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Marcos election as President (November 1965 - takes office in January 1966)
Marcos election as President (November 1965 - takes office in January 1966) -
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Ferdinand Marcos election as President
December 1965 - takes office January 1966 -
Ferdinand Marcos was re-elected as President
Was very controversial -
First Quarter Storm
First Quarter Storm -
Battle of Mediola
"Battle of Mendiola," named after a street in front of the Malacañang Palace, the presidential mansion, pitted student demonstrators, who tried to storm the palace, against riot police and resulted in many injuries. -
Philippine Constitutional Convention
a very important Philippine governmental event was held called Philippine Constitutional Convention -
Plaza Miranda incident
The Plaza Miranda bombing occurred during a political campaign rally of the Liberal Party at Plaza Miranda in the district of Quiapo, Manila in the Philippines on August 21, 1971. -
Arrest of Ninoy Aquino
- other senators included
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Declaration of Martial Law by Ferdinand Marcos
He placed the Philippines under Martial Law. The declaration issued under Proclamation 1081 suspended the civil rights and imposed military authority in the country. -
Constitutional Convention
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Founding of Lakas ng Bayan Party
Led by Ninoy Aquino, who was still in jail -
Noise Barrage
The first formal elections since 1969 for an interim Batasang Pambansa (National Assembly) were held on April 7, 1978. Sen. Aquino, then in jail, decided to run as leader of his party, the Lakas ng Bayan party, but they did not win any seats in the Batasan, despite public support and their apparent victory. The night before the elections, supporters of the LABAN party showed their solidarity by setting up a "noise barrage" in Manila, creating noise the whole night until dawn. -
Aquino heart attack
/ sent to US -
MARCOS elections
boycotted by opposition -
Period: to
Confetti Revolution
Beginning in the fall of 1983, Filipinos chose yellow as the color to represent the campaign and office building employees would release tons of yellow confetti onto the streets on a weekly basis. As the Philippines sunk deeper and deeper into debt, business leaders became frustrated with Marcos and demanded reforms. Consequently, Marcos reinstated the vice presidency and reduced restrictions on age qualifications to run for president and vice president. -
Aquino assasination at MIA
at MIA -
Marcos calls for snap elections (1985)
Marcos said that in the Snap Elections, the vice president would also be determined. -
Fidel Ramos and Juan Ponce Enrile defect
At about 6:30 p.m. on 22 February, Enrile and Ramos held a press conference at Camp Aguinaldo, where they announced that they had resigned from their positions in Marcos' cabinet and were withdrawing support from his government. Marcos himself later conducted his own news conference calling on Enrile and Ramos to surrender, urging them to "stop this stupidity."[52] -
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Edsa uprising (Filipinos on EDSA)
Main event of People Power Revolution -
Marcos flees (1986)
Ferdinand Marcos and his family flee the Philippines to go to Hawaii, due to People Power
