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2012 Event - In Tibet, a Tibetan teenager dies of self-immolation in Gansu, China; this is the seventh incident this week and the 70th self-immolation since 2009 2012 Event - Russians stage protests in response to last week's election of Vladimir Putin as President for a third term 2012 Event - The failed Fobos-Grunt spacecraft is expected to re-enter the earth's atmosphere and crash into earth in the next week 2011 Event - The Libyan National Transitional Council will move to Tripoli from Benghazi next week 2011 Event - For the third straight week, hundreds of Vietnamese citizens protest outside China's embassy in Hanoi against disputed areas in the South China Sea 2010 Event - In Hong Kong, 80,000 people rally in response to last week's fatal tourist coast hijacking hostage crisis in the Philippines 2010 Event - At least 80 schoolgirls attending different Kunduz schools are poisoned this week; an inquiry is launched and the Taliban, opposed to female education, deny any involvement 2010 Event - Rescuers in Shanxi, China, enter a flooded mine to help over 153 workers who have been trapped for over a week 2010 Event - Afghan officials remove 150 bodies of people killed by avalanches in the Salang Pass in the Hindu Kush mountains earlier in the week 2010 Event - A week after the 2010 Haiti earthquake, a 6.1 magnitude aftershock strikes Haiti 2009 Event - Phillipine police arrest a new terror suspect one week after the head of the militant Rajah Solaiman Movement is captured 1998 Event - Week of Fed Cup 1998 Event - Mongolia switches from a 46 hour to 40 hour work week 1995 Event - Dow Jones for 5th straight day of the week sets a new record (4430.59) 1994 Event - Star Trek The Next Generation, finale airs this week in syndication 1993 Event - Inkhata leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi begins 2 week speech 1992 Event - NFL decides to stay with 17 week sched instead of expanded 18 games 1992 Event - Maximum New York State unemployment benefits raised to $300 per week 1991 Event - New York City Mayor Dinkins declares "Joseph Doherty Week" 1991 Event - Maximum New York State unemployment benefits raised to $280 per week 1991 Event - 6 week Gulf War ends after Iraqi troops retreated and Kuwait is liberated 1990 Event - Maximum New York State unemployment benefits raised to $260 per week 1989 Event - Maximum New York State unemployment benefits raised to $245 per week 1987 Event - "Washington Week In Review," 20th anniversary on PBS 1986 Event - Grateful Dead's Jerry Garcia release from hospital after 3 week coma 1985 Event - National Union of Mine Workers in England end a 51 week strike 1984 Event - National Union of Mine Workers in England begin a 51 week strike 1983 Event - AL President Lee MacPhail suspends Yankees owner George Steinbrenner for one week, for his public criticism of umpires 1983 Event - 1st National Coin Week begins 1982 Event - Rangers Larry Parrish hits his 3rd grand slam of the week 1982 Event - Dark Side of the Moon, is on charts for 402nd week 1981 Event - "Nightline" extends from 4 nights to 5 nights a week (Friday) 1979 Death - Jerry Damon, comedian (That Was The Week That Was), dies at 51 1978 Event - TV show "Dallas" premieres on CBS (as a 5 week mini-series) 1977 Event - Fleetwood Mac's "Rumors" is #1 for 19th straight week 1975 Death - Doro Merande, actress (That Was The Week That Was), dies at 77 1974 Event - England begins 3 day work week during mine strike 1972 Event - John and Yoko end a week of co-hosting Mike Douglas Show 1972 Event - John and Yoko co-host "Mike Douglas Show" for entire week 1969 Event - Edward Kennedy pleads guilty to leaving scene of an accident a week after the Chappaquiddick car accident that killed Mary Jo Kopechne 1967 Birthday - Tabitha Soren, born in San Antonio, Texas, MTV reporter, This Week in Rock 1967 Event - Shortwave Radio New York Worldwide goes back on the air after a