Rafael Cancel Miranda
Puerto Rican poet
Born on: July 18, 1930Died on: March 2, 2020
Aged: 89 years 228 days (1075 months)
Gender: Male
Nationality: United states
Birth Sign: Cancer
Rafael Cancel Miranda was a poet, political activist, member of the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party and an advocate of Puerto Rican independence.
On March 1, 1954, Cancel Miranda and three other Nationalists attacked the House of Representatives while it was in session at the United States Capitol building, firing 30 shots and injuring five Congressmen.
The four were arrested, convicted, and sentenced to long prison terms. In 1979, Cancel Miranda's sentence was commuted by United States President Jimmy Carter.
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