The ephemeris of the day: national holidays, events marking the history of Haiti, proverbs… the online agency Juno7 brings you a refresher of your memory.
We are delivered Friday June 14, 2024
June 14, 1964: François Duvalier organizes a referendum to become “president for life” of the Republic of Haiti. This process follows a first consultation organized in 1961, at the end of which 100% of voters approved the extension of his mandate until 1967.
June 14, 2013 : the Minister of Public Health and Population (Mrs), Dr. Florence Duperval Guillaume, announces the discovery of five cases of influenza A(H1N1) in Anse-à-Pitres, on the common border with Pedernales.
June 14, 2009 : Bénita Pierre, a 40-year-old Haitian woman is stabbed to death in the Dominican Republic. The trader was allegedly killed by Haitian citizens, who robbed her and robbed her of a sum of money while she slept in a house made of wood, cardboard and zinc on land in Villa Francisca, near the Plaza Lama store on Duarte Avenue in the Dominican capital.
June 14, 1958: a bomb explodes at the premises of the last anti-Duvalier newspaper. This low-circulation newspaper was run by supporters of Clément Jumelle, one of the candidates in the elections of September 22, 1957. Its editor-in-chief, Antoine G. Petit, was arrested the same day.
June 14, 1957: a few days after the appointment of Daniel Fignolé, undisputed leader of the popular masses and president of the MOP, Colonel Kébreau returns to the palace, puts him under arrest, sends him into exile aboard a military plane, and takes power.
June 14, 1867: A new constitution is ratified. The same day, Sylvain Salnave takes the oath and becomes president of Haiti.
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