Selena Day Timeline

2020

Selena on Netflix

In 2018, Netflix announced a new series on Selena’s life called Selena: The Series, to be aired in 2020.

2017

A Star is (Finally) Born

Over 20 years after her death, Selena is posthumously honored with the 2,622nd star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

April 12, 1995

Bush Declares Selena Day

Two weeks after her untimely death, then-Governor of Texas George W. Bush declared Selena’s birthday, April 16, as Selena Day.

April 1, 1995

Saying Goodbye to Selena

Around 40,000 fans came to Corpus Christi to the open-casket viewing of Selena, only a day after her death. More than 78,000 fans signed a book of condolence.