{"id":512871,"date":"2025-07-02T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-02T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/anniversaries-of-july-2nd\/"},"modified":"2025-07-02T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T04:00:00","slug":"anniversaries-of-july-2nd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/style\/anniversaries\/anniversaries-of-july-2nd\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Anniversaries of July 2nd&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"&#8220;n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Santo Domingo.-<\/strong> The anniversaries of July 1st are marked by important historical events and international celebrations that left a mark on world history. Below are the main anniversaries of July 1st:<\/p>n&#8221;\n\n&#8220;n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">n<li>International Sports Journalists Day.<\/li>nnnn<li>World UFO Day.<\/li>n<\/ul>n&#8221;\n\n&#8220;n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Saints&#8217; Day:<\/strong> Saint Petronilla. Saints Otto, Bernardino, Paschasius, Crescentius, Juvenal, Urban, Basil, and Cyrus.<\/p>n&#8221;\n\n&#8220;n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>National: Anniversaries of July 2nd<\/strong><\/h2>n&#8221;\n\n&#8220;n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">n<li>1502: A storm breaks out, sinking the fleet sent by Friar Nicol\u00e1s de Ovando. Bobadilla, Francisco Rold\u00e1n, and the cacique Guarionex perish.<\/li>nnnn<li>1809: The French surrender to the forces of Juan S\u00e1nchez Ram\u00edrez and the British under the command of Hugh Lyle Carmichael.<\/li>nnnn<li>1844: Pedro Santana requests permission from the Central Government Junta to retire due to illness.<\/li>nnnn<li>1849: Ricardo Miura y Logro\u00f1o is appointed as a member of the National Congress.<\/li>nnnn<li>1861: A War Council sentences Francisco del Rosario S\u00e1nchez and other patriots to death.<\/li>nnnn<li>1865: The Urban and Rural Police law is enacted.<\/li>nnnn<li>1921: The Dominican National Police is created through Executive Order 631.<\/li>nnnn<li>1957: H\u00e9ctor B. Trujillo authorizes the deactivation of the Jehovah&#8217;s Witnesses campaign, at the suggestion of priest Oscar Robles Toledano.<\/li>nnnn<li>1961: Balaguer accepts the resignation of his cabinet.<\/li>nnnn<li>1961: \u00c1ngel Miol\u00e1n (PRD) announces the dispatch of a commission to the country.<\/li>nnnn<li>1961: The Government responds to a letter from anti-Trujillo exiles in Caracas.<\/li>nnnn<li>1965: Shots fired at Balaguer&#8217;s residence.<\/li>nnnn<li>1965: Manuel Bianchi of the OAS arrives in the country.<\/li>nnnn<li>1966: Balaguer listens to the people&#8217;s requests in a public hearing.<\/li>nnnn<li>1971: Official recognition is granted to the Universidad Central del Este.<\/li>nnnn<li>1993: The cassette \u201cCuentos de Juan Bosch\u201d (Tales by Juan Bosch), narrated by Freddy Ortiz, is released.<\/li>nnnn<li>2008: The Senate prosecutes members of the Chamber of Accounts for alleged irregularities.<\/li>nnnn<li>2015: Dominican doctor Salom\u00f3n Melgen is released on bail in the U.S.<\/li>nnnn<li>2016: A child with microcephaly is born in Barahona; it is being studied whether it is linked to the Zika virus.<\/li>nnnn<li>2018: The Plenary Assembly of the Dominican Episcopate denounces corruption, violence, and poverty.<\/li>nnnn<li>2018: Mariano Germ\u00e1n calls Laura Guerrero Pelletier and Miriam Germ\u00e1n Brito \u201cdaring.\u201d<\/li>nnnn<li>2020: The IDAC does not object to the construction of the B\u00e1varo International Airport.<\/li>nnnn<li>2022: The Public Prosecutor&#8217;s Office files the Medusa case file with more than 3,000 pieces of evidence.<\/li>n<\/ul>n&#8221;\n\n&#8220;n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>International: Anniversaries for July 2nd<\/strong><\/h2>n&#8221;\n\n&#8220;n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">n<li>1489: The Muslim city of Motril surrenders to the Catholic Monarchs.