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64 unusual facts about Puerto Rico


1958 Atlantic hurricane season

Two people drowned after falling off a boat on Vieques island, and the other died after his house collapsed while he was inside.

A Quien Pueda Interesar

"Septiembre, Río Piedras" is derived from several political and ideological struggles that occurred in the University of Puerto Rico at Río Piedras where civilians were the subject of abuse and attacks by the police.

Advil

This effort allowed for a second design and installation in Guayama, Puerto Rico of an initial 20 new systems.

Aktiogavialis

The deposits, part of the San Sebastián Formation along the Río Guatemala in Puerto Rico, have been an adequate supply of other crocodylian fossils.

Alpha Kappa Pi

Alfa Kappa Pi - a professional fraternity with chapters in the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico

Ana G. Méndez University System

The Ana G. Méndez University System —or Sistema Universitario Ana G. Méndez (SUAGM) in Spanish— is a private institution of higher education in Puerto Rico.

Angel Mendez

Angel Mendez' parents — Antonio Méndez Pomales, a native of Fajardo and Martina Rivera García from Naguabo — moved from Puerto Rico to New York City seeking a better life.

Antigua and Barbuda at the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games

The XXIst Central American and Caribbean Games were held in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico from July 17, 2010 to August 1, 2010.

Arawakan languages

Taíno, commonly called Island Arawak, was spoken on the islands of Cuba, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, Jamaica, and the Bahamas.

Arthur Garfield Hays

In 1937, he headed an independent investigation of an incident in which 18 people were killed and more than 200 wounded in Ponce, Puerto Rico when police fired at them; his commission concluded the police had behaved as a mob and committed a massacre.

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In 1937, Hays was appointed to lead an independent investigation with a group (called the Hays Commission) to study an incident in which 18 people were killed and more than 200 wounded in Ponce, Puerto Rico when police opened fire on them.

Aurora Levins Morales

Levins Morales was born February 24, 1954 in Indiera Baja, Maricao, Puerto Rico.

Barrier transfer machine

Moveable barriers are in permanent use in such cities as Auckland (Auckland Harbour Bridge); Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; New York; Honolulu, Hawaii; San Juan, Puerto Rico; Boston, Massachusetts; Washington, D.C.; Dallas, Texas; San Diego, California; and Sydney, Australia; many other cities use them temporarily during construction work.

Camp Las Casas

Camp Las Casas was a United States military installation established in Santurce, Puerto Rico in 1904.

Cataño Ferry

While this was made mostly to enhance service between Culebra, Fajardo and Vieques, the deal also included the "Lancha de Cataño" service.

Domingo Marrero Navarro

His first pastorship was in 1930 at the Methodist Church of Garrochales, Arecibo, Puerto Rico.

EGADE Business School

Since its creation, the school requires every applicant to achieve a minimum pass mark at its own academic aptitude test for postgraduate studies (Prueba de Admisión a Estudios de Posgrado, PAEP); an instrument designed and maintained by academics of the Institute (with some guidance provided by the technical director of The College Board office in Puerto Rico).

El Toro Wilderness

In descending order of land area the wilderness is located in parts of the municipalities of Río Grande, Naguabo, Las Piedras, and Canóvanas.

Ephraim P. Holmes

In August 1952 he assumed command of the attack transport Sanborn, which conducted landing exercises at Vieques, Puerto Rico and Onslow Beach, North Carolina as part of Amphibious Force, Atlantic Fleet.

Fort Buchanan

Fort Buchanan, Puerto Rico is the only active U.S. Army installation in the Caribbean, home of the 65th regional readiness command (not to be confused with the 65th infantry regiment which has its headquarters at Cayey Puerto Rico)

Foster V. Brown

After leaving Congress Brown resumed the practice of law until he was appointed attorney general of Puerto Rico on May 10, 1910.

