| April
5, 1944 |
Pedro Rosselló Gonzáles, former governor, is born in Santurce |
| April
8, 1827 |
Ramón
Emeterio Betances, physician, politician, and abolitionist - is born
in Cabo Rojo |
| April
12, 1900 |
Foraker
Act, which gave Puerto Rico a civil government made up of an appointed
governor and representatives plus a resident commissioner in Washington
is approved . |
| April
13, 1958 |
First
Puerto Rican Day Parade is held in New York |
| April
13, 1872 |
Antonio
Paoli, Artist, is born in Ponce |
| April
13, 1967 |
Olga
Tañón, artist, is born in Santurce. |
| April
14, 1921 |
Ricardo E. Alegría, scholar, anthropologist, arqueologist, is born
in San Juan. |
| April
15, 1868 |
Antonio
R. Barceló y Martínez, lawyer and politician, is born in Fajardo. |
| April
16, 1867 |
José
de Diego, lawyer, politician, writer and poet, is born in Aguadilla. |
| April
16, 1897 |
Jesús
T. Piñero, first Puerto Rican governor of Puerto Rico, is born in
Carolina. He died on November 19, 1952. |
| April
18, 1853 |
Ana
Cristina Roqué Géigel de Duprey, journalist, linguist, writer and
much more, was born in Aguadilla. |
| April
20, 1923 |
Ernesto
Anthony ''Tito'' Puente Jr., artist, was born in NY. |
| April
22, 1968 |
Eugenio
María de Hostos Community College established by CUNY Trustees in
NYC |
| April
28, 1950 |
Willie
Colón, artist, is born in Bronx, New York |
| April
30, 1980 |
Death of Don Luis Muñoz Marín, first elected - Puerto Rican - governor
of Puerto Rico. |
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