{"id":506864,"date":"2025-05-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-08T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/may-8th-anniversaries\/"},"modified":"2025-05-08T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2025-05-08T04:00:00","slug":"may-8th-anniversaries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/style\/anniversaries\/may-8th-anniversaries\/","title":{"rendered":"May 8th Anniversaries"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Santo Domingo.- <\/strong>The events of May 8th are marked by important historical events and international celebrations that left their mark on world history. Below are the main events of May 8th:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>World Donkey Day<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>World Ovarian Cancer Day.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>International Thalassemia Day.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Saint&#8217;s Day: <\/strong>Our Lady of Anguish. Saints Boniface, Beato, Renato, Pedro<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>National: May 8th Anniversaries<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>1804: Jean-Jacques Dessalines issues a proclamation to Dominicans to join his cause.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1880: Decree by Gregorio Luper\u00f3n creates the first fire departments in several cities.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1916: Congress declares the mandate of Juan Isidro Jim\u00e9nes Pereira headless.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1948: Archbishop Tom\u00e1s Portes e Infante founds the Santo Tom\u00e1s de Aquino Seminary.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1962: U.S. Ambassador denies intervention in Dominican elections.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1963: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/es\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/es\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UN<\/a><\/strong> debates RD-Haiti conflict; accuses Duvalier and defends RD.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1964: Gladys Bello de Lachapelle denounces political persecution against her husband.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1965: U.S.A. reports that it has 42,412 military personnel on Dominican soil.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1967: Secret Service reports terrorist acts by Fragua and UCN against the government.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1981: <em>El Nuevo Diario<\/em> circulates for the first time under Juan Bol\u00edvar D\u00edaz.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1994: Law of general salary increase of 20 and 30% is enacted.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2000: The <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/stats0.sb.gob.do\/pdf\/ley-mercado-valores-19-00.pdf\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/stats0.sb.gob.do\/pdf\/ley-mercado-valores-19-00.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Law 19-2000 <\/a><\/strong>of the Securities Market is enacted.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2005: Leonel Fern\u00e1ndez accuses the previous government of a severe economic crisis.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2006: The \u201cCivility Pact\u201d is signed prior to municipal and legislative elections.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2007: Tornado in Dajab\u00f3n causes injuries, destruction of homes and trees.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2018: Danilo Medina affirms that he will not participate in a new round of dialogue on Venezuela.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2019: Manuel Emilio Mesa Beltr\u00e9 (El Gringo) is sentenced to 30 years for drug trafficking.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2020: Covid-19 cases rise to 9,376 and deaths to 380.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>International: May 8th Anniversaries<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>589: The Third Council of Toledo begins; Arianism is eliminated.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1527: Sebasti\u00e1n Caboto sights the Paran\u00e1 River (Argentina).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1541: Hernando de Soto sights the Mississippi River.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1542: Hernando de Soto discovers the Mississippi River.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1627: Caboto discovers the Paran\u00e1.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1702: Holland declares war on France and Spain.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1704: Charles of Austria disembarks in Lisbon to dethrone Philip V.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1794: Chemist Antoine Lavoisier guillotined.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1826: Henry Clay orders the inclusion of the canal issue for Central America.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1842: 200 dead in a train accident in France.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1945: Germany surrenders in World War II.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1971: Mariner 8 mission to Mars fails.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1973: US and Sioux sign agreement for indigenous reservations.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1979: 23 dead in protest in El Salvador.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1980: US declares emergency in Florida due to Cuban immigrants.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1998: Miguel \u00c1ngel Rodr\u00edguez assumes the presidency of Costa Rica.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1999: PIP protests against the US Navy&#8217;s occupation of Vieques.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2006: Bush nominates Michael Hayden as director of the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cia.gov\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.cia.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CIA<\/a><\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2010: Laura Chinchilla assumes the presidency of Costa Rica.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2015: Guatemalan Vice President Roxana Baldetti resigns.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2018: Sun Zhengcai sentenced to life in prison for corruption in China.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2018: Carlos Alvarado assumes the presidency of Costa Rica.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2019: Michel Temer returns to prison for corruption.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2020: Racial bias in arrests for social distancing in NY is denounced.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2022: 40 dead in explosion at Hotel Saratoga, Havana.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Births: May 8th Anniversaries<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ab.deultimominuto.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Efemerides-del-8-de-mayo-736x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-473025\" style=\"width:161px;height:auto\" title=\"\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Jo\u00e3o Havelange<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ab.deultimominuto.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Efemeride-del-8-de-mayo.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-473023\" style=\"width:145px;height:auto\" title=\"\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Jeonghwa<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>1605: Marcela de San F\u00e9lix, Spanish poet and nun, daughter of Lope de Vega.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1891: Pablo Teodoro Fels, Argentine airplane pilot, precursor and benefactor of Argentine Aeronautics.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1902: Andr\u00e9 Lwoff, French biologist and doctor of Russian-Polish origin, Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1965.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1916: Jo\u00e3o Havelange, Brazilian sports executive, politician and lawyer, president of FIFA.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1995: Jeonghwa, South Korean singer, from the band EXID.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Deaths: May 8th Anniversaries<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>685: Benedict II, Roman Pope.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1794: Chemist Antoine Lavoisier guillotined<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2019: Sprent Dabwido, Nauruan politician, President of Nauru between 2011 and 2013.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Santo Domingo.- The events of May 8th are marked by important historical events and international celebrations that left their mark on world history. Below are the main events of May 8th: Saint&#8217;s Day: Our Lady of Anguish. Saints Boniface, Beato, Renato, Pedro National: May 8th Anniversaries International: May 8th Anniversaries Births: May 8th Anniversaries Deaths: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":506865,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[40918],"tags":[40231,40224,40297],"class_list":["post-506864","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-anniversaries","tag-dominican-republic","tag-ephemeris","tag-may"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phj1q1-27Re","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/05\/ChatGPT-Image-7-may-2025-10_50_46-p.m.jpg","dum_api":{"author_name":"Redacci\u00f3n De \u00daltimo Minuto","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/cropped-logo-de-ultimo-minuto-96x96.png","categories_name":["Anniversaries"],"featured_media_url":"https:\/\/cdn.deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/05\/ChatGPT-Image-7-may-2025-10_50_46-p.m.jpg"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/506864","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=506864"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/506864\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/506865"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=506864"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=506864"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=506864"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}