| May 3, 1936 |
José "Cheguí" Torres, boxing champion,
writer, politician |
| May 9, 1933 |
Cock fighting legalized in Puerto Rico |
| May 10, 1838 |
Sandra María Esteves, poet. |
| May 10, 1889 |
Antonia Sáez Torres, educator and playwrite.
Won awards from the Institute of Puerto Rican Literature. |
| May 13, 1829 |
Segundo Ruiz Belvis, lawyer, politician,
abolitionist. Was born in Hormigueros. |
| May 14, 1876 |
Luis Llorénz Torres, lawyer, politician,
and renouned poet. Wrote "Canción de las Antillas". |
| May 16, 1857 |
Juan Morel Campos, famous musician and
composer, wrote many danzas. |
| May 16, 1897 |
Bolívar Pagán, lawyer, politician, writer.
Was born in Guayanilla. Was president of the Socialist Party. |
| May 22, 1972 |
National Conference of Puerto Rican Women
is established. |
| May 22, 1892 |
José P. H. "Peache" Hernández, pharmacist,
musician, poet. Was born in Hatillo. |
| May 23, 1919 |
Ruth Fernández, world famous popular
music artist, politician, former senator in Island's senate. |
| May 24, 1848 |
Julio J Henna doctor and civic leader. |
| May 25, 1862 |
Mariano Abril y Ostaló, writer and politician.
Was official island historian from 1931 until his death in 1935. |
| May 28, 1943 |
Isabel Pico de Hernández, civic leader,
writer, feminist, lawyer, university professor. |
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