Soy Boricua Calendar - November 1997 Via NY Transfer News Collective * All the News that Doesn't Fit source:ipr@igc.apc.org ________________________________________________________ TO IPR-FORUM SUBSCRIBERS from the Institute for Puerto Rican Policy (IPR) 1982-1997: Celebrating 15 Years of Service! ________________________________________________________ -------------------------------------------------------- S O Y B O R I C U A C A L E N D A R N O V E M B E R 1 9 9 7 -------------------------------------------------------- compiled by the Institute for Puerto Rican Policy (IPR) (send corrections and additions to: ) -------------------------------------------------------- P U E R T O R I C A N H E R T I A G E M O N T H * 1 Nicholasa Mohr, writer and artist, born (1935) Boricuas picket World-Telegram in NYC against anti- Puerto Rican series (1947) Nationalists attack Blair House, residence of US President (1950) Herman Badillo becomes first Puerto Rican elected Bronx Borough President (1966) 2 Di'a de los Fieles Difuntos Albizu Campos arrested after 2-day seige of his Old San Juan home ((1950) Nydia Vela'zquez becomes first Puerto Rican woman elected to the US Congress (1992) 3 Herman Badillo becomes the first Stateside Puerto Rican elected to the US Congress (1970) Puerto Rican Brotherhood of America est. in NYC (1923) 4 Fiestas Patronales de Aguadilla 6 Oscar Garci'a Rivera, the first Puerto Rican elected official in NYC, elected to the NYS Assembly, is born (1900) 12 Alejandro Tapia, playwright, born (1826) Jose' Gautier Benitez, poet, born (1851) 14 Second plebiscite on the political status of Puerto Rico held (1993) 15 The first citywide Puerto Rican Youth Conference is held in NYC (1958) 16 Arturo Morales Carrio'n, diplomat, historian and former Chancellor of the University of Puerto Rico, born (1913) 17 Luis Rafael Sa'nchez, playwright and author, born (1936) 19 Puerto Rico Discovery Day Christopher Columbus lands on Boriken (1493) 24 Jose' Angel Figueroa, poet, born (1946) 25 Spain grants Puerto Rico autonomy (1897) 27 Di'a de Accio'n de Gracias 28 Manuel G. Tavares, composer and father of the Puerto Rican danza, born (1843) Margarita Silva-Hunter, microbiologist, born (1915) 29 Cayetano Coll y Toste, historian, born (1850 -------------------------------------------------------- For further information on Puerto Rican Heritage Month activities, contact: Comite' Noviembre de Nueva York c/o Institute for the Puerto Rican/Hispanic Elderly 105 East 22nd Street New York, NY 10010 212-677-4181 Fax: 212-777-5106 or Jose A. Villalongo, Sr. Chair Comite Noviembre de New Jersey 140 Market Street, Suite 20 Paterson, NJ 07505 Phone: 201-742-9545 ******************************************************** The above was posted on the ipr-forum of IPRNet: The Information Service on Puerto Rican Issues of the INSTITUTE FOR PUERTO RICAN POLICY, Inc. (IPR) 286 Fifth Avenue, 3rd Floor New York, NY 10001-4512 212-564-1075 Fax: 212-564-1014 E-Mail: ipr@iprnet.org IPRNet Website: http://www.iprnet.org/IPR/ ******************************************************** The Institute for Puerto Rican Policy is a private nonprofit and nonpartisan policy center established in 1982. Contributions to IPR are tax-deductible under Section 501[c][3] of the IRS Code. ******************************************************** ================================================================= NY Transfer News Collective * A Service of Blythe Systems Since 1985 - Information for the Rest of Us 339 Lafayette St., New York, NY 10012 http://www.blythe.org e-mail: nyt@blythe.org ================================================================= nytrc-10.31.97-12:36:58-22431