{"id":66727,"date":"2015-11-23T12:00:32","date_gmt":"2015-11-23T12:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=66727"},"modified":"2015-11-23T00:16:23","modified_gmt":"2015-11-23T00:16:23","slug":"this-week-in-history-51","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2015\/11\/this-week-in-history-51\/","title":{"rendered":"This Week in History"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

<\/span>Nov 23-29<\/p>\n

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

When in doubt, tell the truth.\u201d<\/a><\/em> \u2013 Mark Twain<\/p>\n

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

NOVEMBER 23<\/strong><\/p>\n

2011\u00a0 <\/strong>Arab Spring<\/a>: After 11 months of protests in Yemen<\/a>, Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh<\/a> signs a deal to transfer power to the vice president, in exchange for legal immunity.<\/p>\n

2010\u00a0 <\/strong>Bombardment of Yeonpyeong<\/a>: North Korean artillery attack kills two civilians and two marines on Yeonpyeong Island, South Korea.<\/p>\n

2009\u00a0 <\/strong>The Maguindanao massacre<\/a> occurs in Ampatuan, Maguindanao<\/a>, Philippines<\/a><\/p>\n

2006\u00a0 <\/strong>A series of bombings<\/a> kills at least 215 people and injures 257 others in Sadr City<\/a>, making it the second deadliest sectarian attack since the beginning of the Iraq War in 2003.<\/p>\n

2005\u00a0 <\/strong>Ellen Johnson Sirleaf<\/a> is elected<\/a> president of Liberia<\/a> and becomes the first woman to lead an African country.<\/p>\n

2004\u00a0 <\/strong>The Holy Trinity Cathedral of Tbilisi<\/a>, the largest religious building in Georgia<\/a>, is consecrated.<\/p>\n

2003\u00a0 <\/strong>Rose Revolution<\/a>: Georgian<\/a> president Eduard Shevardnadze<\/a> resigns following weeks of mass protests over flawed elections.<\/p>\n

2001\u00a0 <\/strong>The Convention on Cybercrime<\/a> is signed in Budapest<\/a>, Hungary.<\/p>\n

1996\u00a0 <\/strong>Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961<\/a> is hijacked, then crashes into the Indian Ocean off the coast of Comoros<\/a> after running out of fuel, killing 125.<\/p>\n

1993\u00a0 <\/strong>Rachel Whiteread<\/a> wins both the \u00a320,000 Turner Prize<\/a> award for best British modern artist and the \u00a340,000 K Foundation art award<\/a> for the worst artist of the year.<\/p>\n

1992\u00a0 <\/strong>The first smartphone, the IBM Simon<\/a>, is introduced at COMDEX<\/a> in Las Vegas<\/a>, Nevada<\/a>.<\/p>\n

1985\u00a0 <\/strong>Gunmen hijack<\/a> EgyptAir Flight 648<\/a> while en route from Athens<\/a> to Cairo<\/a>. When the plane lands in Malta<\/a>, Egyptian<\/a> commandos storm the aircraft, but 60 people die in the raid.<\/p>\n

1984\u00a0 <\/strong>USSR performs nuclear test<\/a> at Eastern Kazakh\/Semipalitinsk<\/a> USSR.<\/p>\n