{"id":69577,"date":"2016-02-08T12:00:59","date_gmt":"2016-02-08T12:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=69577"},"modified":"2016-02-08T10:08:29","modified_gmt":"2016-02-08T10:08:29","slug":"this-week-in-history-62","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2016\/02\/this-week-in-history-62\/","title":{"rendered":"This Week in History"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Feb 8 – 14<\/em><\/p>\n

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

\u201cEverything around you that you call life was made up by people that were no smarter than you;<\/a> and you can change it, you can influence it, you can build your own things that other people can use.\u201d<\/a><\/em><\/strong> \u2013 Steve Jobs<\/strong><\/p>\n

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FEBRUARY 08<\/strong><\/p>\n

2014\u00a0 <\/strong>A hotel fire<\/a> in Medina, Saudi Arabia<\/a> kills 15 Egyptian<\/a> pilgrims with 130 also injured.<\/p>\n

2013\u00a0 <\/strong>A blizzard<\/a> disrupts transportation and leaves hundreds of thousands of people without electricity in the Northeastern United States and parts of Canada.<\/p>\n

2010\u00a0 <\/strong>A freak storm in the Hindu Kush<\/a> mountains of Afghanistan<\/a> triggers a series of at least 36 avalanches<\/a>, burying over two miles of road, killing at least 172 people and trapping over 2,000 travelers.<\/p>\n

2005\u00a0 <\/strong>Sri Lankan Civil War<\/a>: Sri Lankan Tamil politician and former MP A. Chandranehru<\/a> dies of injuries sustained in an ambush the previous day.<\/p>\n

Sri Lankan Civil War:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n