May 7th Anniversaries

Santo Domingo.- The events of May 7th are marked by important historical events and international celebrations that left their mark on world history. Below are the main events of May 7th:

• World AIDS Orphans Day.
• Russia: Day of Radio.
• Argentina: Argentine Mining Day.

Saint’s Day: Our Lady of Victory, Flavia and Domitilla. Saint Juvenal

Nationals: May 7th Anniversaries

• 1842: Earthquake destroys cities in the north of the country.
• 1877: National Convention dictates new Constitution.
• 1916: Resignation of President Juan Isidro Jiménez due to U.S. military intervention.
• 1930: Resignation of members of the Central Electoral Board due to Trujillo’s repression.
• 1955: Rafael Leónidas Trujillo is declared “Father of the New Fatherland”.
• 1961: Young legislators question the Concordat with the Catholic Church.
• 1963: U.S. orders evacuation of its embassy in Haiti due to Dominican threat.
• 1965: Resignation of Military Junta, Imbert Barreras assumes; clashes in Villa Francisca and San Carlos; U.S. ambassador requests instructions due to rebel advance.
• 1978: JCE allows observed vote after request from PRSC and Balaguer.
• 1991: Creation of the Dominican College of Journalists through law 10-91.
• 1998: Juan Bosch is decorated with the Legion of Honor by France.
• 2018: PGR investigation of journalists for Odebrecht case.

International: May 7th Anniversaries

• 1429: Joan of Arc wounded in the taking of Orléans.
• 1848: Prussian troops quell insurrection in Warsaw.
• 1856: Argentina and Brazil sign a friendship and trade pact.
• 1915: Sinking of the Lusitania by German submarines.
• 1939: Italy and Germany form the Berlin-Rome axis.
• 1943: Allied troops take Tunis and Bizerte; Germans retreat.
• 1945: Germany surrenders to Allied forces.
• 1954: Vietnam defeats France in Dien Bien Phu.
• 1964: Paul VI celebrates Mass with artists in the Sistine Chapel.
• 1973: The Washington Post wins Pulitzer for Watergate.
• 1976: Isabel Perón accused of misappropriation of funds.
• 1999: Coup d’état in Guinea Bissau against Vieira.
• 2001: Argentine army recognizes executions in 1976.
• 2002: U.S. withdraws from the International Criminal Court treaty.
• 2003: Argentina declares crimes against humanity imprescriptible.
• 2004: Chile enacts divorce law.
• 2008: Ecuador accuses Colombia of crimes against humanity.
• 2010: Laura Chinchilla assumes as the first president of Costa Rica.
• 2011: Constitutional referendum in Ecuador proposed by Correa.
• 2020: Neiman Marcus files for bankruptcy due to the effects of COVID-19.

Births: May 7th Anniversaries

• 1749: Ernest Dominique François Joseph Duquesnoy, French revolutionary.
• 1833: Johannes Brahms, German Romantic composer and pianist.
• 1892: Marshal Tito (Josip Broz), Yugoslavian military man, president between 1953 and 1980.
• 1919: Juan Antonio Usparitza Lecumberri, Basque doctor and founder of the DYA Roadside Assistance Association.
• 1969: Naasón Joaquín García, Mexican swindler and millionaire, leader of the La Luz del Mundo sect.

Deaths: May 7th Anniversaries

• 973: Otto I, East Frankish king between 936 and 973 and Holy Roman Emperor between 962 and 973.
• 1902: Augustine Roscelli, Italian Catholic priest and founder of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Immaculate.
• 1998: Allan McLeod Cormack, South African scientist, Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1979.
• 2013: Ray Harryhausen, American special effects technician and film producer.
• 2023: Patricio Bañados, Chilean journalist, radio announcer and presenter.