week off 1965 Event - Borman and Lovell Splash down in Atlantic ends 2 week Gemini VII mission 1965 Event - Beatles' "Eight Days a Week," single goes #1 and stays #1 for 2 weeks 1964 Event - U.S. version of "That Was The Week That Was," premieres 1963 Event - American Bandstand moves to California, and airs once a week on Saturday 1963 Birthday - Joel Osteen, born in Houston, Texas, pastor, Lakewood Church, ministry reaches over seven million viewers per week in the U.S., author of 'Your Best Life Now' 1962 Event - U.S. unions AFL-CIO starts campaign for 35-hour work week 1959 Event - West Germany introduces 5 day work week 1955 Event - Belgium signs accord for 5 day work week (45 hours) 1955 Event - Strike in Belgium for 5 day work week 1955 Event - West German unions protest for 40-hour work week and more wages 1953 Event - WEEK TV channel 25 in Peoria, IL (NBC) begins broadcasting 1948 Event - NFL becomes 1st sport televised as sport of week 1947 Event - 1st Aloha Week Parade held in Hawaii 1943 Event - German occupiers impose 72-hour work week 1943 Event - Meat rationed in U.S., 784 gram/week, 2 kilogram for GI's 1943 Event - Dutch work week extended to 54 hour 1943 Event - Franklin D. Roosevelt orders minimal 48 hour work week in war industry 1942 Event - SS exterminates 3,500 Jews in Zelov Lodz Poland in 6 week period 1940 Event - 40 hour work week goes into effect (Fair Labor Standards of 1938) 1940 Birthday - Mireille Darc, Toulo,n France, actor, Week End, Hurried Man 1939 Birthday - David Frost, born in Tenterdon, England, TV host, That Was the Week That Was 1937 Event - Henry Ford initiates 32 hour work week 1936 Event - 40 hour work week law approved 1934 Birthday - Diana Wynne Jones, UK, sci-fi author, Drowned Ammet, Witch Week 1933 Birthday - Louis Rukeyser, financial whiz, Wall Street Week 1932 Death - Anna Dickinson, dies just a week shy of her 90th birthday 1932 Event - President Herbert Hoover suggests 5 day work week 1930 Event - Ruth homers in both games of a doubleheader, giving him 9 in one week 1930 Birthday - Bryan Magee, born in Hoxton, England, broadcaster, author, politician, presented current affairs television show This Week, made philosophy accessible with his 'Men of Ideas' television series 1929 Event - 1st regularly scheduled TV broadcasts (3 nights per week) 1928 Birthday - Tom Lehrer, parody and folk singer, That Was The Week That Was 1927 Birthday - Vin[ce] Scully, sportscaster, NBC Baseball Game of the Week 1926 Event - Henry Ford announces 8 hour, 5-day work week 1922 Event - Dutch 2nd Chamber agrees to 48 hour work week (was 45 hours) 1921 Birthday - Frankie Howerd, actor, That Was The Week That Was, Runaway Bus 1920 Event - Walt Disney starts 1st job as an artist; $40 week with Kansas City Slide Co. 1919 Event - Labor conference committee in U.S. urges 8-hour work day and 48-hour week 1919 Event - 1st observance of National Book Week 1919 Event - British Parliament passes a 48-hour work week with minimum wages 1919 Event - Semana Tragica (Tragic Week): Bloodbath in Buenos Aires 1918 Event - Spanish flu-virus kills 21,000 in U.S. in 1 week 1915 Event - Franklin K Mathiews, presents idea of "Book Week" 1914 Event - Belgium: German army begins 6 week plundering of Leuven Belgium 1913 Event - Charlie Chaplin began his film career at Keystone for $150 a week 1913 Event - Train crash in Liverpool during "Black Week" 1913 Event - Billboard publishes earliest known "Last Week's 10 Best Sellers among Popular Songs" Malinda's Wedding Day is #1 1907 Birthday - Richard Harkness, Artesian, South Dakota, newscaster, Story of the Week, NBC 1899 Event - British "Black Week" due to nederlagen in South Africa 1879 Birthday - Frederick G. Melcher, U.S., publisher/editor/founded children book week 1844 Event - 1st edition of New Rotterdam's Daily (3x per week) 1839 Event - Prussian government limits work week for children to 51 hours |
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