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This section allows you to identify a particular historical event and from there move quickly to specific FBI subject files where the event is mentioned or relevant information on it appears. While examining documents, you can also refer back to the Timeline to see a list of events taking place in the historical moment when the document was put together. By default, events are listed for a single decade and you can use the Quick Jump bar to move from one decade to the other. You can also see the full list of events by selecting View All.
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1950
- October 30, 1950 - Nationalist Insurrection takes place in the town of Jayuya and several other municipalities of Puerto Rico. (Event found in 4 files)
- October 30, 1950 - Nationalist commando attack La Fortaleza, official residence of Governor Luis Muñoz Marín. (Event found in 2 files)
- November 1, 1950 - Oscar Collazo and Griselio Torresola attack the Blair House, temporary residence of President Harry S. Truman. Torresola dies in the attack while Collazo is wounded and arrested. (Event found in 15 files)
- November 2, 1950 - After a two-day siege, the Police of Puerto Rico arrest Albizu Campos in his house in San Juan. He is accused of violating the mordaza law among other things. (Event found in 3 files)
- November 4, 1952 - Elections take place in Puerto Rico. (Event found in 3 files)
- September 30, 1953 - Governor Muñoz Marín grants amnesty to Albizu Campos in response to his deteriorating health condition and worldwide pressure for his release. (Event found in 2 files)
- March 1, 1954 - Four Nationalists (Lolita Lebrón, Andrés Figueroa Cordero, Rafael Cancel Miranda, and Irvin Flores) open fire in the U.S. House of Representatives wounding several members of Congress. (Event found in 9 files)
- March 6, 1954 - Albizu Campos is once again arrested by federal agents and members of the Police of Puerto Rico. Albizu is carried unconscious after his residence is tear-gassed and raided. (Event found in 6 files)
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