{"id":65494,"date":"2015-10-26T12:00:45","date_gmt":"2015-10-26T12:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=65494"},"modified":"2015-10-25T11:49:54","modified_gmt":"2015-10-25T11:49:54","slug":"this-week-in-history-47","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2015\/10\/this-week-in-history-47\/","title":{"rendered":"This Week in History"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Oct 26 \u2013 Nov 1<\/em><\/p>\n

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

\u201cThere comes a time when the world gets quiet and the only thing left is your own heart. So you\u2019d better learn the sound of it. Otherwise you\u2019ll never understand what it\u2019s saying<\/em>.\u201d<\/a> \u2013 Sarah Dessen<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

OCTOBER 26<\/strong><\/p>\n

2014 <\/strong>Britain<\/a> withdraws from Afghanistan<\/a> after the end of Operation Herrick<\/a> which started on June 20, 2002 after 12 years four months and seven days.<\/p>\n

2003\u00a0 <\/strong>The Cedar Fire<\/a>, the second-largest fire in California<\/a> history, kills 15 people, consumes 250,000 acres (1,000\u00a0km2<\/sup>), and destroys 2,200 homes around San Diego<\/a>.<\/p>\n

2002\u00a0 <\/strong>Moscow theater hostage crisis<\/a>: Approximately 50 Chechen<\/a> terrorists and 150 hostages die when Russian Spetsnaz<\/a> storm a theater building in Moscow, which had been occupied by the terrorists during a musical performance three days before.<\/p>\n

2001\u00a0 <\/strong>The United States passes the USA PATRIOT Act<\/a> into law.<\/p>\n

2000\u00a0 <\/strong>Laurent Gbagbo<\/a> takes over as president of C\u00f4te d’Ivoire<\/a> following a popular uprising against President Robert Gu\u00e9\u00ef<\/a>.<\/p>\n

1995\u00a0 <\/strong>Israeli\u2013Palestinian conflict<\/a>: Mossad<\/a> agents assassinate Islamic Jihad<\/a> leader Fathi Shaqaqi<\/a> in his hotel in Malta<\/a>.<\/p>\n

1994\u00a0 <\/strong>Jordan<\/a> and Israel<\/a> sign a peace treaty<\/a>.<\/p>\n

1992\u00a0 <\/strong>The London Ambulance Service<\/a> is thrown into chaos after the implementation of a new CAD<\/a>, or Computer Aided Dispatch, system which failed.<\/p>\n

1992\u00a0 <\/strong>The Charlottetown Accord<\/a> fails to win majority support in a Canada wide referendum<\/a>.<\/p>\n

1985\u00a0 <\/strong>The Australian government returns ownership of Uluru<\/a> to the local Pitjantjatjara<\/a> Aborigines.<\/p>\n

1984\u00a0 <\/strong>“Baby Fae<\/a>” receives a heart transplant<\/a> from a baboon<\/a>.<\/p>\n

1983\u00a0 <\/strong>USSR performs nuclear test<\/a> at Eastern Kazakh\/Semipalitinsk<\/a> USSR.<\/p>\n