1943 in Puerto Rico

← 1942 1941 1940 1943 in Puerto Rico → 1944 1945 1946
Decades:	1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s
See also:	Other events of 1943 Timeline of Puerto Rican history

Events in the year 1943 in Puerto Rico.

Incumbents

• President: Harry S. Truman
• Governor: Rexford Tugwell
• Resident Commissioner: Bolívar Pagán

Events

• uncertain date in 1943 – Legislative Assembly unanimously passes a concurrent resolution calling for an end to the colonial system of government.[1][2][3]

May to August

• May 13 – Legislative Assembly passes the "Civil Rights Act of Puerto Rico"[4][5]

See also

• 1943 in the United States
• 1943 Atlantic hurricane season
• List of earthquakes in 1943
• 1940s

References

1. Acts of the Third Regular Session of the Fifteenth Legislature of Puerto Rico, February 8 to April 15, 1943 [Leyes de la Tercera Legislatura Ordinaria de la Décimoquinta Asamble Legislativa de Puerto Rico, 8 de Febrero a 15 de Abril de 1943]. Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico. 1943. pp. 1084–1087.
2. Muñiz, Humberto García (Spring 1984). "Puerto Rico and the United States: the United Nations Role 1953-1975". Revista Jurídica de la Universidad de Puerto Rico. 53 (1): 222. ISSN 0041-851X.
3. U.S. Congress, Senate, Senate Committee on Territories and Insular Affairs, Independence for Puerto Rico: Hearings Before the Senate Committee on Territories and Insular Affairs, April 23, 24, 26, 27, May 1, and 8, 1945, 79th Congress, 1st session, 233.
4. Acts of the Third Regular Session of the Fifteenth Legislature of Puerto Rico, February 8 to April 15, 1943 [Leyes de la Tercera Legislatura Ordinaria de la Décimoquinta Asamble Legislativa de Puerto Rico, 8 de Febrero a 15 de Abril de 1943]. Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico. 1943. pp. 404–411.
5. Williams, Eric (January 1, 1945). "Race Relations in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands". Foreign Affairs. Vol. 23 no. 2. ISSN 0015-7120.