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Costa Rica

33 entries quoted from the Wikipedia articles written per year for Costa Rica, 1856 CE to 2017 CE. Each century below shows a sample spread across it; the year link on a line opens everything held for that year.

19th century

7 entries, 1856 CE to 1887 CE

20th century

11 entries, 1900 CE to 1963 CE

  • 1900January 10 - Teodoro Picado Michalski, President 1944-1948 (d. 1960)Costa Ricasource
  • 1906September 25 - José Figueres Ferrer, President 1948-1949, 1953-1958, 1970-1974 (d. 1990)Costa Ricasource
  • 19107 April – 1910 Costa Rican general election: Ricardo Jiménez Oreamuno is elected president, defeating Rafael Iglesias Castro.Costa Ricasource
  • 191013 April–4 May – The 1910 Costa Rica earthquakes destroy much of Cartago and kill hundreds of people.Costa Ricasource
  • 19103 January – Antonio Saldaña, last king of Talamanca (b. 1880)Costa Ricasource
  • 1948December 8 - Costa Rican Constitutional Assembly election, 1948Costa Ricasource
  • 1948March 12-April 24: Costa Rican Civil WarCosta Ricasource
  • 1948February 8 - Costa Rican general election, 1948Costa Ricasource
  • 1960June 1 - Teodoro Picado MichalskiCosta Ricasource
  • 196318 March – The president of the United States John F. Kennedy began a three-day visit to Costa Rica to meet with the presidents of Central America to promote his Alliance for Progress programme to resist the influence of communism, from Cuba and the Soviet Union, by providing American economic aid to promote economic development and political reform in Latin America.Costa Ricasource
  • 196313 March – The Irazú Volcano overlooking San José erupted powerfully and began a cycle of abnormal activity that lasted nearly two years, ending on 13 February 1965.Costa Ricasource

21st century

15 entries, 2007 CE to 2017 CE

  • 20077 October – Costa Ricans narrowly approved the Central America Free Trade Agreement in a referendum with 51.6 percent of the vote.Costa Ricasource
  • 200716 November – Paulo Wanchope, one of the country's most successful footballers ever, announced his retirement from the game.Costa Ricasource
  • 201317 December – The 49th annual Vuelta Ciclista a Costa Rica (Tour of Costa Rica bicycle race) got underway in Limón. The 1,530 kilometre race ends in San José on 29 December.Costa Ricasource
  • 20138 November – President Chinchilla met Pope Francis in the Apostolic Palace Library in the Vatican, accompanied by a presidential delegation of thirteen people including the Minister of Communications, Carlos Roverssi; the Foreign Minister, Enrique Castillo; foreign policy chief, Javier Díaz; Deputy Ileana Brenes Jiménez of the National Liberation Party; the Costa Rican ambassador to the Vatican, Fernando Sánchez; the President's personal assistant, Alejandra Fonseca; Secretary of the Governing Council, Marta Monge; the chief of protocol, Ludwig Sibaja; and the President's husband. During their 25-minute meeting, Chinchilla gave the Pope a handmade stole made by indigenous women from Costa Rica. He gave her a copy of the Aparecida Document (the master plan for the New Evangelization in Latin America), and a medal of his pontificate. The President told the Pope that she would not be attending the canonization of Pope John Paul II. Chinchilla, who visited Pope Benedict XVI on 28 May 2012, invited Pope Francis to visit her country (John Paul II visited Costa Rica in 1983).Costa Ricasource
  • 201329 November – Shoppers looking for bargains on Black Friday (Viernes Negro) found the discounts were not as competitive as they expected.Costa Ricasource
  • 201321 January – The National Biosecurity Technical Commission (CTNBio) granted the American company Delta & Pine Land, a subsidiary of the multinational biotechnology company Monsanto, permission to grow genetically modified corn in Costa Rica. There are 443 hectares of biotech crops in Costa Rica, including cotton, soybeans, pineapple, and banana, which are being grown by the companies Semillas Olson, D & PL Semillas, Bayer, Semillas del Trópico, and Del Monte.Costa Ricasource
  • 201315 November – Costa Rican scientist-engineer Sandra Cauffman (née Sandra María del Socorro Molina Rojas) participated in the American space agency NASA's first press conference in the Spanish language. The event was broadcast live on NASA TV and discussed the agency's mission to Mars called MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN), of which Cauffman is the Deputy Project Manager.Costa Ricasource
  • 201331 January –– A new law prohibiting hunting for sport was signed by President Laura Chinchilla. The law set fines of up to ₡1.5 million for sport hunting and up to ₡900,000 for wildlife trafficking.Costa Ricasource
  • 20133 July – Minister for the Environment René Castro signed a decree making July 4 the National Wild Cat Day (Día Nacional del Felino Silvestre). There are six species of wild cat in Costa Rica: the jaguar, puma, ocelot, margay, jaguarundi, and oncilla.Costa Ricasource
  • 201429 January – At a service including religious figures gathered at the Metropolitan Cathedral in San José, the Bishop of Cartago, Francisco Ulloa, reminded voters in the forthcoming election to support candidates who were anti-abortion and anti-gay marriage. Juan Luis Calvo, president of the Evangelical Alliance called on the government to rethink guidelines on sexuality published by the Ministry of Public Education.Costa Ricasource
  • 20141 May – The Banco Nacional introduced a 1.5 percent charge for deposits made in coins.Costa Ricasource
  • 20145 February – Award-winning investigative editor and pioneer of data journalism at La Nación, Giannina Segnini, resigned after 20 years working at the newspaper. She said that opportunities to conduct independent journalism had been reduced consistently in the past two years, while editorial decisions she described as unjournalistic made it impossible for her to continue.Costa Ricasource
  • 201422 January – Chile 4–0 Costa Rica.Costa Ricasource
  • 2015Aeropuerto Juan Santamaría reanudó operaciones a las 4 a.m. de este viernes La Nación, 2015-04-24.Costa Ricasource
  • 2017October – Hurricane Nate causes substantial damage.Costa Ricasource