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Santo Domingo.- The anniversaries of July 1st are marked by important historical events and international celebrations that left a mark on world history. Below are the main anniversaries of July 1st:

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International Sports Journalists Day.
World UFO Day.

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Saints’ Day: Saint Petronilla. Saints Otto, Bernardino, Paschasius, Crescentius, Juvenal, Urban, Basil, and Cyrus.

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National: Anniversaries of July 2nd

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1502: A storm breaks out, sinking the fleet sent by Friar Nicolás de Ovando. Bobadilla, Francisco Roldán, and the cacique Guarionex perish.
1809: The French surrender to the forces of Juan Sánchez Ramírez and the British under the command of Hugh Lyle Carmichael.
1844: Pedro Santana requests permission from the Central Government Junta to retire due to illness.
1849: Ricardo Miura y Logroño is appointed as a member of the National Congress.
1861: A War Council sentences Francisco del Rosario Sánchez and other patriots to death.
1865: The Urban and Rural Police law is enacted.
1921: The Dominican National Police is created through Executive Order 631.
1957: Héctor B. Trujillo authorizes the deactivation of the Jehovah’s Witnesses campaign, at the suggestion of priest Oscar Robles Toledano.
1961: Balaguer accepts the resignation of his cabinet.
1961: Ángel Miolán (PRD) announces the dispatch of a commission to the country.
1961: The Government responds to a letter from anti-Trujillo exiles in Caracas.
1965: Shots fired at Balaguer’s residence.
1965: Manuel Bianchi of the OAS arrives in the country.
1966: Balaguer listens to the people’s requests in a public hearing.
1971: Official recognition is granted to the Universidad Central del Este.
1993: The cassette “Cuentos de Juan Bosch” (Tales by Juan Bosch), narrated by Freddy Ortiz, is released.
2008: The Senate prosecutes members of the Chamber of Accounts for alleged irregularities.
2015: Dominican doctor Salomón Melgen is released on bail in the U.S.
2016: A child with microcephaly is born in Barahona; it is being studied whether it is linked to the Zika virus.
2018: The Plenary Assembly of the Dominican Episcopate denounces corruption, violence, and poverty.
2018: Mariano Germán calls Laura Guerrero Pelletier and Miriam Germán Brito “daring.”
2020: The IDAC does not object to the construction of the Bávaro International Airport.
2022: The Public Prosecutor’s Office files the Medusa case file with more than 3,000 pieces of evidence.

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International: Anniversaries for July 2nd

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1489: The Muslim city of Motril surrenders to the Catholic Monarchs.
1520: Massacre of Calacoaya by Hernán Cortés’ troops.
1644: Victory of the English Parliament over the forces of Charles I at Marston Moor.
1798: Napoleon takes Alexandria.
1900: Ferdinand von Zeppelin conducts the first flight of an airship.
1937: Amelia Earhart disappears in the Pacific.
1957: Fidel Castro speaks to the people from the Sierra Maestra.
1961: Algerian voters vote for independence.
1963: JFK signs the new Civil Rights Act.
1964: Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Public Law 88-352).
1966: France conducts nuclear tests at Mururoa.
1971: Reunification of Vietnam under the name Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
1976: The two Vietnams officially unite.
2000: Vicente Fox wins elections in Mexico.
2002: Steve Fossett completes the first solo balloon flight around the world.
2005: George W. Bush reaffirms his decision to keep troops in Iraq.
2006: Felipe Calderón wins the presidential elections in Mexico.
2008: Liberation of Ingrid Betancourt and other hostages held by the FARC.
2013: Evo Morales’ plane forced to land in Austria due to suspicions regarding Snowden.
2013: Edward Snowden requests political asylum in Russia.
2014: Rob Ford confesses to having used drugs.
2015: Explosions in Bogotá attributable to the ELN.
2018: INE declares Andrés Manuel López Obrador the winner.
-Rafael Correa fails to appear before the Ecuadorian court.
2020: 78% of Russian voters approve reforms to keep Putin in power.
-Ricardo Martinelli faces precautionary measures for corruption.
-U.S. attempts to seize Iranian ships bound for Venezuela.
2021: Elisa Loncón elected president of the constituent body in Chile.
-Fauci reports that 99.2% of COVID-19 deaths were among the unvaccinated.
2022: Iván Duque reports the possible death of Iván Márquez in Venezuela.
2023: Robert Kennedy Jr. criticizes the Biden administration and justifies Putin.