2017 in Puerto Rico
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Events in the year 2017 in Puerto Rico.
Incumbents
Events
- 2 January – the 26th Senate and the 30th House of Representatives will meet from January 2, 2017 to January 1, 2021
- 11 June – In a referendum on its status, Puerto Ricans vote in favor of statehood amid a hisotrically low turnout.[1] This figure is attributed to a boycott led by the pro-status quo PPD party.[2]
- 20 September – Hurricane Maria makes landfall over Puerto Rico, causing extensive damage to the power grid and killing at least 499 people. Total losses are estimated at $94.4 billion.[3]
Sport
- February-March – the 2017 Bayamon Cup organized by the Puerto Rican Football Federation
- March – The Puerto Rico national baseball team was the runner up in the 2017 World Baseball Classic[4]
Deaths
Míriam Colón in 1962
- 3 March – Míriam Colón, actress and theatre director (b. 1936).[5]
- 28 April – Luis Olmo, baseball player (b. 1919)
- 16 June – Héctor Cardona, sports executive (b. 1936)
References
- ↑ Frances Robles (June 11, 2017). "23% of Puerto Ricans Vote in Referendum, 97% of Them for Statehood". The New York Times. Retrieved June 11, 2017.
- ↑ "PDP to boycott status referendum". 20 April 2017.
- ↑ Spalding, Rebecca (November 13, 2017). "Puerto Rico Seeks $94 Billion in Federal Aid for Hurricane Recovery". Bloomberg News. Retrieved December 15, 2017.
- ↑ Perry, Dayn (March 23, 2017). "World Baseball Classic: Previous champs, results, medal count, MVPs, All-WBC teams". CBS Sports. Retrieved January 21, 2018.
- ↑ Russell Contreras (4 March 2017). "Miriam Colon, iconic US Latina movie, theater actress, dies". wqow.com. The Associated Press. Archived from the original on 2017-03-04. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
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