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2000 Air Philippines flight 541 crashes into a hill near Davao, killing 131
1995 Bus crashes in Luzon Philippines, 29 killed 1994 6.7-8.1 earthquake strikes Philippines, killing 45 1994 Pinatubo volcano in Philippines erupts, kills at least 14 1993 C-130 flies into a Philippines hill and explodes, 16 killed 1993 "Les Miserables," opens at Meralco Theatre, Philippines 1993 Boat sinks at Bocaue Philippines, 325 die 1993 Alfredo de Leon, leader (Philippines Red Scorpio Gang), killed 1992 Fidel Ramos installed as president of Philippines 1991 Underwater volcano, Mount Didicas, erupts in Philippines 1991 Philippines volcano Mount Pinatubo erupts 1991 Mount Pinatubo volcano on Philippines erupts 1991 Mount Pinatubo (Philippines) erupts for 1st time in 600 years 1990 Philippines hit by typhoon, 110 die 1990 400 die in a, 7.7, earthquake in Philippines 1989 Ferdinand E Marcos, president of Philippines (1965-86), dies at 72 1987 Corazon Aquino is elected president in the Philippines 1987 Philippines constitution goes into effect 1987 Philippines adopts constitution 1986 Rolando Olalia, Philippines worker's union leader, murdered 1986 Ex-minister Arturo Tolentino failed coup in Philippines 1986 Corazon Aquino becomes president of Philippines, Marcos flees 1986 Ferdinand Marcos wins rigged Philippines presidential election 1983 Benigno S Aquino, Jr., Philippines opposition leader, killed at 50 1976 An earthquake and tidal wave in the Philippines kills up to 8,000 1974 Last Japanese soldier, a guerrilla operating in Philippines, surrenders, 29 years after World War II ended 1972 Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos declares martial law 1972 President Marcos ends emergency crisis in Philippines 1972 Marcos declares martial law in Philippines 1971 Lea Salonga, Philippines, singer and actress, Miss Siagon 1970 Pope Paul VI wounded in chest during a visit to Philippines by a dagger-wielding Bolivian painter disguised as a priest 1969 Communist New People's Army found in Philippines 1967 Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand meet to form Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) 1967 Al Carlay, born in Manila, Philippines, U.S. fencer-foil 1996 Olympics 1967 2 homemade buses collided on a mountain road in Terpate, Philippines plunging off a cliff, killing 84, injuring 140 1966 Beatles attacked in Philippines after insulting Imelda Marcos 1965 Ferdinand Marcos elected president of Philippines 1965 Lava flows kill at least 350 (Taal Philippines) 1965 Volcano explodes on Luzon Philippines; 500 killed 1962 Lou Diamond Phillips, Philippines, actor, La Bamba, Stand and Deliver 1961 Cecile Licad, Manila, Philippines, pianist, Leventritt Award-1981 1956 Elpidio Quirino, president of Philippines (1949-53), dies at 65 1953 Billy Hinsche, born in Manila, Philippines, William 'Billy' Hinsche, American musician, rocker, member of Dino, Desi, and Billy singing group, toured with The Beach Boys 1951 Superheated gases roll down Mount Catarman (Philippines), kills 500 1951 U.S. and Philippines sign mutual defense pact 1950 Philippines president Quirino ends emergency crisis 1949 Susan Penhaligon, born in Manilla, Philippines, actress, Dracula, Nasty Habits 1946 Philippines gains independence from U.S. 1945 Japanese forces in Philippines surrender to Allies 1945 Philippines Sea: U.S. cruiser Indianapolis torpedoed/sinks, 880 die 1945 U.S. soldiers led by General Douglas MacArthur invades Philippines 1944 Destroyers "Hull," "Spence" and "Monaghan" sink in typhoon (Philippines) 1944 U.S. destroyers sink