Frank B. Willis

During his Senate tenure, Willis served as Chairman of the Senate Committee on Territories and Insular Possessions, which had jurisdiction over territories including Alaska, Hawaii, the Philippines, and Puerto Rico, from 1923 to 1928.

Frank H. Brumby

Brumby commanded the Grey Fleet, assigned to defend against an amphibious assault by the Blue force commanded by Admiral Joseph M. Reeves, whose objective was to take one or all of Ponce, San Juan, Culebra and St. Thomas, and who finally succeeded in landing Marines on Culebra on the fifth and last day of the exercise.

Frank McIntyre

Frank McIntyre (January 5, 1865 - February 16, 1944) was an American military officer who served for many years as Chief of the Bureau of Insular Affairs, responsible for federal administration of the Philippines and Puerto Rico.

Fredesvinda García

Fredesvinda García Valdés, known always as Freddy, (Camagüey 1935 – San Juan, Puerto Rico, 31 July 1961) was a Cuban female singer of high quality.

Giancarlo Alvarado

Giancarlo Carlos (Martinez) Alvarado (born January 24, 1978 in Santurce, Puerto Rico) is a professional baseball pitcher in the New York Mets organization.

Hally Wood

In '79-80 brought out a self-produced album "Songs to Live By" in Houston, and was beginning work on another in the mid-80s but was diagnosed with cancer; from late '50s thru early '70s lived in Río Piedras, Puerto Rico; did some work there helping produce concerts & other things this informant not familiar with.

Hernando de Miranda

The group of ships captained Hernando de Miranda and Pedro de Valdes ended up in San Germán, Puerto Rico town.

Hipólito Sánchez Rodríguez

Hipólito Sánchez Rodríguez (1853 - February 4, 1947) - Married with Ignacia Agosto and known by the people as "Don Polo Sánchez", he was the donor of the gold altar of the Catholic Church, actually located in the Cathedral of San Juan.

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He also built in brick the first Catholic Church in Cidra with one tower in that time.

Interamerican University of Puerto Rico, Metropolitan Campus

It was built in San Juan due to the large success of the Polytechnic Institute of Puerto Rico.

Javier Antonio Colón

Colón dedicated the championship to the Mayor of Ponce Rafael Cordero Santiago, an avid fan of the team, who had died early that year.

José Antonio Dávila

Dávila was born and raised in Bayamon, Puerto Rico into a literary family; he received both his primary and secondary education here and went to high school in Santurce, San Juan.

José J. Benítez Díaz

After that, Benítez was the owner of Benítez Sugar Company in Vieques.

José Nadal Power

José Rafael Nadal Power was born in the district of Santurce, in San Juan on December 8, 1973.

José Oquendo

José Manuel Roberto Guillermo Oquendo Contreras (born July 4, 1963 in Río Piedras, Puerto Rico) is a former Major League Baseball infielder and the current third base coach for the St. Louis Cardinals.

Latino children's literature

Whether born in Puerto Rico or the United States, or emigrated from such countries as Mexico, Chile, Ecuador, or Cuba, the term includes their significant contributions to the field of writing for children in the United States.

Manela Bustamante

Manela Bustamante, born Manuela Bustamante (Havana, Cuba, November 14, 1924 – San Juan, Puerto Rico, February 12, 2005)

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Manela Bustamante died a year later in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on February 12, 2005, and is survived by her only daughter, 2 grandsons and her public, who still remember with sincere affection the funny and witty Cuban “Cachucha” and Puerto Rican “Doña Toni”.

Mapy Cortés

Mapy Cortés (March 1, 1910 – August 2, 1998), born Maria del Pilar Cordero in Santurce, Puerto Rico, was an actress who participated in many films during the Mexican film industry's golden era.

Maritime history of Colonial America

Christopher Columbus was the first European to set foot on what would one day become U.S. territory when he came to Puerto Rico in 1493.

Mateo de Angulo

De Angulo helped out his Colombian team to take the trophy in the 800 m freestyle relay at the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico.

