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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.
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1898: The Spanish colonial government promulgates a proclamation granting amnesty to Filipino revolutionary leaders as part of the Biak-na-Bato truce agreement during the Philippine Revolution.
1933: Corazon Aquino was born. She was the 11th President of the Philippines and the first woman to hold such office. Aquino was also the first popularly and democratically-elected female president and head of state in Asia. Aquino is best remembered for leading the 1986 EDSA People Power Revolution, which toppled the authoritarian regime of the late strongman Ferdinand Marcos and restored democracy in the Philippines.
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1933: the Congress of the United States passed the Howes-Cutting Bill granting Philippine independence after 12 years, but reserving military and naval bases for the United States and imposing tariffs and quotas on Philippine exports. The bill was rejected by the Filipinos.
1973: Presidential Decree No. 96 was issued declaring it unlawful for any owner or possessor of any motor vehicle to use or attach to his vehicle any siren, bell, horn, whistle or similar gadgets that produce exceptionally loud or starting sounds, including domelights, blinkers and other similar signaling or flashing devices.
NGAYON SA KASAYSAYAN NG PILIPINAS
(TODAY IN HISTORY OF THE PHILIPPINES)because history is the key to the future...
