{"id":69757,"date":"2016-02-15T12:04:23","date_gmt":"2016-02-15T12:04:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=69757"},"modified":"2016-02-15T12:04:23","modified_gmt":"2016-02-15T12:04:23","slug":"this-week-in-history-63","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2016\/02\/this-week-in-history-63\/","title":{"rendered":"This Week in History"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Feb 15-21<\/em><\/p>\n

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

\u201cNever continue in a job you don’t enjoy. If you’re happy in what you’re doing, you’ll like yourself, you’ll have inner peace. And if you have that, along with physical health, you will have had more success than you could possibly have imagined.\u201d<\/a><\/em> \u2013 Johnny Carson<\/p>\n

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FEBRUARY 15<\/strong><\/p>\n

2013\u00a0 <\/strong>A meteor explodes<\/a> over Russia, injuring 1,500 people as a shock wave blows out windows and rocks buildings. This happens unexpectedly only hours before the expected<\/em> closest ever approach of the larger and unrelated asteroid 2012 DA14<\/a>.<\/p>\n

2003\u00a0 <\/strong>Protests against the Iraq war<\/a> take place in over 600 cities worldwide. It is estimated that between eight million to 30 million people participate, making this the largest peace demonstration in history.<\/p>\n

2001\u00a0 <\/strong>The first draft of the complete human genome<\/a> is published in Nature<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n

2000\u00a0 <\/strong>Indian Point<\/a> II nuclear power plant in New York vents a small amount of radioactive steam when a steam generator fails.<\/p>\n

1999\u00a0 <\/strong>Abdullah \u00d6calan<\/a>, leader of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party<\/a> (PKK), is arrested in Kenya<\/a>.<\/p>\n

1996\u00a0 <\/strong>At the Xichang Satellite Launch Center<\/a> in China, a Long March 3<\/a> rocket, carrying an Intelsat 708<\/a>, crashes into a rural village after liftoff, killing many people.<\/p>\n

1992\u00a0 <\/strong>Serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer<\/a> was sentenced in Milwaukee to life in prison.<\/p>\n

1991\u00a0 <\/strong>The Visegr\u00e1d Agreement<\/a>, establishing cooperation to move toward free-market systems<\/a>, is signed by the leaders of Czechoslovakia<\/a>, Hungary and Poland.<\/p>\n

1989\u00a0 <\/strong>Soviet war in Afghanistan<\/a>: The Soviet Union<\/a> officially announces that all of its troops have left Afghanistan<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Departure of the Soviet Army from Afghanistan:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n