Ephemeris of July 1: What happened in the world on a day like today?

On July 1, but in 1991, the Warsaw pactthe military alliance of 8 Eastern European countries.

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Other ephemeris

1812.- The conspiracy of Martín de Alzaga against the government of the First Triumvirate is discovered in Buenos Aires.

1861.- The first issue of the Vatican newspaper “L’Observatore Romano” is published.

1887.- The assembly of the Eiffel Tower begins.

1903.- The first edition of the Tour de France begins, sponsored by the newspaper “L’Auto”.

1908.- The SOS message (…—…), in Morse code, begins to be used as an international distress signal on ships.

1916.- The battle of the Somme (France) begins. It lasted until November and was the deadliest of World War I with 1.2 million deaths.

1917.- Puyi, 11, becomes Emperor of China for the second time with the military support of Zhang Xun. He was the last emperor of the Qing dynasty.

1921.- The Communist Party of China (PCC) is formally created in Shanghai, with the start of its First National Congress.

1934.- General Lázaro Cárdenas wins the Mexican presidential elections.

1941.- A television ad for Bulova watches on NBC, America’s first television spot.

1944.- The Bretton Woods (New Hampshire, USA) economic conference begins, which creates the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank.

1946.- The US General Staff explodes Able, the first atomic bomb on Bikini Atoll (Pacific), after Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

1959.- Heinrich Lübke becomes President of the Federal Republic of Germany with the withdrawal of Adenauer.

1960.- Italian Somalia becomes independent and joins Somaliland, which had obtained it days before from the United Kingdom, proclaiming the Republic of Somalia.

1962.- Burundi and Rwanda become independent from Belgium.

1963.- The Beatles record “She loves you” and “I’ll get you” at EMI studios.

1967.- The Constitutive Treaty of the European Community or Fusion Treaty, which constitutes a Council and a Commission of the European Communities, enters into force.

1968.- Numerous countries sign the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), to prevent more countries from accessing them and guarantee their peaceful use.

1969.- Charles of England, invested Prince of Wales.

1979.- Sony launches the TPS-L2, the first portable cassette player (‘walkman’).

1987.- The Single European Act enters into force, which modifies the constituent Treaties of the European Communities and establishes European political cooperation.

1982.- General Reynaldo Bignone assumes the Argentine Presidency after the deposition of Leopoldo Galtieri due to the defeat in Las Malvinas.

1990.- The Treaty of Monetary, Economic and Social Union between the two Germanys enters into force, with the western mark as currency.

1991.- The Supreme Soviet of the USSR approves the law on destabilization and privatization of property.

1994.- Yasser Arafat, leader of the PLO, arrives in Gaza after 27 years of absence from Palestine.

1994.- The Government approves the Spanish incorporation into the European Army Corps, the Euroarmy.

1997.- Hong Kong becomes a Special Administrative Region under the sovereignty of China, after the fall of British administration.

1998.- Ulster Unionist Party leader David Trimble elected Chief Minister of Northern Ireland.

1999.- Elizabeth II opens Scotland’s first Parliament in 300 years.

2001.- Ulster Chief Minister David Trimble resigns as IRA disarmament stalled.

2002.- The International Criminal Court (ICC) enters into force to prosecute war crimes, against humanity and genocide.

2002.- The Supreme Court of Chile confirms the dismissal of the case against Pinochet for the “Caravan of Death”.

2004.- The Government and the paramilitaries of the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC) formally begin peace negotiations.

2005.- Antonio Villaraigosa, the first Hispanic mayor of Los Angeles since 1872.

2012.- Enrique Peña Nieto (PRI) wins the Mexican presidential elections.

2016.- Puerto Rico incurs the first debt default in its history for a value of 911 million dollars.

2018.- Andrés Manuel López Obrador wins the Mexican presidential elections.

2019.- Hundreds of protesters take over the Hong Kong Parliament in protest of the extradition bill.

2020.- Vladimir Putin wins in a plebiscite to remain in the Kremlin beyond 2024, with the support of 79.2 percent of the vote.

2020.- The new trade agreement between Mexico, the United States and Canada (T-MEC) enters into force, which replaces the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).

births

1646.- Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, German philosopher and scientist.

1899.- Charles Laughton, British-American actor.

1909.- Juan Carlos Onetti, Uruguayan writer.

1916.- Olivia de Havilland, American actress.

1930.- Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada, former Bolivian president

1934.- Sidney Pollack, American filmmaker.

1939.- José Antonio Marina, Spanish philosopher and educator.

1946.- Mireya Moscoso, former Panamanian president.

1955.- Li Keqiang, Chinese Premier.

1961.- Diana Frances Spencer, Princess of Wales.

1961.- Carl Lewis, American athlete.

1977.- Jessica Ulrika Meir, American astronaut.

deaths

1860.- Charles Goodyear, American inventor of rubber vulcanization and tire manufacturer.

1876.- Mikhail A. Bakunin, Russian anarchist.

1961.- Louis-Ferdinand Céline, French writer.

1964.- Julio Casares, Spanish lexicographer and scholar.

1974.- Juan Domingo Peron, President of Argentina.

1991.- Michael Landon, American actor and TV director.

1997.- Robert Mitchum, American actor.

2000.- Walter Matthau, American actor.

2001.- Nikolai Basov, Russian physicist, one of the inventors of the laser and Nobel 1964.

2004.- Marlon Brando, American actor.

2009.- Karl Malden, American actor.

2022.- Luis Alberto Rodríguez López-Callejas, general and president of the Cuban military business conglomerate GAESA.

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Source: Elcomercio

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