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Puerto Ricans begin settling in New York's.
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Puerto Ricans arrive after the end of World War 11.
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Dominican- American author Julia Alverz is born in New York City.
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New York holds its first Puerto Rican Day Parade.
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Thousands of Dominican leave thier homeland and come to the United States.
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Oscar de la Resneta opens his own shop in New York.
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Puerto Rican student activist group, shut down the City College of New York.
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The Nuyorican Poet's Cafe' is founded in New York's Lower East Side.
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June 7 through June 14 is Puerto Rican Week in New York City.