New York By baileys Oct 10, 1930 Puerto Ricans begin settling in New York's. Oct 10, 1945 Puerto Ricans arrive after the end of World War 11. Oct 10, 1950 Dominican- American author Julia Alverz is born in New York City. Oct 10, 1958 New York holds its first Puerto Rican Day Parade. Oct 10, 1965 Thousands of Dominican leave thier homeland and come to the United States. Oct 10, 1969 Oscar de la Resneta opens his own shop in New York. Oct 10, 1974 Puerto Rican student activist group, shut down the City College of New York. Oct 10, 1974 The Nuyorican Poet's Cafe' is founded in New York's Lower East Side. Oct 11, 1998 June 7 through June 14 is Puerto Rican Week in New York City.