in storm off Philippines, 790 killed 1944 U.S. aircraft carrier Princeton sinks at Philippines 1944 U.S. 6th army lands on Leyte, Philippines 1944 U.S. forces under General Douglas MacArthur return to Philippines 1944 U.S. forces land in Philippines 1944 Manuel Luis Quezon y Molina, President of Philippines (1935-42), dies at 65 1944 U.S. attacks Japanese fleet in Philippines Sea 1944 Battle of Philippines Sea, 300 Japanese aircraft shot down 1942 Kim Fowley, Philippines/US rock vocalist/producer/songwriter 1942 Corregidor and Philippines surrender to Japanese Armies 1942 Japanese troops occupy Manila Philippines 1941 Japans invasion leader lands on Luzon, Philippines 1941 Japanese troops landed on northern Luzon in the Philippines 1941 1st U.S. WW II bombing mission in Far East, Luzon, Philippines 1940 Lino Brocka, born in San Jose, Philippines, director, Macho Dancer, Jaguar 1935 Commonwealth of Philippines inaugurated 1935 Manuel Luis Quezon y Molina chosen 1st president of Philippines 1935 Plebiscite in Philippines ratifies independence agreement 1934 World's largest pearl (6.4 kg) found at Palawan, Philippines 1934 U.S. declares the Philippines to become independent in 1945 1934 U.S. Congress accepts Philippines independence in 1945 1933 Corazon Aquino, president of Philippines, 1986-92 1933 U.S. Congress recognize independence Philippines 1931 Imelda Marcos, politician/shoe collector/1st lady of Philippines 1926 Philippines government asks U.S. to plebiscite for independence 1917 Ferdinand Marcos, Philippines President, 1965-86 1916 U.S. Congress accept Jones Act: Philippines independence 1916 James D. Ramage, U.S. Lieutenant-Admiral, WW II - Palau, Guam, and Philippines 1915 Brenda Marshall, Philippines, actress, Sea Hawk, Paris After Dark 1912 108 degrees F (42 degrees C), Tuguegarao, Philippines (Oceania record) 1911 46" of rain (begining 7/14) falls in Baguio, Philippines 1911 46" of rain begins to fall in Baguio, Philippines 1910 Diosdado Macapagal, Philippines president, 1961-65 1907 Ramon Magsaysay, Philippines, statesman, U.S. Legion of Merit-1952 1902 Jeno Takacs, born in Cinfalva, Hungary, composer, studied with Joseph Marx, Paul Weigarten, professor of piano, composition at University of Manila in the Philippines, gave concerts in China, Japan, Hong Kong 1899 Revolt against U.S. occupation of Philippines 1898 Spanish-American War ends; U.S. acquires Philippines, Puerto Rico and Guam 1898 U.S. fleet under commodore Dewey sails from Hong Kong to Philippines 1896 Jose Mercado Rizal, anti-Spanish rule of Philippines proponent, dies 1892 Manuel Roxas y Acuna, 1st president Philippines 1890 Elpidio Quirino, president of Philippines, 1949-53 1878 Manuel Luis Quezon y Molina, 1st president of Philippines, 1935-42 1820 Philippines chases out foreigners; about 125 die 1814 Volcano Mayon on Luzon Philippines erupts killing 1,200 1787 Spanish governor leaves Philippines 1762 English troops occupy Manila Philippines 1755 Philippines close all non-catholic Chinese restaurants 1661 Andres Malong, Philippines rebel leader, executed 1660 Philippines: Andres Malongs rebels plunders Bagnotan 1605 Chinese uprising on Philippines, Tondo/Quiapo massacre 1603 Chinese uprising in Philippines fails after 23,000 killed 1600 Olivier van Noorts ships reach Philippines 1582 Bishop Domingo de Salazar of Manila suppresses the Philippines 1565 1st Spanish settlement in Philippines, Cebu City, forms 1521 Ferdinand Magellan discovers the Philippines 1521 Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan reaches Philippines |
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