New Wrestling Stars

NWS will relaunch on Sunday March 29, 2009 in Aguada, Puerto Rico at the All-Star Court and it was a great event with plans to hold more events and secure a TV deal.

Oliver Lanard Fassig

He was in charge of the station at San Juan, Puerto Rico, from April 2, 1909 to August 10, 1912, and April 14, 1919 to June 10, 1930, where he had general charge of the West Indian and Caribbean service.

Orlando Merced

Orlando Luis Merced Villanueva (born November 2, 1966 in Hato Rey, Puerto Rico) is a former Major League Baseball first Baseman and outfielder.

Paradisus Puerto Rico

Paradisus Puerto Rico is the first all-inclusive resort in Puerto Rico, located in the municipality of Río Grande in the Coco Beach area.

Politics of Guam

There is a significant movement in favor of the Territory becoming a commonwealth, which would give it a political status similar to Puerto Rico and the Northern Mariana Islands.

Puerto Rican Quail-Dove

Remains of the Puerto Rican Quail-Dove were unearthed in the caves Cueva Clara and Cueva Catedral near Morovis, in the cave Cueva Toraño at Utuado and in a kitchen midden near Mayagüez on Puerto Rico.

Puerto Rico Highway 40

Puerto Rico Highway 40, or PR-40, is an urban road in Hato Rey.

Puerto Rico Highway 47

Begins in the PR-3 (Avenida 65 de Infantería) and ends at the center of Río Piedras, in the Paseo de Diego (commercial area in downtown Río Piedras).

Rafael Ithier

Raised in Río Piedras, Puerto Rico, he showed a passion for music at a very young age.

Robert S. Folkenberg

Robert Stanley Folkenberg, (born January 1, 1941 in Santurce, Puerto Rico), served as General Conference president of the Seventh-day Adventist Church from 1990 through to his resignation in 1999.

Robert Traylor

On May 11, 2011 Traylor was found dead at his apartment in Isla Verde, Puerto Rico.

Robert Tyndall

The Spanish-American War erupted the following year, and he served with the 27th Indiana Volunteers in Puerto Rico.

Santurce

Santurce, San Juan, Puerto Rico, a district of San Juan, the capital of Puerto Rico

Senadores de San Juan

The team was sold in 2004 and subsequently relocated to Arecibo.

Señor Muerte / Señor Suerte

The first character to use these names was Ramon Garcia, who was born in Hatillo, Puerto Rico.

Thomas A. Davis

During the Spanish-American War he served as a Captain of the 6th US Volunteer Infantry, also known as the Sixth Immunes, which was mustered at Knoxville, Tennessee and saw service in Puerto Rico.

Tito Goya

Tito Goya (Real Name "Andrew Butler") (April 4, 1951 – December 1, 1985) was a Puerto Rican actor best known for his portrayal of "Cupcakes" in the movie "Short Eyes".

United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

The First Circuit also sits for one week each March and November at the Jose V. Toledo Federal Building and United States Courthouse in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico, and occasionally sits at other locations within the circuit.

Vera Maxwell

Vera Huppe Maxwell (April 22, 1901, New York City – January 15, 1995, Rincón, Puerto Rico) was a sportswear and fashion designer until her retirement in 1985.

Wild 90

The Puerto Rico-born boxer José Torres appeared as the man with the barking dog and Beverley Bentley (Mailer’s wife) played the woman with the knife.

Yagüez River

The first attempt to canalize the river was when Don Leonardo de Campos was mayor of Mayagüez in 1852, but the difficulties of the project did not allow it back then.

Yolanda Arroyo Pizarro

She began writing at an early age in school newsletters and newspapers and won drawing and essay competitions at the Colegio San Vicente Ferrer in Cataño.


1960 Caribbean Series

The XII edition of the Caribbean Series (Serie del Caribe) was a baseball tournament held from February 10 through February 15, 1960 featuring the champion teams from Cuba (Cienfuegos), Panama (Marlboro), Puerto Rico (Caguas) and Venezuela (Rapiños).

