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- January 4, 1930 - Albizu Campos returns from his trip to Latin American countries. (Event found in 1 files)
- May 11, 1930 - Albizu Campos is elected President of the Nationalist Party of Puerto Rico. (Event found in 4 files)
- April 16, 1932 - During a protest at El Capitolio in San Juan, Manuel Rafael Suárez Díaz, a young member of the Nationalist Party, is killed. (Event found in 7 files)
- November 8, 1932 - In the General Election that takes place in Puerto Rico, Luis Muñoz Marín is elected Senator at Large under the Partido Liberal banner. Pedro Albizu Campos receives 11,882 votes, more than twice the number obtained by the Nationalist Party. (Event found in 1 files)
- February 5, 1934 - Blanton Winship assumes the position of Governor of Puerto Rico. (Event found in 1 files)
- September 23, 1934 - The Communist Party of Puerto Rico is founded. (Event found in 2 files)
- October 19, 1935 - Nationalist newspaper La Palabra publishes its first issue. (Event found in 2 files)
- October 24, 1935 - Four Nationalists are killed by the Police in what came to be known as the Río Piedras Massacre. (Event found in 4 files)
- February 23, 1936 - Elías Beauchamp and Hiram Rosado kill Colonel Elisha Francis Riggs, Chief of the Insular Police. (Event found in 6 files)
- February 23, 1936- Members of the Insular Police kill Elías Beauchamp and Hiram Rosado while in custody and unarmed. (Event found in 6 files)
- March 5, 1936 - Pedro Albizu Campos and other nine leaders and members of the Nationalist Party are arrested and accused of seditious conspiracy. (Event found in 2 files)
- April 2, 1936 - Judge Robert Cooper sends Juan Antonio Corretjer to La Princesa prison for refusing to surrender Nationalist Party minutes. (Event found in 0 files)
- April 3, 1936 - Federal Grand Jury submits accusations against Pedro Albizu Campos, Juan A. Corretjer, Luis F. Velázquez, Clemente Soto Vélez, Erasmo Velázquez, Julio H. Velázquez, Rafael Ortiz Pacheco, Juan Gallardo Santiago, and Pablo Rosado Ortiz for violations of Title 18 of the U.S. Code. Ortiz Pacheco would escape to the Dominican Republic. (Event found in 2 files)
- July 14, 1936 - Trial against Albizu Campos and other Nationalist leaders starts in San Juan. (Event found in 0 files)
- July 31, 1936 - Second trial against Albizu Campos and other Nationalist leaders concludes with a guilty verdict against Pedro Albizu Campos, Juan A. Corretjer, Luis F. Velázquez, Clemente Soto Vélez, Erasmo Velázquez, Julio H. Velázquez, Juan Gallardo Santiago, and Pablo Rosado Ortiz. (Event found in 3 files)
- September 10, 1936 - Acción Social Independentista (ASI) is created by Luis Muñoz Marín, Ernesto Ramos Antonini, Víctor Gutiérrez Franqui, Ernesto Juan Fonfrías, Ildefonso Solá Morales, and Enrique Martínez Solá, among others. The goal is to promote the independence of Puerto Rico and social justice. (Event found in 1 files)
- October 25, 1936 - A member of the Nationalist fires five shots at Socialist leader Santiago Iglesias Pantín during a public rally in Mayagüez. Iglesias Pantín is wounded. Domingo Saltari is arrested and eventually sentenced to 10 years in prison. (Event found in 2 files)
- January 31, 1937 - Julio Pinto Gandía is elected as Interin President of the Nationalist Party of Puerto Rico. (Event found in 1 files)
- March 21, 1937 - A peaceful Nationalist Party demonstration in Ponce is surrounded by police forces that open fire on the participants. The shooting leaves 20 dead and over 150 wounded. The event will eventually be known as the Ponce Massacre. (Event found in 8 files)
- May 22, 1937 - The 'Commission of Inquiry on Civil Rights in Puerto Rico' presents its investigation of the March 21, 1937 events in Ponce stating that "the facts show that the affair (...) was a 'Massacre'". (Event found in 2 files)
- June 7, 1937 - Albizu Campos and the other leaders of the Partido Nacionalista are transferred to the Federal Penitentiary in Atlanta, Georgia. (Event found in 1 files)
- June 8, 1937 - Unidentified individuals open fire against federal judge Robert A. Cooper who sentenced the Nationalist leadership to prison terms in Atlanta. (Event found in 1 files)
- January 10, 1938 - Julio Pinto Gandía and other seven Nationalist leaders are sentenced to five years in prison. (Event found in 3 files)
- July 25, 1938 - Governor Blanton Winship sponsors the celebration of the 40th anniversary of the U.S. military invasion of Puerto Rico in the city of Ponce (where 20 Nationalists were massacred the year before) rather than in San Juan (as previously done) or in Guánica (the landing place of the U.S. troops). (Event found in 1 files)
- July 25, 1938 - A Nationalist commando opens fire on Governor Blanton Winship during the celebration of the 40th anniversary of the U.S. military invasion of Puerto Rico. Nationalist Angel Esteban Antongiorgi empties his gun aiming at Winship and is killed by the police. Police Colonel Luis Irizarry dies in the attempt. (Event found in 5 files)
- September 28, 1938 - Several nationalists are convicted in connection with the attempt against Governor Blanton Winship during the celebration of the 40th anniversary of the U.S. military invasion of Puerto Rico. The following nationalists were convicted: Tomás López de Victoria, Casimiro Berenguer, Elifaz Escobar, Santiago González, Vicente Morciglio, Leocadio López, Juan Pietri, Guillermo Larrogaiti, Prudencio Segarra. (Event found in 2 files)
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