/em> Hypatia of Alexandra<\/p>\n

MAY 18<\/strong><\/p>\n

2009\u00a0 <\/strong>Sri Lankan Civil War<\/a>: The LTTE<\/a> are defeated by the Sri Lankan government<\/a>, ending almost 26 years of fighting between the two sides.<\/p>\n

2006\u00a0 T<\/strong>he post Loktantra Andolan<\/a> government passes a landmark bill curtailing the power of the monarchy<\/a> and making Nepal<\/a> a secular country.<\/p>\n

1993\u00a0 <\/strong>EU<\/a> – riots in N\u00f8rrebro<\/a>, Copenhagen<\/a> caused by the approval of the four Danish exceptions in the Maastricht Treaty referendum<\/a>. Police opened fire against civilians for the first time since World War II<\/a> and injured 11 demonstrators. In total 113 bullets are fired.<\/p>\n

1991\u00a0 <\/strong>Northern Somalia<\/a> declares independence from the rest of Somalia as the Republic of Somaliland<\/a> but is not recognized by the international community.<\/p>\n

1980\u00a0 <\/strong>Gwangju Massacre<\/a>: students in Gwangju<\/a>, South Korea begin demonstrations calling for democratic reforms.<\/p>\n

1974\u00a0 <\/strong>Nuclear test<\/a>: under project Smiling Buddha<\/a>, India successfully detonates its first nuclear weapon<\/a> becoming the sixth nation to do so.<\/p>\n

1965\u00a0 <\/strong>Israeli spy Eli Cohen<\/a> was hanged in Damascus<\/a>, Syria<\/a>.<\/p>\n

1959\u00a0 <\/strong>Launch of the National Liberation Committee of C\u00f4te d’Ivoire<\/a> in Conakry<\/a>, Guinea<\/a>.<\/p>\n

1955\u00a0 <\/strong>Operation Passage to Freedom<\/a>, the evacuation of 310,000 Vietnamese<\/a> civilians, soldiers and non-Vietnamese members of the French<\/a> Army from communist North Vietnam<\/a> to South Vietnam<\/a> following the end of the First Indochina War<\/a>, ends.<\/p>\n

1948\u00a0 <\/strong>The First Legislative Yuan<\/a> of the Republic of China<\/a> officially convenes in Nanking<\/a>.<\/p>\n

1944\u00a0 <\/strong>Deportation of Crimean Tatars<\/a> by the Soviet Union<\/a> government.<\/p>\n

1944\u00a0 <\/strong>World War II<\/a>: Battle of Monte Cassino<\/a> \u2013 Conclusion after seven days of the fourth battle as German paratroopers<\/a> evacuate Monte Cassino<\/a>.<\/p>\n

1933\u00a0 <\/strong>New Deal<\/a>: President Franklin D. Roosevelt<\/a> signs an act creating the Tennessee Valley Authority<\/a>.<\/p>\n

1927\u00a0 <\/strong>After being founded for 20 years, the Government of the Republic of China<\/a> approves Tongji University<\/a> to be among the first national universities of the Republic of China.<\/p>\n

1917\u00a0 <\/strong>World War I<\/a>: The Selective Service Act of 1917<\/a> is passed, giving the President of the United States<\/a> the power of conscription<\/a>.<\/p>\n

1910\u00a0 <\/strong>The Earth passes through the tail of Comet Halley<\/a>.<\/p>\n

1900\u00a0 <\/strong>The United Kingdom proclaims a protectorate<\/a> over Tonga<\/a>.<\/p>\n

1811\u00a0 <\/strong>Battle of Las Piedras<\/a>: The first great military triumph of the revolution of the R\u00edo de la Plata<\/a> in Uruguay<\/a> led by Jos\u00e9 Artigas<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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MAY 19<\/strong><\/p>\n

2010\u00a0 <\/strong>The Royal Thai Armed Forces<\/a> concludes its crackdown<\/a> on protests<\/a> by forcing the surrender of United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship<\/a> leaders.<\/p>\n

1997\u00a0 <\/strong>The Sierra Gorda biosphere<\/a>, the most ecologically diverse<\/a> region in Mexico, is established as a result of grassroots<\/a> efforts.<\/p>\n

1991\u00a0 <\/strong>Croatians<\/a> vote for independence in a referendum<\/a>.<\/p>\n