August 1st Anniversaries

Santo Domingo.- The ephemeris of August 1st are marked by important historical events and international celebrations that left their mark on world history. Below are the main ephemeris of August 1st:

• World Day of Joy.
• Spiderman Day. In honor of the arachnid's first appearance in comics, the volume was The Amazing Spider-Man #149 and was published in August 1975.
• Pachamama Day.
• Earth Overshoot Day.

Saint's Day: Saint Alphonsus Maria de Liguori, bishop and doctor.

National: August 1st Anniversaries

• 1866: Fray Francisco Xavier Billini returns to the country from Saint Thomas, after being convinced by General Gregorio Luperón.
• 1889: Don Arturo J. Pellerano Alfáu founds the newspaper Listín Diario in Santo Domingo.
• 1939: The dictator Rafael Trujillo travels to France on the ship Normadie to pick up his daughter Angelita, born on June 10 in Paris.
• 1942: Rafael Trujillo begins a new presidential term after being nominated by the Dominican and Trujillista parties.
• 1947: Ambassador Julio Ortega Frier reports that the government maintains aerial surveillance to prevent troop landings.
• 1952: The first television station in the country, La Voz Dominicana, owned by Petán Trujillo, begins broadcasting.
• 1961: Ramfis Trujillo comments to the American consul that Balaguer receives credit for the good and he gets the blame for the hard.
• 1962: The government settles 400 peasant families in Azua and Peravia as part of the Agrarian Reform.
• 1966: Joaquín Balaguer assumes the presidency after defeating Juan Bosch in the June elections.
• 1971: The radio station Radio Santa María launches the educational program Escuelas Radiofónicas.
• 1994: The Central Electoral Board rejects the challenge of the PRD and the Santo Domingo Agreement on the May 16 elections.
• 1997: The Executive orders the transfer of the remains of General Gregorio Luperón to the National Pantheon.
• 2003: Inauguration of the XIV Central American and Caribbean Games at the Dominican Olympic Center.
• 2010: Dominican Republic and Haiti sign the joint declaration to relaunch the Bilateral Mixed Commission.
• 2014: Juliana Deguis Pierre receives her Dominican identity card after a ruling by the Constitutional Court.
• 2016: The CELAC meeting on food security is inaugurated in Santiago de los Caballeros.
• 2017: Mario Vladimir Antigua Baldera is murdered in San Francisco de Macorís during a general strike called by the FALPO.
• 2018: Hipólito Mejía urges Leonel Fernández to make the financing of Funglode transparent.
• Marcelo Hofke announces improvements in the Odebrecht management system in the Dominican Republic.
• 2019: Danilo Medina dictates the regulations on the Simplified Taxation Regime.
• Juan Quiñones warns that the division in the PLD would cause defeat in 2020.
• 2023: The PEPCA carries out raids for manipulation of criminal records, including “La J”.
• The Intrant reports that 2,921 people died in traffic accidents during 2022.

International: August 1st Anniversaries

• 30 BC: Caesar Augustus takes Alexandria.
• 314: Emperor Constantine I convenes the Council of Arles.
• 1291: The Swiss Confederation, the origin of Switzerland, is founded.
• 1498: Christopher Columbus sets foot on American soil in Venezuela.
• 1518: The dancing plague in Strasbourg ends with multiple deaths.
• 1823: Central America declares its absolute independence.
• 1834: Slavery is abolished in the British Empire.
• 1894: The Sino-Japanese War begins.
• 1914: Germany declares war on Russia (World War I).
• 1920: Gandhi launches his civil disobedience campaign.
• 1945: The U.S. completes its deployment in the Philippines; Australia takes Borneo.
• 1960: Benin gains independence from France.
• 1961: Ireland applies for membership in the European Community.
• 1966: Charles Whitman murders 14 people from the University of Texas tower.
• Coup d'état in Nigeria overthrows Johnson Aguiyi Ironsi.
• 1967: Former Nazi member assassinates George Lincoln Rockwell.
• 1969: El Salvador withdraws troops from Honduras after the "Soccer War".
• 1970: FARC ambushes military personnel in Cimitarra, Colombia.
• Yasir Arafat proclaims armed struggle for Palestine.
• 1971: The first lunar walk in a lunar jeep takes place.
• 1973: The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) comes into effect.
• 1975: The Helsinki Accords are signed.
• 1995: Egypt and Jordan restore diplomatic relations.
• 1997: The United Kingdom transfers Hong Kong to China.
• 2004: Fire in a supermarket in Paraguay leaves more than 396 dead.
• 2005: King Fahd of Saudi Arabia dies; Abdullah succeeds him.
• The U.S. warns Iran about its nuclear program.
• 2007: A bridge collapses in Minneapolis.
• 2009: 34 Venezuelan stations cease transmission by order of the government.
• 2011: Putin calls the U.S. a "parasite" of the world economy.
• 2013: Snowden enters Russia with temporary asylum.
• 2014: Obama admits that the U.S. tortured after 9/11.
• 2015: Haiti authorizes clinical trial of tuberculosis with a Puerto Rican company.
• 2017: Three Chavista deputies separate from the PSUV in Venezuela.
• 2018: Trump asks Sessions to end investigation into Russia.
• 2019: Hamza bin Laden dies in operation with U.S. participation.
• Trump considers blocking Venezuela.
• 2020: Russia concludes clinical trials of its COVID-19 vaccine.
• 2023: Trump is accused of attempting to overturn the 2020 elections.
• China replaces leaders of its nuclear forces.

Births: August 1st Anniversaries

• 1520: Sigismund II Augustus Jagiellon, first King of Poland-Lithuania.
• 1885: George Hevesy, Hungarian chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1943.
• 1924: Abdullah bin Abdulaziz, Saudi aristocrat, King of Saudi Arabia between 2006 and 2015.
• 1938: Jacques Diouf, Senegalese politician, Director-General of FAO.
• 1956: Doug Burgum, American businessman, philanthropist, and politician, Governor of North Dakota since 2016.

Deaths: August 1st anniversaries

• 1944: Manuel L. Quezon, Filipino politician, first president of his country.
• 1973: Walter Ulbricht, German communist politician.
• 1714: Anne I, Queen of Ireland and first sovereign of Great Britain.
• 2005: King Fahd bin Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia dies.