Santo Domingo.- The anniversaries of July 5th are marked by important historical events and international celebrations that left a mark on world history. Below are the main anniversaries of July 5th:
- World Bikini Day.
- International Day of Cooperatives.
- Venezuela Independence Day.
Saints’ Day: Saint Anthony, Zechariah, confessor and Saint Zoa.
National: July 5th anniversaries
- 1849: Santiago Espaillat is elected president, but refuses to accept the position.
- 1961: A PRD commission (Miolán, Castillo, Silfa, and Volman) arrives in the country to prepare for Juan Bosch’s return.
- 1961: La Voz Dominicana broadcasts a recorded message by Bosch to the Dominican people.
- 1965: The constitutionalist government submits a proposal to resolve the political-military crisis to the OAS.
- 1971: Elías Wessin y Wessin is deported to Spain by order of President Balaguer.
- 1976: Balaguer enacts Law 415 for the transfer of the Founding Fathers to the mausoleum at Independence Park.
- 1981: Publication of the weekly newspaper Camino begins under the Episcopal Conference.
- 1982: Jacobo Majluta assumes the presidency after being sworn in before the Supreme Court.
- 1982: Mother Teresa of Calcutta visits the country and prays for Antonio Guzmán.
- 1983: The DR is admitted as an observer member of Caricom.
- 1999: Works by Juan Bosch are released in Santo Domingo and Havana.
- 2015: Haitian Ambassador Daniel Supplice admits that his country did not collaborate with the Regularization Plan.
- 2015: The Bonó Center supports the Regularization Plan and describes it as a “historic opportunity.”
- 2020: The DR holds presidential and congressional elections following an electoral crisis.
- 2020: Haitian media broadcast Dominican elections for the first time.
- 2021: The PRD celebrates 60 years in the DR, marked by a deep decline.
- 2022: The IMF warns of economic uncertainty in the DR and Central America due to external factors.
International: July 5th anniversaries
- 1201: Earthquake in Syria leaves up to 1.1 million dead in the Middle East.
- 1517: Selim I is recognized as protector of the holy cities of Islam.
- 1809: Napoleon occupies the Vatican and imprisons the Pope.
- 1811: Bolívar and Miranda proclaim the independence of Venezuela.
- 1813: British troops land in Alicante against the French.
- 1859: Captain Middlebrooks takes possession of the Midway Islands.
- 1961: In Algeria, FLN demonstrations leave 80 dead.
- 1962: Algeria officially gains independence from France.
- 1975: General strike in Argentina against the Peronist government; Cape Verde gains independence.
- 1989: Mandela is invited by Botha to the South African presidential residence.
- 1996: Dolly the sheep is born, the first cloned animal.
- 2006: Marco Mancini is arrested in Italy, linked to the kidnapping of Abu Omar.
- 2007: 11 former Colombian deputies kidnapped by the FARC die.
- 2009: OAS suspends Honduras due to the coup against Zelaya; violence in Xinjiang leaves 197 dead.
- 2015: Honduran judge orders house arrest for Lena Gutiérrez for irregular sale of medicines.
- 2016: The Juno probe enters Jupiter’s orbit after a five-year mission.
- 2018: The People’s Party in Spain holds the first round of primaries.
- 2018: Explosion in Tultepec, Mexico, leaves at least 12 dead.
- 2020: Remains of soldier Vanessa Guillén are identified in the U.S.
- 2021: Haitian President Jovenel Moïse appoints Ariel Henry as prime minister.
- 2021: Jeff Bezos hands over Amazon leadership to Andy Jassy.
- 2022: Biden calls for restrictions on assault rifles following a shooting in Illinois.
- 2022: Ministers Rishi Sunak and Sajid Javid resign, sinking Boris Johnson’s leadership.
- 2023: Final launch of the Ariane 5 rocket takes place in French Guiana.
Births: July 5th anniversaries
- 1597: Sigismondo Boldoni, Italian writer.
- 1675: Mary Walcott, American woman, witness in the Salem witch trials.
- 1783: Charles-Louis Havas, French writer and journalist, founder of the news agency Agence France-Presse (AFP).
- 1852: Pedro Antonio Díaz, Panamanian politician, President of Panama between October 1 and 12, 1918.
- 1874: Eugen Fischer, German scientist in the service of Nazi Germany during World War II.
- 1888: Herbert Spencer Gasser, American physiologist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1944.
- 1908: Henri of Orléans, French aristocrat and politician, Orleanist pretender to the throne of France.
- 1919: Bep Voskuijl, Dutch citizen who helped hide Anne Frank and her family from the Nazis.
- 1933: Sheldon Dorf, American comic book artist, creator and founder of Comic-Con International: San Diego.
Deaths: July 5th anniversaries
- 717 BC: Romulus, one of the founders of Rome.
- 1862: Josefa Camejo, heroine of the Venezuelan Independence.
- 1910: Idelfonso Mella Castillo, brother of Matías Ramón Mella.
- 1965: Porfirio Rubirosa, Dominican diplomat and playboy, dies in Paris after a car accident.
- 2009: Robert McNamara, former U.S. Secretary of Defense, dies at 93.
- 2023: Coco Lee, Hong Kong-American singer.
