| March 2, 1938 |
-Euripides Rubio, U.S. Army
Captain and Vietnam War Hero, born |
| March 2, 1954 |
-Lolita Lebrón and three other
Nationalists attack the U.S. Congress |
| March 2, 1917 |
The Jones Act grants U.S. Citizenship
to residents of Puerto Rico. |
| March 3, 1908 |
-Juan Antonio Corretjer, poet - born |
| March 3, 1952 |
The Puerto Rican Constitution is approved. |
| March 7, 1937 |
Oscar García Rivera becomes first elected
Puerto Rican to the NYS Assembly. |
| March 9, 1962 |
-ASPIRA, oldest national Puerto Rican
educational agency, est. in NYC |
| March 9, 1915 |
Francisco Matos Paoli, poet born |
| March 9, 1940 |
Raúl Rafael Carlos Juliá
(actor) is born in San Juan |
| March 10, 1899 |
Antonio Ayuso Valdivieso is born in Yabucoa.
He founded "El Imparcial," the newspaper, in 1923. |
| March 10, 1904 |
Caguas, Margot de Vázquez is born in
Caguas, she was a noted teacher and essayist. |
| March 10, 1979 |
Luis Roviera becomes the first Puerto
Rican appointed Colorado State Supreme Court judge. |
| March 12, 1903 |
The University of Puerto Rico is established. |
| March 15, 1916 |
Hiram C. Bithorn, the first Puerto Rican
major league player is born. |
| March 16, 1969 |
José Feliciano wins Grammy for "Light
My Fire" |
| March 20, 1898 |
Luis Palés Matos, poet, is born
in Guayama. |
| March 21, 1937 |
Ponce Massacre |
| March 22, 1873 |
Slavery is abolished in Puerto Rico. |
| March 23, 1951 |
José Ferrer wins an Oscar for Cyrano
de Bergarac. |
| March 24, 1751 |
José de Andino, first known Puerto
Rican journalist is born. |
| March 26, 1853 |
Braulio Dueño Colón, composer
born |
| March 26, 1849 |
The first telegraph line is built in
Puerto Rico. |
| March 28, 1953 |
Nydia Velázquez, first Puerto Rican
woman elected to Congress is born. |
| March 29, 1825 |
Pirate Roberto Cofresí is executed. |
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