Santo Domingo.- The events of June 7 are marked by important historical occurrences and international celebrations that left a mark on world history. Below are the main events for June 7:
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- International Brain Tumor Awareness Day.
- World Oceans Day.
National: June 8th Anniversaries
- 1861: The Father of the Nation, Francisco del Rosario Sánchez, arrives in the country to fight against the annexation of the nation by the colony’s governor, Pedro Santana, which was consummated on March 18 of that same year.
- 1864: After being relieved of his command of his division in El Seibo, General Pedro Santana appears in Santo Domingo to face charges of insubordination.
- 1922: The Independent Association of Dominican Youth of Santiago launches a manifesto to the Dominican people against the North American military occupation, while rejecting the signing of any type of treaty justifying that action.
- 1931: In Santiago de los Caballeros, the Association of Instruction and Relief for Workers and Peasants is founded, which in 1934 participated in a conspiracy against the nascent regime of General Rafael Trujillo. Its first president was the young Ramón Vila Piola.
- 1947: President Rafael Trujillo sends a message to the National Congress to “submit for legislative consideration” a bill that disqualifies communist groups and others of similar tendencies from forming legal parties in the country.
- 1961: The Executive Branch cancels the appointment of José René Román Fernández (Pupo) as Major General of the National Army for his participation in the plot to execute the dictator Rafael L. Trujillo and dismisses him as Secretary of the Armed Forces.
- 1961: The Bishop of San Juan de la Maguana, Monsignor Reilly, writes a public letter to General Ramfis Trujillo informing him that he was back in that city and that he would officiate a funeral mass in memory of the dictator Rafael Trujillo, while offering his condolences.
- 1964: Lieutenant Colonel Rafael T. Fernández Domínguez writes from Madrid to the Secretary of the Armed Forces, Víctor E. Viñas Román, asking him to allow him to return to the country to be with his mother, who he states is “going through a painful state of health and a very delicate psychological state.”
- 1965: The Constitutionalist Government headed by Francisco Caamaño decides to accept the OAS Ad-Hoc formula, which proposes Héctor García Godoy and Eduardo Read Barrera as provisional President and Vice President of the Dominican Republic.
- 1965: The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the constitutionalist government, Jottin Cury, signs together with the president of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, Manuel Bianchi, the agreement to respect and provide the Commission with all facilities that were essential for the fulfillment of its mission in the country.
- 1996: Rolando Florián Félix is arrested, implicated in several drug trafficking cases, including the stash of 1,400 kilos of cocaine seized in Barahona aboard the ship Phoenix.
- 2005: The President of the Senate, Andrés Bautista, proposes to President Leonel Fernández a meeting so that the government can get involved, together with that legislative body and the private sector, in identifying alternatives to curb the negative impact of DR-CAFTA on the country’s productive sector.
- 2014: Deputy Vinicio Castillo Semán submits to the Plenary of the chamber a draft resolution that would order the construction of a wall on the border line with Haiti, to strengthen migration control in the area.
- 2018: The Dominican Republic enters for the first time in its history as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council during the years 2019 and 2020, after receiving the 184 valid votes cast by the states participating in the election, to occupy one of the seats for Latin America and the Caribbean.
- 2018: The Office of Permanent Attention Services in the San Pedro de Macorís Department of Justice imposes a coercive measure against five prison officers implicated in the rifle-killing of at least three of five inmates during an escape attempt from the CCR-11 Correction and Rehabilitation Center in that city.
- 2021: The Director of Communicable Diseases and Environmental Determinants of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Marcos Espinal, suggests to the Dominican authorities that due to the increase in Covid-19 cases in the country, they should close several provinces and implement teleworking in those territories.
- 2022: With an emotional ceremony, family and friends of the murdered Minister of the Environment, Orlando Jorge Mera, said their final goodbye, with military honors, during his burial at the Puerta del Cielo cemetery.
