{"id":61101,"date":"2015-07-27T12:00:14","date_gmt":"2015-07-27T11:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=61101"},"modified":"2015-07-17T14:56:50","modified_gmt":"2015-07-17T13:56:50","slug":"this-week-in-history-34","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2015\/07\/this-week-in-history-34\/","title":{"rendered":"This Week in History"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jul 27\u2013Aug 2<\/em><\/p>\n

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

\u201cHappiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace, and gratitude.\u201d<\/a><\/em> \u2013 Denis Waitley<\/p>\n

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

2006\u00a0 <\/strong>The Federal Republic of Germany<\/a> is deemed guilty in the loss of Bashkirian 2937<\/a> and DHL Flight 611<\/a>, because it is illegal to outsource flight surveillance.<\/p>\n

1996\u00a0 <\/strong>Centennial Olympic Park bombing<\/a>: In Atlanta, United States<\/a>, a pipe bomb<\/a> explodes at Centennial Olympic Park<\/a> during the 1996 Summer Olympics<\/a>. One woman (Alice Hawthorne<\/a>) is killed, and a cameraman suffers a heart attack fleeing the scene. One hundred eleven are injured.<\/p>\n

1990\u00a0 <\/strong>The Jamaat al Muslimeen<\/a> attempt a coup d’\u00e9tat<\/em><\/a> in Trinidad and Tobago<\/a>, occupying the Trinidad<\/a> and the studios of Trinidad and Tobago Television<\/a>, holding Prime Minister<\/a> A. N. R. Robinson<\/a> and most of his Cabinet<\/a> as well as the staff at the television station hostage for six days.<\/p>\n

1990\u00a0 <\/strong>The Supreme Soviet<\/a> of the Belarusian Soviet Republic<\/a> declares independence of Belarus<\/a> from the Soviet Union<\/a>. Until 1996<\/a> the day is celebrated as the Independence Day of Belarus<\/a>; after a referendum<\/a> held that year the celebration of independence<\/a> is moved to June 3<\/a>.<\/p>\n

1987\u00a0 <\/strong>RMS Titanic Inc.<\/a> begins the first expedited salvage of wreckage of the RMS\u00a0Titanic<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

1986\u00a0 <\/strong>Iraqi jets attack central Iranian city of Arak; Iran threatens missile attack of gulf states supporting Iraq.<\/a><\/p>\n

1983\u00a0 <\/strong>Black July<\/a>: Eighteen Tamil<\/a> political prisoners at the Welikada<\/a> high security prison<\/a> in Colombo<\/a> are massacred<\/a> by Sinhalese<\/a> prisoners, the second such massacre in two days.<\/p>\n

1974\u00a0 <\/strong>Watergate scandal<\/a>: The House of Representatives<\/a> Judiciary Committee<\/a> votes 27 to 11 to recommend the first article of impeachment<\/a> (for obstruction of justice) against President<\/a> Richard Nixon<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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