{"id":513424,"date":"2025-07-07T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-07T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/anniversaries-of-july-7\/"},"modified":"2025-07-07T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2025-07-07T04:00:00","slug":"anniversaries-of-july-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/style\/anniversaries\/anniversaries-of-july-7\/","title":{"rendered":"Anniversaries of July 7"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Santo Domingo.-<\/strong> The anniversaries of July 6 are marked by important historical events and international celebrations that left a mark on world history. Below are the main anniversaries of July 6:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>World Cocoa Day.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>World Kiswahili Language Day.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>International Soil Conservation Day.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>International Andean Condor Day.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>National: Anniversaries of July 7th<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>1801: Toussaint Louverture proclaims a Constitution for the entire island of Santo Domingo in which, for the first time, slavery is condemned.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1857: Due to monetary fraud attributed to President Buenaventura B\u00e1ez against tobacco producers in the Cibao region, the so-called \u201cRevolution of July 7th\u201d breaks out.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1857: Military officer and politician Desiderio Valverde assumes the presidency of the country, a role he will hold until August 31, 1858.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1901: The San Cirilo cyclone causes flooding and severe material damage in the northern and northeastern regions of the country.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1907: In Washington, Dominican envoy Emilio C. Joubert and Secretary Robert Bacon sign the Dominican-American Convention, seeking to settle the payment of the US$40 million foreign debt.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1934: Physician, painter, narrator, and cultural manager Ernesto Rivera Cede\u00f1o is born in Salvale\u00f3n de Hig\u00fcey.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1961: The Executive Branch cancels the appointment of Lieutenant Colonel Johnny Abbes Garc\u00eda, head of the Military Intelligence Service (SIM).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1962: U.S. President John F. Kennedy announces a three-year aid program for the Dominican Republic.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1965: An OAS commission presents a report on the atrocities perpetrated by troops of the Government of National Reconstruction led by General Antonio Imbert, backed by the U.S.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1966: President Joaqu\u00edn Balaguer presents his sworn statement of assets in accordance with Law 57.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1978: The Central Electoral Board strips the PRD of four senate seats, alleging a 27% abstention rate in Mar\u00eda Trinidad S\u00e1nchez, La Altagracia, El Seibo, and Bahoruco.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1994: The Dominican Episcopate takes a position on the political crisis following the May 16 elections, which were denounced as fraudulent by the PRD and its allies.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2013: Scotiabank and the intervened Baninter sign an agreement for the acquisition of 35 branches; Baninter opposes it, claiming its assets cannot be sold.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2021: The Government adopts seven immediate execution measures to reinforce border security and repatriate Dominicans in Haiti following the assassination of Jovenel Mo\u00efse.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2021: The president of Adoexpo, Elizabeth Mena, warns of severe repercussions for exports and the Dominican economy due to the border closure with Haiti.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>International: Events of July 7th<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>1496: The Catholic Monarchs create the Santa Hermandad to combat banditry and the rebellious nobility.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1497: Vasco da Gama&#8217;s fleet sets sail from Lisbon with the mission of finding a maritime route to India by skirting Africa.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1503: From Jamaica, Christopher Columbus writes to the Catholic Monarchs recounting the vicissitudes of his fourth voyage.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1505: Martin Luther enters the Augustinian monastery of Saint Mary in Erfurt.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1853: A U.S. squadron forces Japan to open its ports and markets to U.S. trade.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1937: Japanese and Chinese troops clash in Beijing, an incident that begins the Second Sino-Japanese War.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1941: The U.S. occupies Iceland during World War II following the German torpedoing of a U.S. destroyer.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1946: Pope Pius XII canonizes Frances Xavier Cabrini, the first U.S.-born saint.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1960: Fidel Castro announces the nationalization of U.S. companies in Cuba; the UN admits the Republic of the Congo as a new member.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1967: The Nigerian army attacks the newly proclaimed Republic of Biafra, recovering oil fields.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1976: The U.S. Military Academy at West Point admits women for the first time.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1979: Kreisky, Arafat, and Willy Brandt meet in Vienna to discuss the Middle East question; Israel withdraws its ambassador.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1980: In Lebanon, the assault on National Liberal Party headquarters by the Phalangists leaves 500 dead.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2005: Four coordinated explosions in London\u2014three on the subway and one on a bus\u2014cause at least 50 deaths and 700 injuries.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2006: A Spanish judge issues an international arrest warrant for Efra\u00edn R\u00edos Montt and other former Guatemalan military officers for genocide.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2008: A suicide bombing in front of the Indian embassy in Kabul leaves more than 60 dead and 147 injured.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2009: Interpol refuses to issue a red notice against deposed Honduran president Manuel Zelaya.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2009: Michael Jackson&#8217;s public funeral is held in Los Angeles, followed by more than 2.5 billion people.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2010: Former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega is sentenced in France to seven years in prison for money laundering.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2014: Former Georgian president Eduard Shevardnadze, a key figure of &#8220;perestroika,&#8221; dies in Tbilisi.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2015: Barack Obama receives Vietnamese communist leader Nguyen Phu Trong at the White House in an unusual meeting.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2018: Protesters block a highway in Chicago to demand action against gun violence.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2020: The U.S. notifies the UN of its withdrawal from the WHO, effective in one year.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2020: Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro announces he has contracted COVID-19 and is being treated with chloroquine.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2021: A commando of Colombian and Haitian mercenaries assassinates the president of Haiti, Jovenel Mo\u00efse, at his residence.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2021: Four suspects in the assassination are killed and two are arrested by the Haitian police.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2021: After 14 days of searching, the operation shifts to the recovery of bodies at the collapsed Surfside condominium in Miami.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2022: Boris Johnson announces his resignation as British prime minister following a wave of resignations in his cabinet.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2022: FBI Director Christopher Wray describes China as the greatest threat to U.S. economic and national security.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Births: July 7th Anniversaries<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>1934: The physician, painter, narrator, and cultural manager Ernesto Rivera Cede\u00f1o is born in Salvale\u00f3n de Hig\u00fcey.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Deaths: July 7th Anniversaries<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>2014: Former President Eduard Shevardnadze, a key figure of the \u201cperestroika\u201d, passes away in Tbilisi, Georgia.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2021: The President of Haiti, Jovenel Mo\u00efse, 53, is assassinated by multiple gunshots at his residence in Port-au-Prince.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Santo Domingo.- The anniversaries of July 6 are marked by important historical events and international celebrations that left a mark on world history. Below are the main anniversaries of July 6: National: Anniversaries of July 7th International: Events of July 7th Births: July 7th Anniversaries Deaths: July 7th Anniversaries<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"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":[43632,40231],"class_list":["post-513424","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-anniversaries","tag-anniversaries","tag-dominican-republic"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phj1q1-29z2","jetpack_featured_media_url":"","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":null},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/513424","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=513424"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/513424\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=513424"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=513424"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=513424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}