On this date in...
1591: An ordinance is issued in the city of Manila forbidding the wearing of silk and other fabrics from China, for the reason, that it is detrimental to the general welfare and the good government of the city.
1900: For the first time in the American occupation of the Philippines capital punishment is exercised: Morales and Gonzales are accused of banditry, tried, found guilty of murder and hanged.