International: June 8th Anniversaries
- 452: Attila and his hosts invade Italy.
- 1868: On the Seine River, with the ship “Le Puebla”, the first test for the use of oil in steam navigation is carried out.
- 1917: In World War I, a U.S. expeditionary force, commanded by General Pershing, lands in Liverpool.
- 1928: As part of the Northern Expedition, the Chinese National Revolutionary Army captures Beijing and renames it Beiping (‘Northern Peace’).
- 1929: In Bogotá, Colombia, student Gonzalo Bravo Pérez is assassinated after denouncing the Banana Massacre and other state crimes. Since then, Student Day has been commemorated on this date.
- 1936: General Chiang Kai-Shek occupies Beijing and secures military control of China.
- 1947: The Argentine First Lady, Eva Duarte de Perón, is received triumphantly in Madrid.
- 1950: The Korean War begins.
- 1960: The Cuban government led by Fidel Castro closes the only remaining independent political newspaper: Crisol.
- 1964: In Brazil, President Humberto Castelo Branco strips Juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira of all political rights for ten years.
- 1965: The first intervention of American troops in Vietnam occurs, with the conflict also being called the Second Indochina War.
- 1967: In Spain, after four days of work, the Spanish-British negotiations on Gibraltar are suspended because Great Britain does not recognize Spanish sovereignty over the Gibraltar airport.
- 1970: The Argentine Armed Forces depose President Juan C. Onganía.
- 1971: In the United States, numerous demonstrations are recorded throughout the country in protest against the situation of Jews in the USSR.
- 1972: In the Vietnam War, Associated Press photographer Nick Ut takes the famous photo of the girl Phan Thị Kim Phúc running naked, burned by napalm.
- 1972: In Uruguay, Geoffrey Jackson, the British ambassador in Montevideo, is kidnapped by the Tupamaros.
- 1979: In Nicaragua, the Sandinista guerrilla spreads throughout the country.
- 1979: In Iran, Prime Minister Mehdi Bazargan announces the nationalization of all banks.
- 1981: A train accident in India, occurring while trying to avoid hitting a cow, causes 3,000 deaths.
- 1986: Former UN Secretary-General and conservative candidate Kurt Waldheim wins the Austrian presidency in a runoff election.
- 1997: Haitian Prime Minister Rosny Smarth resigns from his post.
- 2006: U.S. troops kill Al Qaeda leader in Iraq, Abu Musab Al Zarqawi, in a village near Baquba.
- 2014: The Pakistani branch of the Taliban claims responsibility for the assault on Karachi International Airport, leaving 18 dead.
- 2018: Journalist and former president Mauricio Funes is accused of embezzling more than 351 million dollars during his administration.
- 2019: The Chinese government tasks its Economic Planning Agency with establishing a technological system to prevent and resolve national security risks.
- 2020: New Zealand announces it has completely eradicated the coronavirus.
- 2020: The Democratic opposition in the U.S. introduces a bill to reform police tactics, facing skepticism from President Donald Trump.
- 2021: The National Police of Nicaragua arrests the third presidential candidate, academic and opposition activist Félix Maradiaga.
- 2021: The President of France, Emmanuel Macron, is slapped during a public event.
- 2022: Antigua and Barbuda, the Bahamas, Belize, Grenada, Jamaica, and Saint Kitts and Nevis announce their intention to become republics, following Barbados’ example.
Births: June 8th Anniversaries
- 570: Muhammad, prophet and founder of Islam.
- 1928: Gustavo Gutiérrez, Peruvian philosopher and theologian.
- 1977: Kanye West, American rapper and producer.
Deaths: Anniversaries for June 8
1929: Gonzalo Bravo Pérez, Colombian student murdered after denouncing the Banana Massacre.
1981: More than 3,000 people die in India in a train accident after trying to avoid hitting a cow.
1995: Juan Carlos Onganía, Argentine dictator between 1966 and 1970.
