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1920
1930
- 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)
1940
- November 5, 1940 - Elections take place in Puerto Rico. (Event found in 2 files)
- June 3, 1943 - Pedro Albizu Campos leaves the Atlanta Penitentiary after being paroled. (Event found in 3 files)
- June 6, 1943 - Pedro Albizu Campos enters Columbus Hospital in New York City to recover from health problems linked to his six years in prison. (Event found in 2 files)
- August 15, 1943 - The first Congreso Pro Independencia is held in San Juan with the attendance of 1,800 delegates from throughout the Island and an audience of around 10,000 persons. (Event found in 2 files)
- November 9, 1945 - After a two-and-a-half years stay, Albizu Campos leaves the Columbus Hospital. He would stay in New York City for another two years before returning back to Puerto Rico. (Event found in 2 files)
- July 21, 1946 - Jesús T. Piñero is appointed Governor of Puerto Rico, the first Puerto Rican to hold that position under United States rule. (Event found in 1 files)
- October 20, 1946 - The Partido Independentista Puertorriqueño is founded and Gilberto Cencepción de Gracia is elected as president of the party. (Event found in 1 files)
- December 15, 1947 - Pedro Albizu Campos returns to Puerto Rico. (Event found in 4 files)
- December 15, 1947 - As a welcome to Pedro Albizu Campos' return to Puerto Rico, several University of Puerto Rico students raise the Puerto Rican flag at the Río Piedras campus. Student leaders (including Juan Mari Brás, Jorge L. Landing, and José Gil de la Madrid) are suspended by Chancellor Jaime Benítez. (Event found in 1 files)
- April 14, 1948 - University of Puerto Rico students go on strike demanding the reinstatement of five expelled student leaders. The campus is closed by university administrators. (Event found in 1 files)
- May 20, 1948 - The Legislature of Puerto Rico approves Public Law #53, popularly known as La Mordaza (the Gag Law). (Event found in 1 files)
- June 10, 1948 - Governor Muñoz Marín signs into law the recently approved Public Law #53, known as La Mordaza (the Gag Law). (Event found in 1 files)
- November 2, 1948 - Elections take place in Puerto Rico. Puerto Ricans vote for the first time for the position of Governor. Luis Muñoz Marín is elected for the position. (Event found in 2 files)
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)
1960
- August 4, 1960 – J. Edgar Hoover orders initiation of COINTELPRO operations against Puerto Rican organizations and individuals seeking independence for the Island. The operatives pay particular attention to the Movimiento Pro Independencia (MPI) and the Federación de Universitarios Pro Independencia (FUPI). (Event found in 1 files)
- November 15, 1964 - As his health continues to deteriorate and his death is almost certain, Pedro Albizu Campos is granted amnesty by Governor Muñoz Marín. (Event found in 3 files)
- April 21, 1965 - Don Pedro Albizu Campos dies in San Juan at age 73. (Event found in 4 files)
- July 23, 1967 - Status Referendum takes place. It would later be known that the FBI interfered in the process, among other things to disrupt possible alliances between independentistas and soberanistas. (Event found in 6 files)
- March 15, 1968 - Gilberto Concepción de Gracia, lawyer, founder of the Partido Independentista Puertorriqueño, and member of the Senate from 1952 to 1960, dies at age 58. (Event found in 1 files)
1970
- October 10, 1970 - Filiberto Ojeda Rios is arrested near the town of Quebradillas by FBI agents and members of the Intelligence Division of the Puerto Rican Police. (Event found in 3 files)
- March 24, 1976 - Santiago Mari Pesquera, the eldest son of independentista leader Juan Mari Brás, is assassinated. (Event found in 0 files)
- October 6, 1977 - President Jimmy Carter commutes the sentence of Andres Figueroa Cordero on humanitarian grounds. Figueroa Cordero was convicted, along with Lolita Lebrón, Rafael Cancel Miranda and Irvin Flores, in connection with the shooting and wounding of several Congressmen on March 1, 1954. (Event found in 0 files)
- July 14, 1978 - A shotgun is fired in front of the residence of Muñoz Marín in Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico. A group that calls itself Fuerzas Armadas Anti-Imperialistas (Anti-Imperialist Armed Forces) claims responsibility. It would later be known that the group was a creation of police undercover agent Alejandro González Malavé. (Event found in 1 files)
- April 28, 1979 - Carlos Muñiz Varela, director of Viajes Varadero, a travel agency that promotes trips to Cuba, is assassinated in San Juan, Puerto Rico. (Event found in 0 files)
- September 6, 1979 - President Jimmy Carter commutes the sentences of four Puerto Rican Nationalists (Oscar Collazo, Rafael Cancel Miranda, Irvin Flores Rodríguez, and Lolita Lebrón) who had been serving prison terms for their participation in the shootings at the Blair House (1950) and the U.S. House of Representatives (1954). (Event found in 0 files)
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