Ephemeris of July 7: This happened in the world on a day like today

On a July 7, but 2021, a year ago, the president of Haiti, Jovenel Moiseis assassinated by an armed command made up of 48 people, including 18 Colombians and 2 Americans of Haitian origin, who attacked his residence in Port-au-Prince at dawn.

OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS

1807.- English troops trying invade Buenos Aires for the second timeafter failing in 1806, they are defeated and forced to capitulate in order to re-embark.

– Napoleon and Tsar Alexander I of Russia sign the first peace treaty between the two and alliance of Tilsit, in Prussia.

LOOK: Chile begins the campaign for the plebiscite of its new Constitution; when it will be?

1816.- José Fernando Abascal His Viceroyalty of Peru ends and Joaquín González de la Pezuela Griñán succeeds him.

1857.- In the Dominican Republic the “Tobacco Revolution or Cibaeña” due to discrepancies in the trade of this product with the Government of Buenaventura Báez. Another parallel executive is formed in Santiago de los Caballeros, headed by General José Desiderio Valverde.

LOOK: Jovenel Moise: How is the investigation going one year after the assassination of the president of Haiti?

1898.- US President William McKinley signs the Newlands Resolution, the Hawaiian Islands Annexation Treaty, until then an independent kingdom.

1932.– Aprista begins Trujillo Uprising (Peru)a communist movement of cane workers and students, subdued two days later after the bombing of the city.

1937.- The Sino-Japanese War begins with the combat at the Marco Polo Bridge, near Peking.

[1945-Nicaragua becomes the first State to ratify the UN Chartersigned on June 26 in San Francisco.

1946.- Miguel Aleman Valdes (PRI) wins the Mexican presidential elections.

1954.- Julius Nyerere founds the party Tanganyika African Nation Union to achieve Tanganyika’s independence from Great Britain.

1961.- First violent demonstrations in the Dominican Republic against the president’s dictatorship Joaquin Balaguer.

1966.- Venezuela breaks diplomatic relations with Argentina for the overthrow of the president, Arturo Illia, succeeded by General Juan Carlos Onganía.

1967.- The civil war begins in Nigeria with the occupation of troops of the secessionist Federal Army Biafra.

1976.- Enter for the first time female cadets at the West Point Military Academy (USA).

1978.- The Solomon Islands become independent from the UK.

1989.- In Cuba they sentence to the death penalty General Arnaldo Ochoa and the military Jorge Martínez, Antonio de la Guardia and Armando Pedro, for their relationships in drug trafficking and high treason.

1990.- the tenors Jose Carreras, Placido Domingo and Luciano Pavarotti they sing together for the first time at the Baths of Caracalla in Rome, directed by Zubin Metha. Concert followed by 1,500 million viewers.

1994.- End of the secession war in Yemen, with the capture of Aden by the North Yemenis.

1996.- Abdala Bucaram, of the Ecuadorian Roldosista Party, wins the presidential elections in the second round by beating Jaime Nebot.

2002.- It begins in Barcelona XIV International AIDS Conference, in which prevention and therapies on the disease and its situation in Latin America and the Caribbean were addressed for 6 days. The T-20 inhibitor and the Remune vaccine are introduced.

2003.- The EU lifts most of the sanctions imposed against Iraq in 1996 and 2002.

2003.- NASA launches the rocket Delta II that transports the exploration vehicle to Mars “Opportunity”.

2004.- The presidents of Brazil, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silvaand from Mexico, Vincent Foxagree to promote a broad bilateral integration.

2005.- London suffers four terrorist attacks in its transport network, claimed by Al Qaeda, with 56 dead and 700 wounded.

2008.- concludes the G8 Summit in Toyako (Japan)which is committed to halving CO2 emissions by 2050.

2009.- Benedict XVI presents his third encyclical, “Caritas in truth”in which he recognizes that the economy needs ethics.

2010.- Manuel Antonio Noriegaformer Panamanian dictator, is sentenced in France to 7 years in prison for laundering drug money.

2012.- Elections in Libya, the first legislative ones since 1964, in which the National Force Alliance, of the former prime minister, prevails Mahmoud Jibril.

2017.- First meeting of Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin at the beginning of the G20 Summit, in Hamburg (Germany).

– It is declared in the Canadian British Columbia the fire “Plateau Fire”, which was extinguished in September after destroying more than 521,000 hectares.

2019.- the conservative party new democracy win the Greek elections. The next day, its leader, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, is sworn in as prime minister.

BIRTHS

1843.- Camillo Golgi, Italian physician, cytologist and Nobel 1906.

1874.- Froylan TurciosHonduran writer and politician.

1887.- Marc ChagallFrench painter of Russian origin.

1899.- George CukorAmerican filmmaker.

1894.- Benjamin PalenciaSpanish painter.

1901.- Vittorio de SicaItalian actor and filmmaker.

1911.- Gian Carlo MenottiItalian composer.

1940.- Richard Starkey“Ringo Starr”, British drummer of “The Beatles”.

1943.- “Toto” CotugnoItalian singer.

1947.- “Victor Manuel” San JoséSpanish singer-songwriter.

1947.- Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shah Devlast king of Nepal.

1951.- Francisco GuerreroSpanish composer.

DEATHS

1890.- Henri Nestléfounder of the Swiss food group.

1930.- Arthur Conan DoyleEnglish writer and creator of the character Sherlock Holmes.

1950.- Baldomero Fernandez MorenoArgentine poet.

1962.- Anita DelgadoSpanish and Maharani dancer from Kapurthala (India).

1967.- Vivien LeighBritish actress.

1973.- Max Horkheimer, German philosopher and sociologist.

2001.- Antonio PagottoItalian designer creator of the cartoon character “Calimero”.

2006.- Syd Barrett, Member of the band “Pink Floyd”.

2014.- Alfredo Di StéfanoSpanish-Argentine footballer.

2014.- Eduard Shevardnadzeformer president of Georgia.

2021.- Robert Downey Sr, American actor and film director.

Source: Elcomercio

Ronald Payne

I, Ronald Payne, am a journalist and author who dedicated his life to telling the stories that need to be said. I have over 7 years of experience as a reporter and editor, covering everything from politics to business to crime.