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In a May 30but in 1961, the Dominican dictator was shot dead Rafael Leonidas Trujillowho had been in power for more than 30 years.
Other Anniversaries
1431.- Joan of Arc, condemned for heresy, dies in Rouen (France), burned at the stake. His ashes were thrown into the Seine.
1814.- Ferdinand VII decrees the expulsion from Spain of the people who had held positions in the Bonapartist administration during the reign of King Joseph I.
1922.- The Monument to the former American president Abraham Lincoln was inaugurated in Washington (United States).
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1925.- American engineer Dick Drew patents adhesive tape, better known as Scotch tape.
1926.- In Portugal, the ‘Braga pronouncement’ triumphs, marking the end of the first republic and the beginning of the military dictatorship.
1969.- The Constitution of Gibraltar comes into force by which the United Kingdom grants autonomous Government to the Rock.
1976.- The first Armed Forces Day is celebrated in the Transition.
1982.- Spain officially joins NATO as a full member, although without being part of its military structure.
1996.- The Venezuelan Supreme Court of Justice sentences former president Carlos Andrés Pérez for “aggravated generic embezzlement” to two years and four months of house arrest.
2012.- Charles Taylor, former president of Liberia, is sentenced to 50 years in prison for war crimes and crimes against humanity.
2014.- Bolivia inaugurates the highest urban cable car network in the world, 4,000 meters above sea level, between La Paz and El Alto.
2016.- Hissène Habré, former Chadian dictator, is sentenced to life imprisonment for crimes against humanity.
2019.- The African Continental Free Trade Agreement comes into force.
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2020.- The Falcon 9 rocket successfully takes off, the first space flight from the United States to the International Space Station in nine years
2025.- Elon Musk announces that he is leaving the White House but that he will continue to advise US President Donald Trump.
BIRTH
1845.- Amadeo of Savoy, king of Spain.
1846.- Carl Fabergé, Russian jeweler and goldsmith.
1896.- Howard Hawks, American film director.
1931.- Antonio Gamoneda, Spanish poet.
1934.- Alexei Leónov, Soviet cosmonaut.
1943.- Narcis Serra, Spanish politician and economist.
.- Antonio Burgos, Spanish journalist and writer.
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1951.- Fernando Lugo, former bishop and former Paraguayan president.
1958.- Miguel López Alegría, American astronaut of Spanish origin.
DEATHS
1640.- Pedro Pablo Rubens, Flemish painter.
1778.- Francisco María Arouet, ‘Voltaire’, French writer.
1994.- Juan Carlos Onetti, Uruguayan writer.
1995.- Antonio Flores, Spanish singer and composer.
2006.- Shohei Imamura, Japanese film director.
2020.- Xavier Grau, Spanish painter.
2025.- Étienne Émile Baulieu, French doctor and researcher, inventor of the abortion pill.
