World.- In the ephemeris of this May 5 Several important ones that marked the history of humanity stand out, for example: in 1494, Columbus discovered the current Jamaica, an island he called Santiago, during his second trip to America.
On the same date, but in 1862, the national troops of Mexico repel the French forces of Napoleon III, a victory that will become a symbol of resistance to foreign domination and will be celebrated as a national holiday every May 5. This party is known as the Battle of Puebla.
EPHEMERIS
1313.- Pope Celestine V is canonized.
1808.– Abdications of Bayonne: Carlos IV formally renounces his rights to the Spanish throne in favor of Napoleon. Two days later Fernando VII did it.
1859.- Brazil and Venezuela sign a treaty of limits and fluvial navigation.
1862.- Battle of Puebla (Mexico): the national troops repel the French forces of Napoleon III, a victory that will become a symbol of resistance to foreign domination and will be celebrated as a national holiday every May 5.
1877.- Porfirio Díaz is proclaimed president of Mexico, beginning a dictatorship that lasted 35 years.
1887.- The Peruvian Academy of Language is founded.
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1936.- Italian troops enter Addis Ababa and Mussolini declares Ethiopia Italian.
1944.- Gandhi is released for health reasons, after 21 months of arrest.
1948.- Mexico joins the Organization of American States.
1949.- The Treaty of London, origin of the Council of Europe, is signed by Holland, Belgium, Luxembourg, Denmark, France, United Kingdom, Ireland, Italy, Norway and Sweden.
1955.- The Federal Republic of Germany regains full sovereignty after World War II.
1961.- The American Alan Shepard makes the first orbital flight of an astronaut, in the “Freedom-7” capsule.
1981.- IRA member Bobby Sands dies after serving 66 days on hunger strike.
1992.- The Parliament of Crimea proclaims the independence of the peninsula and calls a referendum, in a challenge to Ukraine.
1999.- Mireya Moscoso is proclaimed president-elect of Panama after her electoral victory.
– The Mexican Elsa Ávila steps on the top of Mount Everest, being the first Latin American woman to achieve the feat.
2002.- Jacques Chirac is re-elected president of the French Republic, by destroying the far-right Jean-Marie Le Pen, in the second round of the presidential elections.
2003.- The FARC shoot the governor of Antioquia, Guillermo Gaviria, the former Minister of Defense and eight soldiers, after an operation by the Colombian Army to free them after more than a year of kidnapping.
2004.- The work of the Spanish artist Pablo Ruiz Picasso “Garcon à la pipe” breaks all records by being awarded for 93 million dollars, at auction at Sotheby’s.
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2012.- Japan turns off its nuclear reactors after 42 years, in the shadow of Fukushima.
2021.- The state of South Carolina (United States) approves execution by firing squad as an alternative method.
– The Salvadoran Congress approves a law that guarantees criminal immunity for officials and individuals who have managed the pandemic, in order to obscure corruption investigations.
Who was born on a May 5?
1813.- Soren Kierkegaard, Danish philosopher.
1818.- Karl Marx, German sociologist and economist.
1826.- Eugenia de Montijo, wife of Napoleon III, Spanish.
1846.- Federico Chueca, Spanish composer.
1914.- Tyrone Power, American actor.
1924.- Leopoldo Torre Nilsson, Argentine filmmaker.
1943.- Rafael Martos “Raphael”, Spanish singer.
1988.- Adele, British singer.
1989.- Chris Brown, American singer.
Who died on a May 2?
1821.- Napoleon Bonaparte, Emperor of France.
1892.- August Wilheim Hofmann, German chemist.
1977.- Ludwig Erhard, German economist and politician.
1992.- Jean Claude Pascal, French singer and actor.
2002.- Hugo Banzer, former president of Bolivia.
2010.- Lucho Barrios, Peruvian bolero singer.
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