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Santo Domingo.- The events of August 9 are marked by important historical events and international celebrations that left their mark on world history. Below are the main events of August 9:
- World Lion Day.
- International Biodiesel Day.
National: August 10th Anniversaries
- 1843: Due to the persecutions in Santo Domingo by the president of Haiti, General Charles Riviere Hérard Aîné, Father Gaspar Hernández Morales and Fray Pedro Pamies leave for Curaçao.
- 1866: President Gregorio Luperón orders the dissolution of the Auxiliary Board and convenes a National Convention to draft a Constitution and swear in the citizen elected President.
- 1914: Representatives of the government of José Bordas Valdez and the opponents Horacio Vásquez and Juan Isidro Jimenes meet in Puerto Plata and agree to stop hostilities for 15 days to consider the peace proposal of the U.S. President, Thomas Woodrow Wilson.
- 1962: The Government rejects the ultimatum of the Destrujillization Committee to cancel 15 officials and prosecutor Julio A. Cuello.
- 1965: The OAS presents the “Act of Reconciliation” to the Constitutionalist and National Reconstruction governments, seeking to end the civil war that began on April 24.
- 1994: The “Pact for Democracy” is signed in the National Palace by Joaquín Balaguer, José Fco. Peña Gómez and Lidio Cadet, reducing the presidential term to two years.
- 1997: The 16 judges of the Supreme Court of Justice are sworn in, presided over by Jorge Subero Isa.
- 2009: Diario Libre becomes the first newspaper in the world to offer CLIC2C/TEXT2C technology to interact with printed images.
- 2010: The La Gran Vía store is closed for alleged tax evasion.
- 2010: Dominican Republic and Brunei begin diplomatic and consular relations.
- 2012: The International Court of Arbitration sentences the country to pay US$45 million to the Dominican Highway and Road Concessionaire.
- 2016: Former Defense Minister Pedro Peña Antonio and Colonel Carlos Picini are arrested, linked to an alleged bribe in the purchase of eight Super Tucano aircraft.
- 2020: Roberto Santana, former director of the New Penitentiary Model, criticizes the Nueva Victoria prison, calling it a “chicken coop” and a “triple corrupt business”.
- 2022: The Public Heritage Recovery Team announces that it will demand the return of assets to the State in cases of corruption, even with plea agreements.
International: August 10th Anniversaries
- 843: Signing of the Treaty of Verdun, dividing the Carolingian Empire among Charlemagne's grandsons.
- 1519: Ferdinand Magellan sets out with five ships seeking the route to circumnavigate the world.
- 1678: Treaty of Nijmegen between the Netherlands and France, ending their war.
- 1792: Insurrection in the French Revolution ends the monarchy of Louis XVI (“second revolution”).
- 1809: In Quito, the president of the Royal Audience is replaced by an Autonomous Government Junta, the origin of the Republic of Ecuador.
- 1836: Founding of the National Party in Uruguay by President Manuel Oribe.
- 1888: Pierre Théoma Boisrond-Canal is appointed provisional president of Haiti.
- 1897: Félix Hoffmann discovers acetylsalicylic acid (aspirin).
- 1918: Nicaragua and Honduras accept the arbitration of Spain to fix borders.
- 1927: The sculpture of Mount Rushmore in South Dakota begins.
- 1999: In Los Angeles, a man opens fire in a Jewish daycare center, causing several deaths.
- 2001: In Colombia, congresswoman Consuelo González de Perdomo is kidnapped.
- 2005: Lucía Hiriart and Marco Antonio Pinochet are prosecuted as accomplices in tax fraud.
- 2008: Evo Morales is ratified with 62.3% in a referendum, as well as opposition prefects.
- 2012: Naser Jason Abdo is sentenced to life in prison for planning an attack against soldiers in Texas.
- 2013: Barack Obama announces reforms for greater transparency in espionage following the revelations of Edward Snowden.
- 2018: A court in the U.S. authorizes Crystallex to go after Citgo refineries as compensation for US$1.4 billion.
- 2020: Donald Trump is escorted out of a press conference due to a shooting near the White House.
- 2021: Andrew Cuomo resigns as governor of New York following accusations of sexual harassment.
- 2021: Some 1,500 Haitian migrants are stranded in Cali, Colombia, due to government restrictions.
- 2022: Donald Trump invokes the Fifth Amendment and refuses to answer in an investigation into his real estate businesses.
- 2022: Nancy Pelosi says she is not worried about possible Chinese sanctions after visiting Taiwan.
Births: August 10th Anniversaries
- 1945: Pianist and professor Milagros Beras Dalmasí was born in El Seibo.
Deaths: August 10th Anniversaries
- 1759: Ferdinand VI, King of Spain.
- 1983: Juan Isidro Jiménes Grullón, Dominican doctor, politician, and writer.
- 2019: Cándido Antonio Sibilo Hughes “Chicho Sibilo”, former Dominican basketball player.
