{"id":79516,"date":"2016-10-10T12:00:29","date_gmt":"2016-10-10T11:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=79516"},"modified":"2016-09-14T19:13:45","modified_gmt":"2016-09-14T18:13:45","slug":"this-week-in-history-99","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2016\/10\/this-week-in-history-99\/","title":{"rendered":"This Week in History"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"TWH<\/a>Oct 10-16<\/em><\/p>\n

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

\u201cFaith allows things to happen.\u00a0 It is the power that comes from a fearless heart.\u00a0 And when a fearless heart believes, miracles happen.\u201d<\/a><\/em> – Unknown<\/p>\n

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

OCTOBER 10<\/strong><\/p>\n

Today is the WORLD MENTAL HEALTH DAY<\/a>:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

2010\u00a0 <\/strong>Cable channel The Hub<\/a> made its debut in the United States.<\/p>\n

2010\u00a0 <\/strong>The Netherlands Antilles<\/a> are dissolved as a country.<\/p>\n

2009\u00a0 <\/strong>Armenia<\/a> and Turkey<\/a> sign protocols in Zurich, Switzerland to open their borders.<\/p>\n

2008\u00a0 <\/strong>The 2008 Orakzai bombing<\/a> kills 110 and injures 200 more.<\/p>\n

1998\u00a0 <\/strong>A Lignes A\u00e9riennes Congolaises<\/a> Boeing 727<\/a> is shot down<\/a> by rebels in Kindu, Democratic Republic of the Congo<\/a>, killing 41 people.<\/p>\n

1986\u00a0 <\/strong>An earthquake measuring 7.5 on the Richter scale<\/a> strikes San Salvador<\/a>, El Salvador<\/a>, killing an estimated 1,500 people.<\/p>\n

1985\u00a0 <\/strong>United States Navy<\/a> F-14<\/a> fighter jets intercept an Egyptian<\/a> plane carrying the hijackers<\/a> of the Achille Lauro<\/a><\/em> cruise ship, and force it to land at a NATO<\/a> base in Sigonella<\/a>, Sicily<\/a> where they are arrested.<\/p>\n

1980\u00a0 <\/strong>FMLN<\/a> was founded in El Salvador<\/a>.<\/p>\n

1980\u00a0 <\/strong>A magnitude 7.3 earthquake<\/a> occurs in the Algerian<\/a> town of El Asnam<\/a>. Around 3,500 die and 300,000 are left homeless.<\/p>\n

1975\u00a0 <\/strong>Papua New Guinea<\/a> joins the United Nations<\/a>.<\/p>\n

1970\u00a0 <\/strong>In Montreal<\/a>, a national crisis hits Canada when Quebec<\/a> Vice-Premier and Minister of Labour Pierre Laporte<\/a> becomes the second statesman kidnapped by members of the FLQ<\/a> terrorist group.<\/p>\n

1970\u00a0 <\/strong>Fiji<\/a> becomes independent.<\/p>\n

Fiji:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n