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September 15 – Evelyn Fuentebella, Filipino Mayor; September 16 – Carlos Dominguez III, businessman and former chief executive of Philippine Airlines (d. 2021) September 30 – Victor Ziga, Member of the Senate of the Philippines; October 7 – Ross Rival, Filipino actor (d. 2007) October 26 – Vicente del Rosario Jr., Filipino media ...
The Japanese occupation of the Philippines (Filipino: Pananakop ng mga Hapones sa Pilipinas; Japanese: 日本のフィリピン占領, romanized: Nihon no Firipin Senryō) occurred between 1942 and 1945, when the Japanese Empire occupied the Commonwealth of the Philippines during World War II.
Presidents' Day, officially Washington's Birthday at the federal governmental level, is a holiday in the United States celebrated on the third Monday of February. It is often celebrated to honor all those who served as presidents of the United States and, since 1879, has been the federal holiday honoring Founding Father George Washington, who led the Continental Army to victory in the American ...
The Agoo–Damortis Protected Landscape and Seascape is located on the eastern side of Lingayen Gulf in southern La Union, Philippines.It was established in 2000 to protect 10,648.94 hectares (26,314.1 acres) of coastal area, including mangrove swamps, seagrass beds and stretches of fine black sand beaches.
Bonifacio Day is a national holiday in the Philippines, commemorating Andrés Bonifacio, one of the country's national heroes.He was the founder and eventual Supremo of the Katipunan, a secret society that triggered the Philippine Revolution of 1896 against the Spanish Empire.
A working holiday which was first observed in 2018. This holiday aims to promote technical and vocational education and training in the Philippines. August 30 National Press Freedom Day: Pambansang Araw ng Kalayaan sa Pamamahayag: Fixed A working holiday which will be first observed in 2022.
White Cane Safety Day is a national observance in the United States, celebrated on October 15 of each year since 1964. The date is set aside to celebrate the achievements of people who are blind or visually impaired and the important symbol of blindness and tool of independence, the white cane .
Two years later, Santa Cruz, California, instituted the holiday. [3] Starting in 2014, many other cities and states adopted the holiday. [4] In 2021, Joe Biden formally commemorated the holiday with a presidential proclamation, becoming the first U.S. president to do so, and presidential proclamations have also been issued in 2022 and 2023.