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1897 - FREE AT LAST 1898 - EIGHT DAYS OF INDEPENDENCE 1899 - HURRICANE SAN CIRIACO 1910 - U.S. BANKS FORECLOSE ON PUERTO RICAN LAND 1917 - U.S. CITIZENSHIP 1921 - MONCHO REYES, THE IDIOT GOVERNOR 1920 – 1930 - U. S. LAND GRAB 1930 - PEDRO ALBIZU CAMPOS 1931 - PUERTO RICAN GUINEA PIGS 1930 – 1970 - MASS STERILIZATION 1934 - LOS MACHETEROS GO ON STRIKE 1934- 24-HOUR FBI SURVEILLANCE OF ALBIZU CAMPOS 1935 - RIO PIEDRAS MASSACRE 1936 - ASSASSINATION OF POLICE CHIEF RIGGS 1937 - PONCE MASSACRE 1939 - BOMBING OF CULEBRA 1941 - OCCUPATION OF VIEQUES 1948 - LAW 53 (THE GAG LAW) 1950 - UPRISINGS THROUGHOUT PUERTO RICO 1950 - JAYUYA UPRISING 1950 - UTUADO UPRISING 1950 - ATTACK ON THE GOVERNOR OF PUERTO RICO 1950 - GUNFIGHT AT THE SALÓN BORICUA 1950 - ATTACK ON PRESIDENT HARRY S. TRUMAN 1954 - ATTACK ON THE U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 1965 - PEDRO ALBIZU CAMPOS DIES 1971 - CULEBRA ISLAND TAKEOVER 1976 - IRS SECTION 936 1978 - CERRO MARAVILLA 1980 – 2000 - PHARMACEUTICAL BOOM 2003 - VIEQUES BOMBING STOPS 2006 - NO MORE IRS 936 2017 - HURRICANE MARIA 2022 - STILL A COLONY For Further Understanding: Fantasy Island: Colonialism, Exploitation, and the Betrayal of Puerto Rico by Ed Morales War Against All Puerto Ricans: Revolution and Terror in Americas Colony by Nelson A. Denis
