2000 Air Philippines flight 541 crashes into a hill near Davao, killing 131
1995 Bus crashes in Luzon Philippines, 29 killed
1994 6.7-8.1 earthquake strikes Philippines, killing 45
1994 Pinatubo volcano in Philippines erupts, kills at least 14
1993 C-130 flies into a Philippines hill and explodes, 16 killed
1993 "Les Miserables," opens at Meralco Theatre, Philippines
1993 Boat sinks at Bocaue Philippines, 325 die
1993 Alfredo de Leon, leader (Philippines Red Scorpio Gang), killed
1992 Fidel Ramos installed as president of Philippines
1991 Underwater volcano, Mount Didicas, erupts in Philippines
1991 Philippines volcano Mount Pinatubo erupts
1991 Mount Pinatubo volcano on Philippines erupts
1991 Mount Pinatubo (Philippines) erupts for 1st time in 600 years
1990 Philippines hit by typhoon, 110 die
1990 400 die in a, 7.7, earthquake in Philippines
1989 Ferdinand E Marcos, president of Philippines (1965-86), dies at 72
1987 Corazon Aquino is elected president in the Philippines
1987 Philippines constitution goes into effect
1987 Philippines adopts constitution
1986 Rolando Olalia, Philippines worker's union leader, murdered
1986 Ex-minister Arturo Tolentino failed coup in Philippines
1986 Corazon Aquino becomes president of Philippines, Marcos flees
1986 Ferdinand Marcos wins rigged Philippines presidential election
1983 Benigno S Aquino Jr, Philippines opposition leader, killed at 50
1976 An earthquake and tidal wave in the Philippines kills up to 8,000
1974 Last Japanese soldier, a guerrilla operating in Philippines, surrenders, 29 years after World War II ended
1972 Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos declares martial law
1972 President Marcos ends emergency crisis in Philippines
1972 Marcos declares martial law in Philippines
1971 Lea Salonga, Philippines, singer and actress, Miss Siagon
1970 Pope Paul VI wounded in chest during a visit to Philippines by a dagger-wielding Bolivian painter disguised as a priest
1969 Communist New People's Army found in Philippines
1967 Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand meet to form Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN)
1967 Al Carlay, born in Manila, Philippines, U.S. fencer-foil 1996 Olympics
1967 2 homemade buses collided on a mountain road in Terpate, Philippines plunging off a cliff, killing 84, injuring 140
1966 Beatles attacked in Philippines after insulting Imelda Marcos
1965 Ferdinand Marcos elected president of Philippines
1965 Lava flows kill at least 350 (Taal Philippines)
1965 Volcano explodes on Luzon Philippines; 500 killed
1962 Lou Diamond Phillips, Philippines, actor, La Bamba, Stand and Deliver
1961 Cecile Licad, Manila, Philippines, pianist, Leventritt Award-1981
1956 Elpidio Quirino, president of Philippines (1949-53), dies at 65
1951 Superheated gases roll down Mount Catarman (Philippines), kills 500
1951 U.S. and Philippines sign mutual defense pact
1950 Philippines president Quirino ends emergency crisis
1949 Susan Penhaligon, born in Manilla, Philippines, actress, Dracula, Nasty Habits
1946 Philippines gains independence from U.S.
1945 Japanese forces in Philippines surrender to Allies
1945 Philippines Sea: U.S. cruiser Indianapolis torpedoed/sinks, 880 die
1945 US soldiers led by Gen Douglas MacArthur invades Philippines
1944 Destroyers "Hull," "Spence" and "Monaghan" sink in typhoon (Philippines)
1944 US destroyers sink in storm off Philippines, 790 killed
1944 U.S. aircraft carrier Princeton sinks at Philippines
1944 U.S. 6th army lands on Leyte, Philippines
1944 U.S. forces under Gen Douglas MacArthur return to Philippines
1944 U.S. forces land in Philippines
1944 Manuel Luis Quezon y Molina, President of Philippines (1935-42), dies at 65
1944 U.S. attacks Japanese fleet in Philippines Sea
1944 Battle of Philippines Sea, 300 Japanese aircraft shot down
1942 Kim Fowley, Philippines/US rock vocalist/producer/songwriter
1942 Corregidor and Philippines surrender to Japanese Armies
1942 Japanese troops occupy Manila Philippines
1941 Japans invasion leader lands on Luzon, Philippines
1941 Japanese troops landed on northern Luzon in the Philippines
1941 1st U.S. WW II bombing mission in Far East, Luzon, Philippines
1940 Lino Brocka, born in San Jose, Philippines, director, Macho Dancer, Jaguar
1935 Commonwealth of Philippines inaugurated
1935 Manuel Luis Quezon y Molina chosen 1st president of Philippines
1935 Plebiscite in Philippines ratifies independence agreement
1934 World's largest pearl (6.4 kg) found at Palawan, Philippines
1934 U.S. declares the Philippines to become independent in 1945
1934 U.S. Congress accepts Philippines independence in 1945
1933 Corazon Aquino, president of Philippines, 1986-92
1933 U.S. Congress recognize independence Philippines
1931 Imelda Marcos, politician/shoe collector/1st lady of Philippines
1926 Philippines government asks U.S. to plebiscite for independence
1917 Ferdinand Marcos, Philippines President, 1965-86
1916 U.S. Congress accept Jones Act: Philippines independence
1916 James D. Ramage, U.S. lt-Adm, WW II-Palau/Guam/Philippines
1915 Brenda Marshall, Philippines, actress, Sea Hawk, Paris After Dark
1912 108 degrees F (42 degrees C), Tuguegarao, Philippines (Oceania record)
1911 46" of rain (begining 7/14) falls in Baguio, Philippines
1911 46" of rain begins to fall in Baguio, Philippines
1910 Diosdado Macapagal, Philippines president, 1961-65
1907 Ramon Magsaysay, Philippines, statesman, U.S. Legion of Merit-1952
1899 Revolt against U.S. occupation of Philippines
1898 Spanish-American War ends; U.S. acquires Philippines, PR and Guam
1898 U.S. fleet under commodore Dewey sails from Hong Kong to Philippines
1896 Jose Mercado Rizal, anti-Spanish rule of Philippines proponent, dies
1892 Manuel Roxas y Acuna, 1st president Philippines
1890 Elpidio Quirino, president of Philippines, 1949-53
1878 Manuel Luis Quezon y Molina, 1st president of Philippines, 1935-42
1820 Philippines chases out foreigners; about 125 die
1814 Volcano Mayon on Luzon Philippines erupts killing 1,200
1787 Spanish governor leaves Philippines
1762 English troops occupy Manila Philippines
1755 Philippines close all non-catholic Chinese restaurants
1661 Andres Malong, Philippines rebel leader, executed
1660 Philippines: Andres Malongs rebels plunders Bagnotan
1605 Chinese uprising on Philippines, Tondo/Quiapo massacre
1603 Chinese uprising in Philippines fails after 23,000 killed
1600 Olivier van Noorts ships reach Philippines
1582 Bishop Domingo de Salazar of Manila suppresses the Philippines
1565 1st Spanish settlement in Philippines, Cebu City, forms
1521 Ferdinand Magellan discovers the Philippines
1521 Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan reaches Philippines
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