2018 in Puerto Rico
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Events in the year 2018 in Puerto Rico.
Incumbents
[edit]- President: Donald Trump (Republican)
- Governor: Ricardo Rosselló
- Resident Commissioner: Jenniffer González
Events
[edit]- 18 April - Puerto Rico experiences an island-wide blackout after an excavator accidentally downs a transmission line.[1]
Deaths
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- 22 January – Shorty Castro, comedian, songwriter and entertainer (b. 1928).[2]
- 24 January – Julio Navarro, baseball player (b. 1936)
- 11 March – Baltasar Corrada del Río, judge and politician (b. 1935)
- 14 March – Pijuan, pianist (b. 1942)
- 20 March – Sergio Peña Clos, politician (b. 1927)
References
[edit]- ^ "Excavator blamed for island-wide blackout in Puerto Rico". apnews.com. Retrieved April 18, 2018.
- ^ "Fallece el comediante Shorty Castro". elnuevodia.com (in Spanish). January 22, 2018. Retrieved January 22, 2018.
