* June 3 – Joaquín Balaguer is elected president of the Dominican Republic.

* Balaguer, Spain, is captured from the Moors by the count of Urgell.

Balaguer was, without doubt, a useful minister of Trujillo, although it is not entirely possible to speak of total loyalty.

Indeed, he is, in many ways, the father of Dominican democracy " and Jimmy Carter complimented him saying " President Balaguer has set an example for all leaders in this nation in changing his own country and his own people away from a former totalitarian government to one of increasingly pure democracy.

The most controversial of his works is perhaps " Memorias de un Cortesano en la Era de Trujillo ", in which Balaguer, shielded by his political power admitted knowing the truth about the death of the revolutionary journalist Orlando Martínez.

Balaguer (, ) is the capital of the comarca of Noguera, in the province of Lleida, Catalonia, Spain.

Saint Josemaría Escrivá de Balaguer ( 9 January 1902 – 26 June 1975 ; also known as José María or Josemaría Escrivá de Balaguer y Albás, born José María Mariano Escriba Albás ) was a Roman Catholic priest from Spain who founded Opus Dei, an organization of laypeople and priests dedicated to the teaching that everyone is called to holiness and that ordinary life is a path to sanctity.

Some other towns in Lleida province are La Seu d ' Urgell ( see of the archbishop who is the coprince to Andorra ), Mollerussa, Cervera, Tàrrega, Balaguer.

This is the most derelict line in Catalonia — the stretch from Lleida to Balaguer was upgraded ( using second-hand rails ) in the recent past, but from Balaguer northwards the track is in an appalling state.

Her full official title is: Her Royal Highness Doña Letizia, Princess of Asturias, Princess of Viana, Princess of Girona, Duchess of Montblanc, Countess of Cervera and Lady of Balaguer.

Its capital is Balaguer.

The Social Christian Reformist Party (, PRSC ) is a conservative, christian democratic, economic liberal and a populist party in the Dominican Republic formed by the union of the Partido Reformista ( established in 1963 by Joaquín Balaguer who was, at the time, exiled in New York City ) and the Partido Revolucionario Social Cristiano.

He is considered, along with Joaquín Balaguer and Juan Bosch, as one of the most prominent Dominican political figures of the 20th century.

Monsignor Escrivá de Balaguer is no exception.

Monsignor Escrivá de Balaguer is no exception.

Although official and unofficial repression of the opposition parties ( the Dominican Revolutionary Party and National Civic Union, as well as the communist Dominican Popular Movement ) continued, Balaguer publicly condemned this repression and in September he pledged to form a coalition government.

When Balaguer left office that year, it marked the first time in the Dominican Republic's history that an incumbent president peacefully surrendered power to an elected member of the opposition.

The 1994 presidential election results, which resulted in a reelection of President Joaquín Balaguer, were widely opposed by runner-up opposition leader José Francisco Peña Gómez and his party.

However, he pulled out after Balaguer changed the rules in a way that the opposition felt was unfair.

When Balaguer left office that year, it marked the first time in the Dominican Republic's history that an incumbent president peacefully surrendered power to an elected member of the opposition.

* One of the last Dominican " old school " political leaders, along with lifelong rivals Joaquín Balaguer and Juan Bosch ).

When Trujillo arranged to have his brother Héctor re-elected to the presidency in 1957, he chose Balaguer as vice-president.

Three years later, when pressure from the Organization of American States ( OAS ) convinced the dictator that it was inappropriate to have a member of his family as president, Trujillo forced his brother to resign, and Balaguer succeeded to the post.

Balaguer frequently played up Peña's Haitian ancestry to his advantage ; Dominicans historically have a deep fear and mistrust of anyone with Haitian blood.

A list of important personalities that have contributed to musicological studies in Cuba includes: Fernando Ortiz, Eduardo Sánchez de Fuentes, Alejo Carpentier, Argeliers León, Maria Teresa Linares, Pablo Hernández Balaguer, Alberto Muguercia and Zoila Lapique.

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However, Medina concluded that he stood no chance of closing a nearly 25-point gap with Mejía, especially when Balaguer suggested that some of his supporters might cross over to the PRD in the runoff.

However, Medina concluded he had no chance of overcoming Mejía's first-round lead, especially after third-pace finisher Joaquín Balaguer hinted some of his supporters would vote for the PRD in the runoff.

Balaguer seized his chance, and using his mother's illness as an excuse, asked permission to return from exile, which was granted.

Balaguer then threw his support to the Dominican Liberation Party's Leonel Fernández in an unusual coalition with Bosch, his political foe of over 30 years.

If the Dominican Republic achieves free, democratic government, it will be due in large part to the U.S. show of force that enabled President Balaguer to prevent a threatened restoration of Trujillo dictatorship.

Maximiliano Gómez Horacio " El Moreno " ( May 5, 1943 – May 23, 1971 ) was the leader of the Maoist Movimiento Popular Dominicano ( MPD ), a militant organization opposed to the Joaquín Balaguer government and to U. S. presence in the Dominican Republic.

Others note the origins of Opus Dei itself and the decision of its founder, Escrivá de Balaguer, to flee first to France during the Spanish Civil War and then to join the insurgent generals in Burgos, then capital for the rebels seeking to overthrow Spain's democratically-elected leftist government.

Balaguer's government was repressive and highly centralized during this period, reminding many of the Rafael Trujillo regime in which Balaguer been one of the dictator's puppet presidents and close advisers.

The military were vehemently against the UCN taking power and Echaverría proposed a continuation of the Balaguer regime until the elections.

In the 1982 elections, the PRD's Salvador Jorge Blanco defeated Balaguer, who had merged his party with the Social Christian Revolutionary Party to form the Social Christian Reformist Party two years earlier.

Amid such questions about the poll's legitimacy, Balaguer agreed to hold new elections in 1996 — in which he would not be a candidate.

Presidential elections held in 1966, during the occupation, handed victory to the conservative Joaquín Balaguer.

Balaguer assembled a machine that helped decide elections even after he was out of power and infirm.

Following Bosch ’ s retirement, Fernandez became the leader of the party and won the 1996 presidential elections after forming an alliance with Dr. Joaquín Balaguer, Bosch ’ s political enemy for over 30 years.

The elections were won, however, by Joaquín Balaguer.

At the end, a forced negotiation led to elections in which former Trujillo puppet Joaquín Balaguer defeated Bosch, who ran a rather muted campaign out of fear of being thrown out by another coup if he won.