** Dominic de Guzman, founder of the Dominican Order.

** Presidents of the Dominican Republic

** M-19 guerrillas begin the Dominican embassy siege in Colombia, holding 60 people hostage, including 14 ambassadors.

** Juan Bosch takes office as the 41st president of the Dominican Republic.

** Joaquín Balaguer, Dominican politician and writer ( d. 2002 )

** Sammy Sosa, Dominican Major League Baseball player

** Alfonso Soriano, Dominican baseball player

** Miguel Tejada, Dominican baseball player

** Luis Alberti, Dominican Republic musician ( b. 1906 )

** A 3-front revolutionary invasion by air and sea takes place in the Dominican Republic, consisting of exiles aided by Fidel Castro and the Venezuelan government, whose objective is to overthrow dictator Rafael Leonidas Trujillo.

** In the Dominican Republic, Pope John Paul II celebrates the 500th anniversary of the meeting of 2 cultures.

** Ana Yorkira Binet, Dominican volleyball player

** Manny Ramírez, Dominican baseball player

** Tony Fernández, Dominican baseball player

** Pedro Martínez, Dominican baseball player

** In the Dominican Republic, officers and civilians loyal to deposed President Juan Bosch mutiny against the right-wing junta running the country, setting up a provisional government.

** U. S. troops are sent to the Dominican Republic by President Lyndon B. Johnson, " for the stated purpose of protecting U. S. citizens and preventing an alleged Communist takeover of the country ", thus thwarting the possibility of " another Cuba ".

** Anti-government demonstrations occur in the Dominican Republic.

** Jordhy Ledesma, Dominican Republic web architect and poet

** Aramis Ramírez, Dominican baseball player

** Robinson Canó, Dominican baseball player

** Tony Blanco, Dominican baseball player

** Phelps Phelps, 38th Governor of American Samoa and United States Ambassador to the Dominican Republic ( d. 1897 )

** Johann Tetzel, German Dominican priest ( d. 1519 )

** Carodejnice ( Czech Republic and Slovakia )

** Amlici: rebels against the Republic ( see Alma 2 )

** Kunst-und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland ( Art and Exhibition Hall of the Federal Republic of Germany ) showing the Guggenheim Collection in 2006-2007

** Haus der Geschichte ( Museum of the History of the Federal Republic of Germany )

** UN Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo ( MONUC )

**. cd, the Internet domain of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

** Nazarov was Dictator of the Don Republic ( which before, since its founding on 2 December 1917 at Novocherkassk, had been governed by a Triumvirate including the last pre-Soviet Ataman, Aleksei Maksimovich Kaledin ) from 11 February 1918 till 25 February 1918 when Bolshevik troops ended their existence

** Prince N. Tarkovsky was Dictator of the Mountainous Republic of the Northern Caucasus,

** Libretto for the Republic of Liberia by Melvin B. Tolson ( 1953 )

** EUPOL RD Congo, from 2007 ( Democratic Republic of the Congo ) – 4 out of 49 soldiers from 10 countries

** Mathematical Society of the Republic of Moldova

** Republic of Ireland, a sovereign state

** Irish ( Junior Cert ), a subject of the Junior Cycle examination in Secondary schools in the Republic of Ireland

** Heads of state of the Central African Republic ( and Central African Empire )

** Heads of government of the Central African Republic ( and Central African Empire )

** Heads of state of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

** Heads of government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

** Heads of state of the Republic of the Congo

** Heads of government of the Republic of the Congo

** People's Republic of China

** Republic of China ( Taiwan )

** Presidents of the Czech Republic

** Prime Ministers of the Czech Republic