1985 in organized crime

Gambino boss Paul Big Pauly" Castellano and nine others were accused of operating an international auto-theft ring that shipped stolen cars to Kuwait and Puerto Rico, among other destinations.

1992 Caribbean Series

It was held from February 2 through February 9 with the champions teams from the Dominican Republic, Leones del Escogido; Mexico, Naranjeros de Hermosillo; Puerto Rico, Indios de Mayagüez, and Venezuela, Águilas del Zulia.

Almost a Woman

Almost a Woman is a 2001 made-for-television film, directed by Betty Kaplan and based on the autobiographical book of the same name by Puerto Rican writer Esmeralda Santiago.

Arturo Hernández

Hernández became one of the members of the Movimiento Unión Soberanista, one of several new parties that surfaced in Puerto Rico for the 2012 general elections.

Carmen Nydia Velázquez

Velázquez performed for a three month season at the Marriott Hotel, in Condado, San Juan Puerto Rico, (June–September) 2007, and the show was broadcast through WORO-TV, channel 13.

Cobblestone

Many cities in Latin America, such as Buenos Aires, Argentina; Zacatecas and Guanajuato, in Mexico; Old San Juan, Puerto Rico and Montevideo, Uruguay, richly influenced by many European architectural features, are well known for their many cobblestone streets, which are still operational and in good condition.

Colonial troops

The regiment performed garrison and defense duties in Puerto Rico and the Panama Canal Zone during World War I and World War II and served with distinction during the Korean War before being transferred to the Puerto Rico National Guard in 1956.

Courier 1B

After completing its first orbit, a message from US President Dwight Eisenhower to the United Nations was transmitted from the Deal Test Site, an off-base transmission facility of Fort Monmouth, New Jersey and relayed to a ground station in Puerto Rico.

Creature from the Haunted Sea

The film was shot in Puerto Rico back-to-back with two other Corman productions, The Last Woman on Earth and Battle of Blood Island, from a script that had previously been filmed as Naked Paradise and Beast from Haunted Cave.

Donna Theodore

Donna Theodore (born July 25, 1941) is an American actress and singer who first came to attention as a headliner at many famous nightclubs during the 1960s including the Copacabana, The Fountainebleau Hotel, the Fairmont Hotel, and the El San Juan in Puerto Rico.

Frank B. Davison

His great-grandson, Kenneth Davison McClintock, following in his political footsteps, serves as the current Secretary of State and lieutenant governor of Puerto Rico.

Frank Pietri

Frank Pietri (born Francisco Pietri, July 6, 1934 in Ponce, Puerto Rico) is an American Jazz Instructor, choreographer and performer in New York City.

Guaynabo Fluminense FC

ground = Jose "Pepito" Bonano Stadium
Guaynabo, Puerto Rico|

José Bardina

He was popular not only in Venezuela, but also in Colombia, Mexico, Peru, Puerto Rico and Spain, after the telenovelas produced by Radio Caracas Televisión and Venevisión reached its peak during the 1970s decade.

La Gran Fiesta

La Gran Fiesta (in English, The Great Party) is a 1985 Puerto Rican film, written and directed by Marcos Zurinaga, based on a story by Ana Lydia Vega.

Last Woman on Earth

The release also features the other two entries in Corman's "Puerto Rico Trilogy" – Creature from the Haunted Sea and Battle of Blood Island – films shot back to back with Last Woman.

Lee Nailon

His international experience includes playing for Adecco Milano in Italy (1999-00), Bnei HaSharon in Israel (2006–07; 2010–present), Lokomotiv Novosibirsk in Russia (2007–08), Al-Riyadi in Lebanon, Leones de Ponce (2009) and Piratas de Quebradillas in Puerto Rico (2010).

Luis Olmo

In the 1949 World Series against the Yankees, Olmo became the first Puerto Rican to play in a World Series, as well as hit a home run and get three hits in a Series game.

