February 05th Anniversaries

Santo Domingo.- The ephemeris of February 05, is marked by important historical events and international celebrations that left their mark on world history.

• World Meteorological Day.
• World Nutella Day.
• World Read Aloud Day.

Saint's Day: Saint Isidore. Saints Agatha and Agatha.

National Anniversaries of February 5th

• 1822. Haitian invading troops commanded by President Boyer occupy the community of Baní
• 1844. The French consul in Santo Domingo notifies his country about the desires expressed by the Dominican people to be free and independent.
• 1890. The Dominican and Haitian presidents, Ulises Heureaux and Florville Hippolyte, met in the Haitian town of Tomasz Eau to discuss border issues.
• 1918. The interim military governor, U.S. Army officer J. M. Pendleton, begins his term.
• 1948. By decree 4918, the Military Aviation Corps and its General Staff are created, completely detaching themselves from the National Army.
• 1957. President Héctor Trujillo issues decree 2444, through which the Organizing Commission of the First Meeting of Specialists in Historical and Archaeological Monuments is integrated.
• 1958.  The General Directorate of Telecommunications authorizes the execution of microwave radio communication tests with Puerto Rico (Dorado) from Alto Bandera (Dominican Republic).
• 1962. The Autonomous Union of the Pharmaceutical Industry (SADIF) is formed in Santiago, becoming the first Christian-inspired union in the Dominican Republic.
• 1963. The Chamber of Commerce, industry associations, and the Employers' Confederation issue press releases against the project containing 17 titles referring to the institution of democratic principles, social justice, and broad freedoms.  
• 1973. The president of the PRD, Professor Juan Bosch, hides to avoid his arrest by the authorities, after the official announcement of the landing by Playa Caracoles, of a group of armed men, headed by ex-colonel Fco. A. Caamaño Deñó.
• -The first confrontation of the guerrilla group with the regular forces is recorded, killing three soldiers and wounding others.
• -In Tel Aviv, Israeli police agents assault the wife of the Dominican Republic's ambassador to Israel, when they were looking for foreign workers at the country's official residence.
• 2015. The Public Ministry assures that the bank transactions made by the corporate network of the former director of the State Works Supervisory Engineers Office (OISOE), Félix Bautista, exceeded RD$25 billion.
• 2019. The telecommunications company Claro reports that this year it continues its investment plan of RD$57,000 million in the country, which will extend until 2021.

International Anniversaries of February 05

• 1556. The kings of Spain and France sign the peace.
• 1782. Spanish troops, with the help of 4000 French allies, recover the island of Menorca after more than 70 years of British rule.
• 1818. The Napoleonic marshal Jean Baptiste Bernadotte ascends the throne of Sweden, with the name of Charles XIV.
• 1819. The treaty of offensive and defensive alliance is signed between the government of the united provinces of the Río de la Plata and Chile to end Spanish domination in Peru.
• 1852. In Nicaragua, the director of the State, Fulgencio Vega, who temporarily holds the position, decrees the transfer of the government from the city of Granada to Managua, elevating the latter to the rank of capital of the nation, a transfer that will take place four days later.
• 1961. The Soviet Prime Minister, Nikita Khruschev, reiterates his support for the Government of Fidel Castro, saying in a message that “the peoples of the Socialist Union are always with you, dear brothers”.
• 1857. The political constitution of liberal ideology of the United Mexican States is sworn in, during the presidency of Ignacio Comonfort.
• 1867. French forces withdraw from Mexico and abandon Emperor Maximilian.
• 1917. The Political Constitution of the United Mexican States is promulgated in the city of Querétaro, with General Venustiano Carranza being the first Constitutional President of the country.
• 1971. A British court declares the automotive company Rolls Royce bankrupt.
• 1972.  The Spanish police arrest 35 alleged ETA militants to whom they attribute robberies at different banks.
• 1982. The General Assembly of the United Nations approves a resolution in which it calls for the isolation of Israel, for annexing the Golan colonies.
• 1983. The former National Socialist officer Klaus Barbie is transferred to France to be accused of genocide by the victorious system, fifty-two years after the war ended.  
• 2006. Thousands of Lebanese protesters set fire to the building of the Danish embassy in Beirut, outraged by the publication of caricatures that satirize the prophet Muhammad.
• 2013. The US President, Barack Obama, asks unions and progressives to pressure Congress to approve immigration reform.
• 2014. The Colombian Minister of Defense, Juan Carlos Pinzón, relieves the head of Army Intelligence, General Mauricio Ricardo Zúñiga, for spying on conversations with the FARC.
• 2018. The United States Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson, acknowledged during his visit to Peru, that his country is the largest consumer of drugs from Latin America.
• - The president of Ecuador, Lenín Moreno, achieves a resounding triumph in the popular consultation and referendum promoted by him to prohibit presidential re-election, thus defeating his most staunch opponent, former president Rafael Correa.
• 2019. The Prime Minister of Haiti, Jean Henry Ceant, announces actions in the Justice against those involved in the embezzlement of Petrocaribe funds, after an audit presented by the Court of Auditors reveals irregularities between 2008 and 2016 in this program.
• - A doctor and activist for nuclear disarmament denounces former President of the country and Nobel Peace Prize winner, Óscar Arias, to the judicial authorities of Costa Rica for an alleged sexual violation that occurred in December 2014.
• 2020. The Republican majority in the United States Senate exonerates President Donald Trump of the charges of abuse of power and obstruction of justice in the impeachment process, by asking the government of Ukraine to investigate his Democratic political opponent, Joe Biden.
• - Legendary American actor Kirk Douglas, protagonist of 92 films over seven decades, including Spartacus, dies at the age of 103. He is the father of actor Michael Douglas.

Births on February 5th

• 1914: Alan Lloyd Hodgkin, British physiologist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1963.
• 1933: Miguel d’Escoto, diplomat, Catholic priest and Nicaraguan politician.
• 1942: Fernando Sustaita: Argentine singer, songwriter and musician, from the duo Bárbara y Dick.
• 1951: Nikolai Merkushkin, Russian politician, current governor of the Samara Oblast and president of the Republic of Mordovia.
• 1972: Mary, Crown Princess of Denmark, Queen Consort of Denmark.
• 1985: Cristiano Ronaldo, Portuguese footballer.
• 2002: Taehyun, South Korean singer, member of the boyband TXT.

Deaths

• 1905: Lizardo Montero, Peruvian military man and politician, president of Peru between 1881 and 1883.
• 1971: Armando Molero, Venezuelan singer-songwriter, guitarist and cuatrista, exponent of the typical music of the State of Zulia such as waltz, bambuco and gaita zuliana.
• 1973: César Estrella Sadhalá, former president of the Central Electoral Board (JCE) and former candidate for the presidency of the Republic.
• 1992: Nicomedes Santa Cruz, Peruvian singer-songwriter, journalist and poet.
• 2005: Gnassingbé Eyadéma, Togolese politician, president of Togo between 1967 and 2005.
• 2016: Américo Espinal Hued, lawyer and columnist, who served as Attorney General of the Republic, Judge of the Land Tribunal, State lawyer and constitutionalist senator in the government of Professor Juan Bosch.
• 2023: Pervez Musharraf, Pakistani military man and politician, president of Pakistan between 2001 and 2008.