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November 20 – December 2. Cyclones Muifa (Unding), Merbok (Violeta), Winnie and Nanmadol (Yoyong) hit the country, affecting million people, causing massive fatalities and damages. In November, a tropical depression (Winnie) kills more than 1,500 people, causes damages of estimated ₱679 million (US$15.8 million).
Earliest day on which Day of the Finnish Flag can fall, while June 26 is the latest; celebrated on Saturday of Midsummer's Day (Finland) International Surfing Day (third Saturday in June, on or near Summer solstice) Litha / Midsummer celebrations in the northern hemisphere, Yule in the southern hemisphere. Gas Sector Day ; Martyrs' Day (Eritrea)
The history of the Philippines dates from the earliest hominin activity in the archipelago at least by 709,000 years ago. [1] Homo luzonensis, a species of archaic humans, was present on the island of Luzon [2] [3] at least by 134,000 years ago. [4] The earliest known anatomically modern human was from Tabon Caves in Palawan dating about 47,000 ...
e. The history of the Philippines from 1898 to 1946 is known as the American colonial period, and began with the outbreak of the Spanish–American War in April 1898, when the Philippines was still a colony of the Spanish East Indies, and concluded when the United States formally recognized the independence of the Republic of the Philippines on ...
September. September 4 – The Philippine Preparatory Commission for Independence drafts a new Constitution which provides for a unicameral national assembly. September 20 – The 108 delegates to the National Assembly are chosen by the members of the Preparatory Commission for Philippine Independence. September 25 – A presidential election ...
The Roxas administration (1946–1948) [edit] Manuel Roxas, president from 1946 to 1948. When the Congress of the Philippines was convened in 1945, the legislators elected in 1941 chose Manuel Roxas as Senate President. In the Philippine national elections of 1946, Roxas ran for president as the nominee of the liberal wing of the Nacionalista ...
June 12, 1898 – Independence is proclaimed in Kawit by the Dictatorial Government of the Philippines. [16] June 18 – Aguinaldo proclaims dictatorial government. [17] [18] June 23, 1899 – Aguinaldo issues proclamation replacing his dictatorial government with a revolutionary one. [19] [20] January 22, 1899 – Promulgation of the Malolos ...
The Dictatorial Government of the Philippines (Spanish: Gobierno Dictatorial de Filipinas) was an insurgent government in the Spanish East Indies inaugurated during the Spanish–American War by Emilio Aguinaldo in a public address on May 24, 1898, on his return to the Philippines from exile in Hong Kong, [2] and formally established on June 18 ...