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TODAY IN HISTORY

MARCH 22, 1869 | Emilio Aguinaldo

MARCH 19, 1723 | Josefa Gabriela Silang was born

JULY 16, 1990 | Luzon 1990 Earthquake

JUNE 15, 1991 | Mt. Pinatubo eruption

SEPTEMBER 27, 1865 | GENERAL MIGUEL MALVAR, WAS BORN IN SANTO TOMAS, BATANGAS

SEPTEMBER 30, 1876 | SOFIA REYES DE VEYRA, EDUCATOR, SOCIAL WORKER AND FIRST SECRETARY AND CO-FOUNDER

SEPTEMBER 29, 1637 | LORENZO RUIZ, THE FIRST FILIPINO SAINT WAS HUNG UPSIDE DOWN IN A PIT BY HIS TORMENTOS UNTIL HE SUFFOCATED TO DEATH IN NAGASAKI, JAPAN

SEPTEMBER 26, 1945 | PROVINCEHOOD OF CATANDUANES

SEPTEMBER 28, 1910 | DIOSDADO PANGAN MACAPAGAL, 9TH PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES, SERVING FROM 1961 TO 1965, WAS BORN IN LUBAO, PAMPANGA

NOVEMBER 27, 1911 | BIRTH ANNIVERSARY OF NATIONAL SCIENTIST FE DEL MUNDO

NOVEMBER 14, 1975 | GREGORIO DEL PILAR WAS BORN IN BULAKAN, BULACAN

NOVEMBER 18, 1848 | TRINIDAD TECSON WAS BORN IN SAN MIGUEL, BULACAN

NOVEMBER 13, 1936 | THE INSTITUTE OF NATIONAL LANGUAGE WAS ESTABLISHED

NOVEMBER 20, 1926 | BIRTHDAY OF NATIONAL ARTIST ARTURO R. LUZ

NOVEMBER 7, 1938 | BIRTHDAY OF NATIONAL SCIENTIST EDGARDO D. GOMEZ

NOVEMBER 12, 1979 | MELANIE MARQUEZ WON THE MISS INTERNATIONAL BEAUTY PAGEANT

NOVEMBER 21, 1894 | THE CLAVERIA DECREE WAS ISSUED

NOVEMBER 22, 1913 | CECILIA MUÑOZ-PALMA WAS BORN IN BAUAN, BATANGAS

NOVEMBER 6, 1959 | DEATH ANNIVERSARY OF FORMER PRESIDENT JOSE P. LAUREL

NOVEMBER 15, 1994 | DEATH ANNIVERSARY OF NATIONAL ARTIST LEANDRO V. LOCSIN

NOVEMBER 8, 1949 | ELPIDIO QUIRINO WAS ELECTED PRESIDENT

NOVEMBER 11, 2011 | PUERTO PRINCESA UNDERGROUND RIVER DAY

MAY 9, 1872 | BIRTH OF GREGORIO T. SINGIAN THE FATHER OF PHILIPPINE SURGERY

MAY 8, 1967 | REPUBLIC ACT NO. 4867, WHICH DIVIDED THE PROVINCE OF DAVAO INTO THREE PROVINCES, WAS PASSED INTO LAW

MAY 30, 1892 | BIRTH OF THE FIRST NATIONAL ARTIST IN THE PHILIPPINES

MAY 7, 1934 | ONE OF THE WORLD'S LARGEST PEARL FOUND IN PALAWAN

MARCH 29, 1994 | THE PHILIPPINES FIRST MAKES ITS CONNECTION TO THE INTERNET

MARCH 7, 1985 | FATHER OF MODERN ART IN THE PHILIPPINES AND NATIONAL ARTIST IN VISUAL ARTS AND PAINTING

MARCH 6, 1951 | FORT SANTIAGO WAS DECLARED A NATIONAL SHRINE

MARCH 8, 1902 | A WELL KNOWN FILIPINO SCIENTIST NAMED GREGORIO ZARA WAS BORN IN LIPA CITY, CITY BATANGAS

MARCH 18, 1928 | FORMER PRESIDENT FIDEL V. RAMOS WAS BORN

MARCH 23, 2016 | THE FIRST MICROSATELLITE IN THE PHILIPPINES WAS LAUNCHED TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION

