{"id":64883,"date":"2015-10-12T12:00:19","date_gmt":"2015-10-12T11:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=64883"},"modified":"2015-10-12T05:40:44","modified_gmt":"2015-10-12T04:40:44","slug":"this-week-in-history-45","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2015\/10\/this-week-in-history-45\/","title":{"rendered":"This Week in History"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"TWH<\/a><\/p>\n

October 12\u201318<\/em><\/p>\n

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

\u201cFor me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.\u201d<\/em><\/a> \u2013 Carl Sagan<\/p>\n

OCTOBER 12<\/strong><\/p>\n

2005\u00a0 <\/strong>The second Chinese human spaceflight<\/a> Shenzhou 6<\/a><\/em> launched carrying F\u00e8i J\u00f9nl\u00f3ng<\/a> and Ni\u00e8 H\u01ceish\u00e8ng<\/a> for five days in orbit.<\/p>\n

2002\u00a0 <\/strong>Terrorists detonate bombs<\/a> in the Sari Club<\/a> in Kuta<\/a>, Bali<\/a>, killing 202 and wounding over 300.<\/p>\n

2000\u00a0 <\/strong>The USS Cole<\/em><\/a> is badly damaged in Aden, Yemen<\/a>, by two suicide bombers<\/a>, killing 17 crew members and wounding at least 39.<\/p>\n

1999\u00a0 <\/strong>The former Autonomous Soviet Republic of Abkhazia<\/a> declares its independence from Georgia<\/a><\/p>\n

1999\u00a0 <\/strong>Pervez Musharraf<\/a> takes power in Pakistan<\/a> from Nawaz Sharif<\/a> through a bloodless coup<\/a>.<\/p>\n

1997\u00a0 <\/strong>Sidi Daoud massacre<\/a> in Algeria<\/a> that killed 43 at a fake roadblock.<\/p>\n

Sidi Daoud massacre:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n