{"id":60551,"date":"2015-07-06T12:00:02","date_gmt":"2015-07-06T11:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=60551"},"modified":"2015-07-05T10:33:49","modified_gmt":"2015-07-05T09:33:49","slug":"this-week-in-history-31","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2015\/07\/this-week-in-history-31\/","title":{"rendered":"This Week in History"},"content":{"rendered":"

July 6\u201312<\/em><\/p>\n

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

\u201cA hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.\u201d<\/em><\/a> \u2013 Christopher Reeve<\/p>\n

JULY 6<\/strong><\/p>\n

2014\u00a0 <\/strong>The state of Washington legalizes recreational marijuana<\/a>, becoming the second U.S. state to do so after Colorado.<\/p>\n

2006\u00a0 <\/strong>The Nathula Pass<\/a> between India and China, sealed during the Sino-Indian War<\/a>, re-openes for trade after 44 years.<\/p>\n

2003\u00a0 <\/strong>The 70-metre Eupatoria<\/a> Planetary Radar sends a METI<\/a> message (Cosmic Call 2<\/a>) to five stars: Hip 4872<\/a>, HD 245409<\/a>, 55 Cancri<\/a> (HD 75732), HD 10307<\/a> and 47 Ursae Majoris<\/a> (HD 95128). The messages will arrive to these stars in 2036, 2040, 2044 and 2049 respectively.<\/p>\n

1997<\/strong>\u00a0 The Troubles<\/a>: In response to the Drumcree dispute<\/a>, five days of mass protests, riots and gun battles<\/a> begin in Irish nationalist districts of Northern Ireland<\/a>.<\/p>\n

1995\u00a0 <\/strong>In the Bosnian War<\/a>, under the command of General Ratko Mladi\u0107<\/a>, Serbia begins its attack on the Bosnian town of Srebrenica<\/a>, and kills more than 8000<\/a> Bosniaks<\/a>, in what then- UN Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali<\/a> called “the worst crime on European soil since the Second World War”.<\/p>\n