MARCH 13, 1781 | DISCOVERED THE THIRD LARGEST "PLANET"

JUNE 7, 1940 | MANUEL L. QUEZON PROCLAIMED TAGALOG AS ONE OF THE OFFICIAL LANGUAGES IN THE PHILIPPINES

JUNE 14, 1971 | DEATH ANNIVERSARY OF PRESIDENT CARLOS P. GARCIA

JUNE 5, 1899 | GENERAL ANTONIO LUNA WAS KILLED BY AGUINALDO'S MEN IN CABANATUAN

JUNE 9, 2002 | FILIPINO-CHINESE FRIENDSHIP DAY

JUNE 6, 1952 | PROVINCE OF ZAMBOANGA WAS DIVIDED INTO TWO PROVINCES

JUNE 12, 1898 | INDEPENDENCE DAY (REPUBLIC ACT NO. 4166 OF 1964)

FEBRUARY 18, 1983 | DEATH ANNIVERSARY OF NATIONAL SCIENTIST

FEBRUARY 20, 1962 | ASTRONAUT JOHN GLENN BECAME THE FIRST AMERICAN LAUNCHED INTO ORBIT

FEBRUARY 22, 1898 | BIRTH ANNIVERSARY OF NATIONAL ARTIST LAZARO FRANCISCO

FEBRUARY 14, 1995 | CORDILLERA

FEBRUARY 18, 1981 | LORENZO LUIZ WAS BEATIFIED BY POPE JOHN PAUL II

FEBRUARY 12, 1915 | BIRTH OF NATIONAL ARTIST FOR THE THEATER AND FILM

FEBRUARY 15, 1889 | FIRST ISSUE OF LA SOLIDARIDAD WAS PUBLISHED

FEBRUARY 11, 1861 | "AMA NG MGA DULANG TAGALOG"

JUNE 19, 1861 | BIRTH ANNIVERSARY OF JOSE PROTACIO RIZAL ALONZO Y REALONDA

MAY 22, 1867 | DEATH ANNIVERSARY OF FRANCISCO LAZARO

JUNE 10, 1928 | BIRTH OF NATIONAL SCIENTIST MERCEDES CONCEPCION

MAY 29, 1887 | NOLI ME TANGERE PUBLISHED IN BERLIN, GERMANY

MAY 28, 1763 | DEATH OF A FILIPINO REVOLUTIONARY, DIEGO SILANG

MAY 22, 1867 | JULIO NAPKIL WAS BORN IN QUIAPO, MANILA

MAY 23, 2011 | DEATH ANNIVERSARY OF NATIONAL ARTIST ALEJANDRO ROCES

MAY 23, 2011 | AGUINALDO DONATED HIS HISTORIC HOUSE OF KAWIT, CAVITE TO THE GOVERNMENT

MAY 22, 1867 | AN ELECTRIC BULB WAS LIT UP BY GEOTHERMAL ENERGY FOR THE FIRST TIME

MAY 23, 2011 | FATHER OF MALOLOS CONSTITUTION WAS BORN IN SANTA CRUZ DE MALABON

MARCH 19, 1723 | JOSEFA GABRIELA SILANG, WAS BORN IN SANTA, ILOCOS SUR

MARCH 17, 1957 | DEATH OF PRESIDENT RAMON MAGSAYSAY

MARCH 16, 1521 | FERDINAND MAGELLAN NAMED THE PHILIPPINES AS ARCHIPELAGO DE SAN LAZARO

MARCH 14, 1903 | MERALCO WAS ESTABLISHED

MARCH 1, 1893 | NIKOLA TESLA GIVES THE FIRST PUBLIC DEMONSTRATION OF RADIO COMMUNICATION

FEBRUARY 25, 1986 | EDSA REVOLUTION ANNIVERSARY

FEBRUARY 8, 1890 | BIRTH OF CLARO M. RECTO