1933: Mayon Volcano erupted without warning sending a plume of gritty ash three miles high and tons of boulders down onto farmers. Pyroclastic flows killed 77 people, mainly farmers, 19 were injured and 24 were missing.
1970: eSPALEKLEK FRATERNITY was founded, University of the Philippines at Los Banos (UPLB). A group of intelligent, inclined to music, sports-minded, fun-loving, academically excellent, good looking young men, who found a need to formalize their barkada, hence, the espaleklek.