<\/li>nnnn<li>1520: Massacre of Calacoaya by Hern\u00e1n Cort\u00e9s&#8217; troops.<\/li>nnnn<li>1644: Victory of the English Parliament over the forces of Charles I at Marston Moor.<\/li>nnnn<li>1798: Napoleon takes Alexandria.<\/li>nnnn<li>1900: Ferdinand von Zeppelin conducts the first flight of an airship.<\/li>nnnn<li>1937: Amelia Earhart disappears in the Pacific.<\/li>nnnn<li>1957: Fidel Castro speaks to the people from the Sierra Maestra.<\/li>nnnn<li>1961: Algerian voters vote for independence.<\/li>nnnn<li>1963: JFK signs the new Civil Rights Act.<\/li>nnnn<li>1964: Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Public Law 88-352).<\/li>nnnn<li>1966: France conducts nuclear tests at Mururoa.<\/li>nnnn<li>1971: Reunification of Vietnam under the name Socialist Republic of Vietnam.<\/li>nnnn<li>1976: The two Vietnams officially unite.<\/li>nnnn<li>2000: Vicente Fox wins elections in Mexico.<\/li>nnnn<li>2002: Steve Fossett completes the first solo balloon flight around the world.<\/li>nnnn<li>2005: George W. Bush reaffirms his decision to keep troops in Iraq.<\/li>nnnn<li>2006: Felipe Calder\u00f3n wins the presidential elections in Mexico.<\/li>nnnn<li>2008: Liberation of Ingrid Betancourt and other hostages held by the FARC.<\/li>nnnn<li>2013: Evo Morales&#8217; plane forced to land in Austria due to suspicions regarding Snowden.<\/li>nnnn<li>2013: Edward Snowden requests political asylum in Russia.<\/li>nnnn<li>2014: Rob Ford confesses to having used drugs.<\/li>nnnn<li>2015: Explosions in Bogot\u00e1 attributable to the ELN.<\/li>nnnn<li>2018: INE declares Andr\u00e9s Manuel L\u00f3pez Obrador the winner.<\/li>nnnn<li>-Rafael Correa fails to appear before the Ecuadorian court.<\/li>nnnn<li>2020: 78% of Russian voters approve reforms to keep Putin in power.<\/li>nnnn<li>-Ricardo Martinelli faces precautionary measures for corruption.<\/li>nnnn<li>-U.S. attempts to seize Iranian ships bound for Venezuela.<\/li>nnnn<li>2021: Elisa Lonc\u00f3n elected president of the constituent body in Chile.<\/li>nnnn<li>-Fauci reports that 99.2% of COVID-19 deaths were among the unvaccinated.<\/li>nnnn<li>2022: Iv\u00e1n Duque reports the possible death of Iv\u00e1n M\u00e1rquez in Venezuela.<\/li>nnnn<li>2023: Robert Kennedy Jr. criticizes the Biden administration and justifies Putin.<\/li>n<\/ul>n&#8221;\n\n&#8220;n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Births: July 2nd Anniversaries<\/strong><\/h2>n&#8221;\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_7987-700x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"Efem\u00e9rides del 2 de julio\" class=\"wp-image-497253\" style=\"width:90px;height:auto\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n&#8220;n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">n<li>1916: Ken Curtis, American actor and singer.<\/li>nnnn<li>1917: Patricio Lumumba is born, first head of government of the Congo (Zaire).<\/li>nnnn<li>1983: Michelle Branch, American singer, from the band The Wreckers.<\/li>nnnn<li>1990: Margot Robbie, Australian actress.<\/li>n<\/ul>n&#8221;\n\n&#8220;n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Deaths: Anniversaries of July 2nd<\/strong><\/h2>n&#8221;\n\n&#8220;n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">n<li>1566: The astrologer Nostradamus dies.<\/li>nnnn<li>1901: Concepci\u00f3n Bona, embroiderer of the first Dominican flag.<\/li>nnnn<li>1961: Ernest Hemingway commits suicide in Idaho, USA.<\/li>nnnn<li>2010: Singer-songwriter Luis Kalaff passes away in Santo Domingo.<\/li>n<\/ul>n&#8221;","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;n Santo Domingo.- The anniversaries of July 1st are marked by important historical events and international celebrations that left a mark on world history. Below are the main anniversaries of July 1st: n&#8221; &#8220;&#8221; &#8220;n Saints&#8217; Day: Saint Petronilla. 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