María Simón

She also participated in the Venice Biennale (1972), Biennale of Tapestry in Lausanne, Biennials of Engraving at Ljubljana and in Puerto Rico, the First International Sculpture Street Exhibition in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, and the Basel Fair.

Ming Fay

Fay has also completed numerous public art commissions including a suspended glass and steel sculpture for a residential lobby in Philadelphia, a large scale tree sculpture in Puerto Rico, sculptural benches for the New York City Staten Island Ferry Terminal and glass mosaic murals for the Delancey Street – Essex Street New York City subway station.

Nancy Fabiola Herrera

In the summer of 2006, Herrera performed in a gala concert with Plácido Domingo in Puerto Rico, sang Maddalena in Rigoletto with the Metropolitan Opera in Central Park, Charlotte in Werther in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and Luisa Fernanda opposite Plácido Domingo at the Teatro Real in Madrid.

National Adoption Day

More than 300 events are held each year on the Saturday before Thanksgiving in November, in all 50 US states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico to finalize the adoptions of children in foster care.

Pedro A. Delgado Hernández

Pedro Alberto Delgado Hernández (born 1956) is a Puerto Rico attorney in private practice and is a nominee for United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico.

Progress Island U.S.A.

The commercial short, which is only 13 minutes long, explains that Puerto Rico is "American in every respect" except for its "360 days of sunshine," due to the results of Operation Bootstrap.

Puerto Rican Screech Owl

The Puerto Rican Screech Owl (Megascops nudipes) or Múcaro (Spanish via Taino) is a nocturnal endemic owl of the archipelago of Puerto Rico belonging to the Megascops genus of the Strigidae family.

Rebecca Wight

Rebecca Wight -- a student, of Iranian and Puerto Rican heritage, who was working on her Master's Degree in Business Administration -- and 32-year-old Claudia Brenner -- a Jewish, Manhattan-born architecture student -- were partners for two years, after meeting over breakfast while both were students at Virginia Tech.

Richard Jeter

He has since played with CSKA Moscow in Russia, Ukraine (Azovmash), Puerto Rico, Townsville Crocodiles in Australia, Manawatu Jets in New Zealand National Basketball League now he is currently signed with Hoverla in Ukraine.

Saby Kamalich

Kamalich first became interested in acting as a young woman when Braulio Castillo, the Puerto Rican actor, went to work in Peru.

Salvador Pineda

Pineda began his internacionalization in 1984, when he worked in Puerto Rico as the star of canal 2's Coralito, with Sully Diaz.

Souvenir de Porto Rico

Souvenir de Porto Rico, Op. 31, is a musical composition for piano by American composer Louis Moreau Gottschalk written from 1857 during a tour in Puerto Rico.

Systemax

On January 6, 2008, Systemax Inc. announced an agreement on the acquisition of the Miami-based CompUSA brand, trademarks, and e-commerce business, and as many as 16 CompUSA retail outlets in Florida, Texas, and Puerto Rico.

Un Paso del Amor

Un Paso del Amor is the debut album from Puerto Rican singer Ektor.

Vaneza Pitynski

Vaneza Pitynski (born "Vaneza Leza Pitynski" on September 1, 1988 in Whittier, California, USA) is an American former actress and singer of German-Russian-Puerto Rican descent.

Verna Gillis

After the closing of Soundscape in 1984, Gillis worked career development with such musicians as Youssou N'dour from Senegal, Yomo Toro from Puerto Rico; Salif Keita form Mali, and Carlinhos Brown from Brazil.

Walter McJones

Walter McJones (born: Walter Mc Kown Jones) (May 22, 1883 - January 10, 1944) founded the municipality of Villalba in Puerto Rico and was the first Mayor of Villalba between 1917 and 1919.

WYAS

WZOL, a radio station (98.9 FM) licensed to Vieques, Puerto Rico, which held the call sign WYAS from 2007 to 2009