Ephemeris of July 5: This happened in the world on a day like today

On July 5, but in 2012, ten years ago, the Argentine justice sentenced General Jorge Rafael Videla to 50 years in prison for the systematic theft of babies during the dictatorship (1976-1983).

OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS

1731.- They execute in Lima José de Antequera and Juan de Menaleaders of the Comunera Revolution of Paraguay.

1811.- The Congress of Venezuela draws up and signs the Act of the Declaration of Independence.

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1924.- A military uprising breaks out in the State of Sao Paulo (Brazil), known for “Paulista Revolution”suffocated after nearly a month of fighting.

1830.- Conquest of Algiers by a French expeditionary force, after three weeks of fighting with the Ottomans and achieved the capitulation of Hussein Dey.

1852.- Portugal abolishes the death penalty for political crimess, during the reign of María II, in article 16 of the Additional Act of her Constitutional Charter of the Monarchy.

1935.- the american president Franklin D Roosevelt signs the law that guarantees freedom of association (National Labor Relations Act or Wagner Act, after its promoter, Senator Robert F. Wagner).

1940.- Vichy France breaks relations with England after the attack on its troops in the Battle of Mers-el-Kébir (Algeria).

1946.- french engineer Louis Reard presents the bikini in Paris and he does it hand in hand with the French dancer Micheline Bernardini, the only one who accepted the proposal.

1947.- The State Council of China nationalist orders general mobilization to accelerate the campaign against the communists, which is considered a declaration of war.

1948.- The British Labor Government nationalizes healthcare with the creation of the National Health Service.

1948.- The Peruvian garrisons of Juliaca, Huancane and Punoin a failed attempt to overthrow President José Luis Bustamante y Rivero.

1950.- The Israeli Parliament approves the Law of Returnwhich grants residency and citizenship to any Jew in the world.

– Canonized by Pius XII the Ecuadorian Blessed Mariana de Jesus Walls and Flowers (1618-1645), patron saint of Ecuador.

1959.- The Israeli Prime Minister tenders his resignation David Ben Gurionafter the crisis over arms shipments from FRG, although his resignation did not take place until 1963.

1962.- France recognizes the independence of Algeriaproclaimed two days earlier by the new Algerian government, after the absolute support in the self-determination referendum on the 1st of that month.

1964.- British rock band born pink floydfrom the group that used different names, initially led by guitarists and vocalists Roger Waters and Syd Barrett.

1970.- Luis Echeverria Alvarezof the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), is elected president of Mexico.

1972.- The Chilean Senate, with an opposition majority, opposes the president’s constitutional reforms Salvador Allende in terms of expropriations, nationalizations or interventions in private companies.

1975.- It is proclaimed the Cape Verde independence From Portugal.

1977.- Zia Ul-Haq comes to power in Pakistan following a coup and Prime Minister Ali Bhutto is placed under house arrest.

1988.- The Synod of the Anglican Church approves the ordination of women priests.

1989.- the american colonel Oliver North is sentenced to various sanctions for his participation in the scandal “Irangate”, although two years later the sentence is declared null.

1991.- The decree of the President of Colombia enters into force, Cesar Gaviriawhich lifts the state of siege that had been intermittent since 1984.

1992.- Sixto Duran Ballenof the Republican Unity Party, is elected president of Ecuador after defeating Jaime Nebot in the second round.

1996.- Dolly the sheep is bornthe first mammal cloned from an adult cell, in a laboratory at the Roslin Institute in Edinburgh (Scotland).

2003.- Two Chechen terrorists blow themselves up at a rock festival, killing 16 people in tushinonorthwest of Moscow.

2003.- The World Health Organization (WHO) considers the outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) severe acute respiratory syndromewhich caused 812 deaths and 8,439 infections in 30 countries.

2007.- Millions of Colombians, led by their president Alvaro Uribedemonstrate to demand the release of all those kidnapped by the armed groups.

2010.- The former Argentine dictator Jorge Videla assumes before a court, which judges him for crimes against humanity, his responsibility in the repression during his last Government (1976-83).

2015.- The “No” wins resoundingly in the referendum in Greecewith 61.31% of the votes, to decide on the creditors’ proposal with austerity measures.

2017.- The European Parliament gives the green light to the EU-Cuba Political Dialogue and Cooperation Agreement.

2020.- Luis Abinader (PRM) prevails in the Dominican presidential elections, with 52.5% of the votes, against the official Gonzalo Castillo (PLD), with 37.4%.

BIRTHS

1853.- Cecil RhodesEnglish colonizer of South Africa.

1871.- Miguel Asin PalaciosArabist and Spanish philologist.

1889.- Jean Cocteausymbolist writer and French filmmaker.

1911.- Georges Pompidouformer president and former French prime minister.

1925.- Ferdinand de SzyszloPeruvian painter.

1928.- Pierre MauroyFrench politician.

1936.- James Alexander MirrleesEnglish economist and 1996 Nobel Prize winner.

1943.- Victoria Marina Velásquez de AvilésSalvadoran politician and former secretary general of SICA.

1956.- Horacio Cartes Jaraformer Paraguayan president.

DEATHS

1795.- Antonio de UlloaSpanish sailor and scientist.

1948.- Georges BernanosFrench writer.

1969.- Jose Antonio Guillermo Divitocartoonist and Argentine humorist.

1980.- Luis SandriniArgentine actor.

1989.- Ernest HalffterSpanish composer.

2002.- Maria Cristina Jurado“Katy Jurado”, Mexican actress.

2007.- Régine CrespinFrench soprano.

2010.- Jim Bohlen, American co-founder of Greenpeace.

2018.- Claude LanzmannFrench filmmaker, writer, journalist and philosopher.

2018.- Jean-Louis TauranFrench cardinal and camerlengo since 2014.

2021.- Tico MedinaSpanish journalist.

2021.- Rafaella CarràItalian singer.

2021.- Richard DonnerAmerican filmmaker.

Source: Elcomercio

Ronald Payne

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