Santo Domingo.- The anniversaries of July 26 are marked by important historical events and international celebrations that left a mark on world history. Below are the main anniversaries of July 26:
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- International Day for the Conservation of the Mangrove Ecosystem
- International Day for the Defense of the Mangrove Ecosystem
- Independence Day in Liberia and the Maldives.
Saints’ Day: Saint Anne and Saint Joachim, parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary, patron saints of San Francisco de Macorís, Enriquillo, and Villa Bisonó.
National: Anniversaries of July 26th
- 1844. A delegation from the Central Governing Board arrives in Santiago with the mission of making public the manifesto declaring Juan Pablo Duarte, Matías Ramón Mella, and Francisco del Rosario Sánchez as “traitors” to the homeland.
- 1898. The Executive Branch orders the sale of the temple where the cult of the Virgin of Altagracia was maintained in Santo Domingo.
- 1899. President Ulises Heureaux (Lilís) is gunned down in the city of Moca, victim of a shooting attack perpetrated by Ramón Cáceres and Horacio Vásquez.
- – The house where President Heureaux’s body was being waked is shot at by his killers, causing a human stampede among those in attendance.
- – Vice President Wenceslao Figueroa is sworn in as acting president, holding power for only one month before being relieved by a provisional junta.
- 1916. The newspaper “Los Mosqueteros” begins circulation, constituting the first publication of La Romana, with municipal official Asdrúbal Lluberes as its director.
- 1920. Law No. 520, regarding Associations that do not have a Pecuniary Benefit as their Object, and its modifications, is promulgated.
- 1934. Former Vice President Federico Velázquez Hernández passes away in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
- 1957. The Dominican tyrant Rafael L. Trujillo Molina is identified as responsible for ordering the assassination of the President of Guatemala, Carlos Castillo Armas.
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- 1961. Authorities release anti-Trujillo leader Manuel Aurelio Tavarez Justo from prison, immediately beginning work to formally and publicly establish the 14th of June Political Group.
- 1962. The National Civic Union (UCN) Movement is recognized as a political party by the Central Electoral Board, at the request of its president and secretary general, Ángel Severo Cabral and Luís Manuel Baquero, respectively.
- 1990. The American prospect of Dominican origin, Moisés Rojas Beltré (Moisés Alou), debuts in the Major Leagues with his team, the Pittsburgh Pirates.
- 2000. The Executive Branch promulgates Law 49-00, through which the Secretariat of State for Youth is created.
- 2015. Former Major League pitcher Pedro Martínez is inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame, becoming the second immortal of Cooperstown, alongside fellow former pitcher Juan Marichal.
- – The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Haiti, Lener Renaud, reiterates his country’s position that the government will not accept Haitians born in the Dominican Republic whom the Dominican authorities “want to expel.”
- 2018. The Attorney General’s Office begins criminal prosecution of eleven people, including officials, businessmen, and former officials who are accused of forming a criminal association to defraud more than 63,000 citizens with the fraudulent sale of land in the Los Tres Brazos sector, Santo Domingo East municipality.
- 2019. The former baseball player and current special advisor to the Boston Red Sox is discharged from the Massachusetts General Hospital to go to his home in Boston, where he will continue the recovery process from the damage caused by a gunshot wound he received in the country on June 9th.
- 2021. The Minister of Energy and Mines, Antonio Almonte, announces that the Government will tender the contract for the operation and maintenance of the Punta Catalina thermoelectric plant, thus denying that the power generator will be sold to the private sector.
International: Anniversaries of July 26th
- 920. Near Pamplona (Spain), the Muslims defeat the Navarrese-Leonese Christian alliance at the Battle of Valdejunquera.
- 1139. Afonso I of Portugal is acclaimed King of Portugal and proclaims the independence of the Kingdom of León.
- 1309. Henry VII is recognized as “King of the Romans” by Pope Clement V.
- 1533 Francisco Pizarro orders the execution of Atahualpa.
- 1875. The Spanish poet Antonio Machado is born, author of the verse “Traveler, there is no path”.
- 1931. Chilean President Carlos Ibáñez del Campo resigns from his post amidst a political crisis.
