{"id":68405,"date":"2016-01-04T12:00:36","date_gmt":"2016-01-04T12:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=68405"},"modified":"2016-01-03T15:20:54","modified_gmt":"2016-01-03T15:20:54","slug":"this-week-in-history-57","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2016\/01\/this-week-in-history-57\/","title":{"rendered":"This Week in History"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Jan 4-10<\/em><\/p>\n

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

\u201cDarkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that<\/em>.\u201d<\/a> \u2015 Martin Luther King, Jr.; Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Quotations<\/a><\/p>\n

JANUARY 4<\/strong><\/p>\n

2013\u00a0 <\/strong>A gunman kills eight people<\/a> in a house-to-house rampage in Kawit<\/a>, the Philippines<\/a>.<\/p>\n

2010\u00a0 <\/strong>Burj Khalifa<\/a>, the world’s tallest building, is officially opened.<\/p>\n

2007\u00a0 <\/strong>The 110th United States Congress<\/a> convenes, electing Nancy Pelosi<\/a> as the first female Speaker of the House<\/a> in US history.<\/p>\n

2006\u00a0 <\/strong>Prime Minister<\/a> Ariel Sharon<\/a> of Israel<\/a> suffers a second, apparently more serious stroke. His authority is transferred to acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Ariel Sharon:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n