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Historical Events
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1502-09-18 - Christopher Columbus lands at Costa Rica on his 4th & last voyage
1821-09-15 - Costa Rica El Salvador Guatemala Honduras & Nicaragua gain independ
1824-07-25 - Costa Rica annexes Guanacaste from Nicaragua.
1824-10-09 - Slavery is abolished in Costa Rica.
1856-04-11 - Battle of Rivas; Costa Rica beats Wm Walker's invading Nicaraguans
1916-11-30 - Costa Rica becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.
1919-06-04 - US marines invade Costa Rica
1921-01-19 - Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras & El Salvador sign Pact of Union
1922-01-29 - Union of Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras & El Salvador dissolved
1926-03-14 - A train in Costa Rica falls into the Río Virilla, killing 248 and injuring 93.
1948-06-19 - Panama & Costa Rica recognize Israel
1949-11-09 - Costa Rica adopts Constitution
1953-07-07 - Che Guevara sets out on a trip through Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, and El Salvador.
1968-07-29 - Mount Arenal, Costa Rica kills 80 in Pelee-type eruption
1978-06-10 - Costa Rica becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty.
1982-02-07 - Luis A Monge elected pres of Costa Rica
1986-02-02 - Oscar Arias Sanchez elected president of Costa Rica
1987-10-12 - Oscar Arias (Costa Rican Pres) wins Nobel Peace Prize
1987-10-13 - Costa Rican Pres Oscar Arias wins Nobel Peace Prize
1989-04-16 - Costa Rica beats US 1-0, in 3rd round of 1990 world soccer cup
1989-04-30 - US beats Costa Rica 1-0, in 3rd round of 1990 world soccer cup
1991-04-22 - Earthquake strikes Costa Rica & Panama, kills 95
1994-02-06 - Jose Maria Figueres elected president of Costa Rica
1994-05-08 - Jose Maria Figueres becomes president of Costa Rica
Famous Birthdays
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1826-04-08 - Pancha Carrasco, Costa Rican war heroine (d. 1890)
1919-04-17 - Chavela Vargas, Costa Rican-Mexican singer
1940-09-13 - Óscar Arias, Costa Rican politician, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
1941-12-06 - John Nelson, San Jose Costa Rica, conductor (Les Troyens of Berlioz)
1950-04-05 - Franklin R Chang-Diaz, Costa Rica, astro (STS 61C, 34,46,60,75, sk:91)
1955-09-10 - Giannina Facio Franco, San Jose Costa Rica, Mrs Phillipe Junot
1959-11-07 - Alexandre Guimarães, Costa Rican football manager
1963-08-13 - Elizabeth Bourland, Costa Rica, US 3x20 rifle (Olympics-7th-1996)
1970-11-08 - José Francisco Porras, Costa Rican footballer
1972-12-24 - Alvaro Mesen, Costa Rican footballer
1974-08-10 - Luis Marín, Costa Rican footballer
1974-10-06 - Walter Centeno, Costa Rican footballer
1975-01-24 - Rónald Gómez, Costa Rican footballer
1975-09-07 - Harold Wallace, Costa Rican footballer
1975-09-18 - "Habacuc" Guillermo Vargas, Costa Rican artist
1976-07-31 - Paulo Wanchope, Costa Rican footballer
1976-09-08 - Gerald Drummond, Costa Rican footballer
1976-09-08 - Jervis Drummond, Costa Rican footballer
1976-11-17 - Dafne Zeledon, Miss Universe-Costa Rica (1996)
1977-05-06 - Gabriela Aguilar, Miss Costa Rica Universe (1997)
1977-08-08 - Kurt Bernard, Costa Rican footballer
1977-08-23 - Douglas Sequeira, Costa Rican footballer
1977-12-31 - Wardy Alfaro, Costa Rican footballer
1979-10-01 - Gilberto Martínez, Costa Rican footballer
1979-10-25 - Milena Roucka, Canadian former model current professional wrestler of Czech and Costa Rican descent.
1979-11-07 - Danny Fonseca, Costa Rican footballer
1980-04-15 - Victor Núñez, Costa Rican footballer
1980-11-21 - Leonardo González, Costa Rican footballer
1981-12-30 - Michael Rodríguez, Costa Rican footballer
1982-03-25 - Álvaro Saborío, Costa Rican footballer
1982-04-09 - Carlos Hernández, Costa Rican footballer
1982-07-16 - Michael Umaña, Costa Rican footballer
1984-05-17 - Christian Bolaños, Costa Rican footballer
1984-06-30 - Gabriel Badilla, Costa Rican footballer
1984-12-30 - Randall Azofeifa, Costa Rican footballer
1985-08-08 - Brayan Ruiz, Costa Rican football player
Famous Deaths
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1856-04-11 - Juan Santamaría, national hero of Costa Rica (b. 1831)
1890-12-31 - Pancha Carrasco, Costa Rican war heroine (b. 1826)
1990-06-08 - Jose Figueres, president of Costa Rica (1948-49, 53-58, 70-74), dies
1991-10-13 - Daniel Oduber Quiros, president of Costa Rica (1974-1978), dies
