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Santo Domingo.- The anniversaries of June 23rd, are marked by important historical events and international celebrations that left a mark on world history. Below are the main anniversaries of June 23rd:

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United Nations Public Service Day.
International Widows’ Day.
International Dravet Syndrome Awareness Day.
Olympic Day, in commemoration of the founding of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). It was created on June 23, 1894, by Baron Pierre de Coubertin in Paris with the aim of reviving the Ancient Olympic Games.
International Women in Engineering Day.

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Saints’ Day: Immaculate Heart of Mary. Saint Agrippina, virgin. Saints Zeno, John, and Felix. Biological Diversity Day. Independence in Luxembourg.

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National: June 23rd Anniversaries

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1494: Christopher Columbus arrives at the island of Hispaniola on his second voyage to the New World.
1847: Promulgation of Law 107, which creates the Communal Councils.
1852: San Pedro de Macorís is elevated to a Commune by decree of the National Congress.
1882: Creation of a new maritime district in the East, composed of San Pedro de Macorís and Los Llanos.
1911: The first victim of a car accident in the DR occurs: Rafael Santoni.
1924: Congress approves the Evacuation Plan, validating acts of the U.S. military government.
1930: The United States recognizes the presidency of Rafael Leónidas Trujillo.
1942: Law No. 16 is created, establishing the State Economic Kitchens.
1959: Rafael Trujillo declares that the members of the Constanza, Maimón, and Estero Hondo expedition were killed.
1960: The U.S. Embassy reports an alleged plot against Trujillo from the FAD.
1965: The constitutionalist government meets with the OAS Commission following attacks.
1969: A CDA plane crash in Miami causes 10 deaths.
1986: The JCE declares Joaquín Balaguer the winner; five dead and 30 injured in front of the agency.
1998: Emmanuel Esquea resigns from the presidency of the PRD due to a pact between Mejía and Hatuey De Camps.
2005: The UNDP warns that, in its current form, the DR-CAFTA is not favorable for the DR.
2014: The Jesuit Social Centers Network accuses Haitian politicians of abandoning their diaspora.
2015: Haiti prohibits the land entry of 33 Dominican products.
2015: The Dominican government initiates an international communication plan regarding its migration policy.

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International: June 23rd Anniversaries

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79: Titus succeeds Vespasian as Roman emperor.
840: Frankish Emperor Louis the Pious dies.
1158: Sancho III and Ferdinand II sign the Treaty of Sahagún.
1314: Scotland regains its independence after the Battle of Bannockburn.
1372: Castilian squadron defeats English fleet in La Rochelle.
1894: The celebration of the modern Olympic Games is instituted.
1931: Pilot Wiley Post completes the first flight around the world.
1941: Lithuania declares its independence from the USSR.
1942: First execution in a gas chamber at Auschwitz.
1947: U.S. Congress passes the Taft-Hartley Act.
1949: Pope Pius XII excommunicates Italian communists.
1976: María Estela Martínez de Perón is stripped of her political rights.
1979: OAS demands the replacement of the Somoza regime in Nicaragua.
1983: Osvaldo Dorticós commits suicide in Cuba.
1985: Bomb on Air India Boeing leaves 329 dead.
1985: Earthquake in southern Peru leaves 102 dead.
2001: Vladimiro Montesinos arrested in Venezuela.
2005: George W. Bush promotes DR-CAFTA as a curb on migration.
2006: U.S. gains access to financial databases since 2001.
2008: Alberto Acosta resigns from Ecuador’s Constituent Assembly.
2013: Edward Snowden arrives at Moscow airport.
2015: WikiLeaks reveals U.S. espionage on three French presidents.
2015: Sister Nirmala Joshi, successor to Mother Teresa, dies.
2015: Melissa Mayeux is the first woman on the Major League Baseball prospect list.
2016: United Kingdom votes for “Brexit”.
2016: FARC and Colombian government agree to a definitive ceasefire.
2018: Explosion at Mnangagwa rally in Zimbabwe.
2018: Monsignor Capella is convicted in the Vatican for child pornography.
2019: Failed coup in Ethiopia leaves several dead.
2019: U.S. seeks military rapprochement with Venezuela.
2021: John McAfee is found dead in prison in Spain.
2021: Orthodox priest attacks archbishops with acid in Greece.
2022: The EU grants candidate status to new countries.
2022: Russia advances in Severodonetsk and Lysychansk, Ukraine.
2023: Yevgeny Prigozhin revolts against the Russian Ministry of Defense.

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Births: June 23rd Anniversaries

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"Anniversaries of June 23rd" | De Último Minuto English — **Zinedine Zidane**

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47 BC: Caesarion (Ptolemy XV), pharaoh of Egypt.
1862: Maria de la Paz of Bourbon, Infanta of Spain, daughter of Queen Isabella II.
1912: Alan Turing, British mathematician, logician, computer scientist, cryptanalyst, and philosopher.
1937: Martti Ahtisaari, Finnish politician, President of Finland between 1994 and 2000.
1946: Jaime Guzmán, Chilean lawyer and politician, collaborator of Augusto Pinochet.
1972: Zinedine Zidane, retired French footballer and current manager.
1994: Hoyeon Jung, South Korean model.

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