{"id":79520,"date":"2016-10-31T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-10-31T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=79520"},"modified":"2016-09-14T19:18:32","modified_gmt":"2016-09-14T18:18:32","slug":"this-week-in-history-100","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2016\/10\/this-week-in-history-100\/","title":{"rendered":"This Week in History"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Oct 31- Nov 6<\/em><\/p>\n

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

\u201cYour time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. \u00a0Don’t be trapped by dogma – which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. \u00a0Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. \u00a0And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition.\u201d<\/a><\/em><\/strong> \u2013 Steve Jobs<\/p>\n

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

OCTOBER 31<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

2014\u00a0 <\/strong>Virgin Galactic<\/a>\u2018s SpaceShipTwo<\/a> crashes<\/a> in the Mojave Desert<\/a> during a test flight,<\/p>\n

2011\u00a0 <\/strong>The global population<\/a> of humans reaches seven billion. This day is now recognized by the United Nations<\/a> as Seven Billion Day<\/a>.<\/p>\n

2003\u00a0 <\/strong>Mahathir bin Mohamad<\/a> resigns as Prime Minister of Malaysia<\/a> and is replaced by Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi<\/a>, marking an end to Mahathir\u2019s 22 years in power.<\/p>\n

2002\u00a0 <\/strong>A federal grand jury in Houston<\/a>, Texas<\/a> indicts former Enron<\/a> chief financial officer Andrew Fastow<\/a> on 78 counts of wire fraud<\/a>, money laundering<\/a>, conspiracy<\/a> and obstruction of justice<\/a> related to the collapse of his ex-employer.<\/p>\n

2000\u00a0 <\/strong>Singapore Airlines Flight 006<\/a> crashes on takeoff in Taipei<\/a> killing 83 people.<\/p>\n

2000\u00a0 <\/strong>Soyuz TM-31<\/a> launches, carrying the first resident crew to the International Space Station<\/a>. The ISS has been crewed continuously since then.<\/p>\n

1999\u00a0 <\/strong>EgyptAir Flight 990<\/a> crashes into the Atlantic Ocean killing all 217 people on board.<\/p>\n

1999\u00a0 <\/strong>Yachtsman<\/a> Jesse Martin<\/a> returns to Melbourne<\/a> after 11 months of circumnavigating<\/a> the world, solo, non-stop and unassisted.<\/p>\n

1998\u00a0 <\/strong>Iraq disarmament crisis<\/a> begins: Iraq<\/a> announces it would no longer cooperate with United Nations<\/a> weapons inspectors.<\/p>\n