Puerto Rico

19 entries quoted from the Wikipedia articles written per year for Puerto Rico, 1943 CE to 2025 CE. Each century below shows a sample spread across it; the year link on a line opens everything held for that year.

20th century

2 entries, 1943 CE to 1943 CE

1943uncertain date in 1943 – Legislative Assembly unanimously passes a concurrent resolution calling for an end to the colonial system of government.Puerto Rico source
1943May 13 – Trina de Moya – Dominican poet and first lady (1899, 1902–1903, 1924–1930)Puerto Rico source

21st century

17 entries, 2017 CE to 2025 CE

201711 June – In a referendum on its status, Puerto Ricans vote in favor of statehood amid a historically low turnout. This figure is attributed to a boycott led by the pro-status quo PPD party.Puerto Rico source
2017March – The Puerto Rico national baseball team was the runner up in the 2017 World Baseball ClassicPuerto Rico source
201720 September – Hurricane Maria makes landfall over Puerto Rico, causing extensive damage to the power grid. Hurricane Maria death toll controversy resulted from the number of dead being underreported by officials. Total losses are estimated at $94.4 billion.Puerto Rico source
2017February–March – the 2017 Bayamon Cup organized by the Puerto Rican Football FederationPuerto Rico source
201818 April - Puerto Rico experiences an island-wide blackout after an excavator accidentally downs a transmission line.Puerto Rico source
2019October 14: The Ernesto Ramos Antonini public housing residence, located near the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus, was the site of a mass killing with more than 1000 shots fired and six people dead.Puerto Rico source
2020December 10 – The Water and Sewer Authority and for Puerto Rico gets refinancing for $1.4 billion worth of bonds, which should result in a $13 million annual savings for the utility.Puerto Rico source
2020December 1 – The Arecibo Telescope collapses.Puerto Rico source
2020January 19 – Glorimar Andújar and Fernando Gil-Enseñat, Secretaries of Family Services Housing respectively, are fired in the warehouse scandal. Nino Correa is appointed chief of operations for the Emergency Management Office.Puerto Rico source
2020July 12 – In an interview in The New York Times, former secretary of Homeland Security Elaine Duke reports that President Trump's first reaction to Hurricane Maria in 2017 was to sell Puerto Rico.Puerto Rico source
2020February 2 – Jennifer Lopez wows the crowd by wearing a costume featuring the flag of Puerto Rico during her half-time appearance at the Super Bowl LIV.Puerto Rico source
2021March 12 – San Juan′s San José Church prepares for reopening after being closed in 1996 for restoration and repairs. The second-oldest church on the island, which was built in 1532 near the ocean on top of a Taíno settlement at the highest point of Old San Juan, was originally a Dominican convent where Bartolomé de las Casas lived.Puerto Rico source
2021February 23 – Governor Pedro Pierluisi rejects a proposed debt settlement because of concerns about the effect on the territory′s pension system.Puerto Rico source
2021January 5 – President Donald Trump announces $3.7 billion to rebuild water infrastructure. The grant covers 90% of the estimated costs of the water and wastewater improvement projects.Puerto Rico source
2022March 15 – Puerto Rican government-debt crisis: Puerto Rico exits out of bankruptcy after completing the largest public debt restructuring in U.S. history.Puerto Rico source
2022May 12 – Eleven people die and thirty-one others are rescued after a boat capsizes off the coast of Puerto Rico near Desecheo Island.Puerto Rico source
2025August 5 – The Trump administration dismisses all five Democratic members of the seven-person Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico, including chairman Arthur Gonzalez, citing inefficiency.Puerto Rico source