- 1933. The Reich Government enacts a sterilization law with the aim of “improving the German race”.
- 1952. Eva Duarte de Perón, wife of the President of the Argentine Republic, dies in Buenos Aires at the presidential residence at the age of 33.
- 1953. Troops loyal to guerrilla leader Fidel Castro attack Santiago de Cuba, officially launching the offensive against dictator Fulgencio Batista.
- 1955. South African opposition movements adopt the so-called “Freedom Charter”, a document drafted by Nelson Mandela while in hiding, which demands the achievement of a democratic, free, and multiracial society.
- 1956. Egypt nationalizes the Suez Canal and the Anglo-French invasion begins.
- 1958. Guatemalan President, Colonel Carlos Castillo Armas, is assassinated, an action linked to the Dominican government through its military attaché there, Johnny Abbes García.
- 1961. Cuba announces the unification of all political organizations and entities into the United Party of the Socialist Revolution.
- 1975. Members of the FARC kill 10 people by attacking a column of civilians in the community of Guaduas Negras, Boyacá state, who were preparing to recover the body of a farmer accused of being an informant for the Colombian Army.
- 1984. Twelve European businessmen raise the 25 million peseta bail in 48 hours to pay for the provisional release of Spanish businessman José María Ruiz-Mateos.
- 1988. Commander Fidel Castro reveals in a speech on this date that Cuban troops stationed in Angola saved that nation’s army at the Battle of Cuito-Cuanavale and forced South Africa to negotiate the independence of Namibia.
- 1990. “Operation Dragon” begins, ending twenty years of U.S. chemical weapons presence in the Federal Republic of Germany.
- 2006. Cuban President Fidel Castro participates in a public event for the last time, one day before undergoing complicated intestinal surgery.
- 2011. About 78 people die when a Moroccan Hercules C-130 military plane crashes into a mountain near Guelmim, Morocco.
- 2014. The first data obtained from the black boxes of the Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 that crashed in eastern Ukraine on the 17th are consistent with an explosion caused by a missile.
- – The United States Department of Defense orders the evacuation of its diplomatic personnel at the embassy in Tripoli (Libya) due to fears of violence in the country.
- 2016. Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton makes history by becoming the first female presidential candidate for one of the country’s two major parties, the Democratic Party, which chose her by acclamation at the request of her primary rival, Senator Bernie Sanders.
- 2018. CNN White House correspondent Kaitlan Collins reports that she was banned from attending a press event in the Rose Garden of the presidential residence due to questions considered “inappropriate” by officials that she had asked President Donald Trump hours earlier.
- 2021. The Port-au-Prince Prosecutor’s Office issues an arrest warrant for judge Wendelle Coq Thélot, after being accused of murder and armed robbery related to the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse, who had previously dismissed her from the Court of Cassation.
- – U.S. President Joe Biden and Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi sign an agreement to end the U.S. military’s combat mission in that country by the end of the year.
Births: Anniversaries of July 26th
- 1875: Carl Gustav Jung, Swiss psychiatrist and psychologist.
- 1875: Antonio Machado, Spanish poet of the Generation of ’98.
- 1894: Aldous Huxley, British writer and author of Brave New World.
- 1943: Mick Jagger, British musician and lead singer of The Rolling Stones.
- 1945: Helen Mirren, British actress.
- 1964: Sandra Bullock, American actress.
- 1967: Jason Statham, British actor.
- 1973: Kate Beckinsale, British actress.
Deaths: Anniversaries of July 26
- 811: Nikephoros I, Byzantine emperor.
- 1362: Berenguer de Cruïlles, Spanish Catholic bishop.
- 1899: Ulises Heureaux (Lilís), Dominican dictator and president, assassinated in Moca.
- 1937: Gerda Taro, German war photojournalist and pioneer in the field (died on the front lines of the Spanish Civil War).
- 1957: Carlos Castillo Armas, president of Guatemala (assassinated).
- 1984: Ed Gein, American serial killer.
- 2023: Sinéad O’Connor, Irish singer-songwriter.
- 2023: Randy Meisner, American musician and member of the band Eagles.
