2018 in Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico-related events during the year of 2018
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2018 in U.S. states and territories |
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Events in the year 2018 in Puerto Rico.
Incumbents
- President: Donald Trump (Republican)
- Governor: Ricardo Rosselló
- Resident Commissioner: Jenniffer González
Events
- 18 April - Puerto Rico experiences an island-wide blackout after an excavator accidentally downs a transmission line. [1]
Deaths
- 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)