History
In San Germán during the twentieth century, the first car arrived in town in 1904; the municipal office opened and the first electric light was installed in 1912; an earthquake damaged buildings in 1918; basketball was played there for the first time from 1924 to 1926; the aqueduct system was established in 1925; the town's streets were first paved in 1929; the Happy Hills Orchestra was founded in 1930; San Germán won its first championship in 1932; the Porta Coeli convent was transferred to the State in 1949; the area hospital opened in 1953; the first indoor court on the island opened in 1954; and the first local radio transmission came in 1961.
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San Germán, Puerto Rico · United States
