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On April 1959 the busiest road in Metro Manila today was changed when the name changed from Highway 54 to EDSA. Why EDSA? EDSA was named after Epifonia de los Santos because President Roman Magsaysay wanted the road to be named after a Rizal Province Resident.
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President Ferdinand Marcos got elected for 2nd term.
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An important movement in Filipino history called First Quarter Storm begun.
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The EDSA uprising in the revolutionary movements. Other countries like East Germany and now known as Czech Republic started to follow.
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arrests of Ninoy Aquino and other seneters constitutional convention.
