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Puerto Rico: 1898–Present Unincorporated territory Initially under military governance, later establishing civilian government under the Foraker Act [3] Panama Canal Zone: 1903–1979 Concession of the United States in Panama First administered under the Isthmian Canal Commission, but later governorship was awarded for the Panama Canal Zone ...
Don Pedro Albizu Campos, leader of the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party. Albizu Campos was the first Puerto Rican graduate of Harvard Law School. He served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army during World War I, and believed that Puerto Rico should be an independent nation - even if that required an armed confrontation. By 1930, Coll y Cuchi ...
This is a list of sovereign states in the 1950s, giving an overview of states around the world during the period between 1 January 1950 and 31 December 1959. It contains 108 entries, arranged alphabetically, with information on the status and recognition of their sovereignty .
On July 3, 1950, President Harry Truman signed into law the Puerto Rico Federal Relations Act of 1950, as passed by the 81st United States Congress. [15] The law authorized a new status for Puerto Rico, as a "Free Associated State" (Estado Libre Asociado). It provided for popular elections of the governor, a bicameral legislature and bill of ...
On July 3, 1950, President Harry S. Truman signed the Puerto Rico Federal Relations Act of 1950, which allowed Puerto Ricans to draft their own constitution to establish their own internal government — while the island was still under a gag law. It also authorized the President to forward the new constitution to the Congress, if he found it ...
Puerto Rico; Veracruz; Quita Sueño Bank (1869–1981) Roncador Bank (1856–1981) Ryukyu Islands; Russian Far East; Shanghai International Settlement (1863–1945) Sultanate of Sulu (1903–1915) Swan Islands (1914–1972) Tangier International Zone (Now present-day Tangier, Morocco) (1924–1956) Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands; United ...
The San Juan Nationalist revolt was one of many uprisings against United States Government rule which occurred in Puerto Rico on October 30, 1950 during the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party revolts. Amongst the uprising's main objectives were an attack on La Fortaleza (the governor's mansion in San Juan), and the U.S. Federal Court House Building ...
1950 in Puerto Rican sports (1 P) Pages in category "1950 in Puerto Rico" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. This list may not reflect recent ...