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2. Dupont Plaza Hotel arson - Wikipedia

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   On New Year's Eve, December 31, 1986, three disgruntled employees at the Dupont Plaza Hotel (now San Juan Marriott Resort & Stellaris Casino) in San Juan, Puerto Rico, intentionally set a fire. The employees (Héctor Escudero, Armando Jiménez, and José Rivera) were involved in a labor dispute with the owners. The fire killed between 96 and 98 ...

3. Public holidays in Puerto Rico - Wikipedia

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   Día de San Juan Bautista. Fiestas de San Juan. Since John the Baptist is the patron saint of the Island and the namesake of the capital city , his day is widely celebrated by big parties on the beaches on the Eve of St. John's Day (June 23). One tradition is to walk backward into the ocean and fall in 12 times at midnight on the beginning of ...

4. Fiestas patronales in Puerto Rico - Wikipedia

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   San Germán: Saint Germain: August 6 Comerío: Holy Christ of Health August 10 San Lorenzo: Saint Lawrence: August 15 Cayey: Our Lady of the Assumption: August 21 Adjuntas: Saint Joachim & Saint Anne: August 30 Rincón: Saint Rose of Lima: August 31 Juana Díaz: Saint Raymond Nonnatus: September 8 Aguas Buenas: Our Lady of Montserrat: September ...

5. 2010 Aguas Buenas earthquake - Wikipedia

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   The event was the largest in Puerto Rico since May 16th of the same year, [2] and the largest to impact the San Juan metropolitan area since 1975. [3] The earthquake was felt throughout the island of Puerto Rico, the island municipalities of Vieques and Culebra , the American and British Virgin Islands , and even in the Dominican Republic ...

6. Climate of Puerto Rico - Wikipedia

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   In San Juan in the winter months, high temperatures reach 77–87 °F (25–30 °C) with an average high of 83 °F and lows down to 66–76 °F (19–24 °C), giving an average of 71 °F (22 °C). In the central area of the island the elevation and reduced sea effects bring the minimum temperatures to 55–65 °F (13–18 °C) on average.

7. Timeline of San Juan, Puerto Rico - Wikipedia

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   2006 – December 15: San Juan Natatorium is opened. 2008 – September: Hurricane Kyle occurs. 2009 – May: Economic protest. [66] 2010 December 24: largest earthquake to directly impact the San Juan metropolitan area since 1975. [67] Population: 395,326. [68] 2011 – 2010–2011 University of Puerto Rico strikes