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Marcos Presidency
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Marcos Was Elected For His First Term
During his first term, Filipinos were hopeful for such great change. The Marcos campaign touched different provinces, for example Imelda Marcos would help local farmers as it represented that they were in this journey together. -
Marcos sends Philippine Troops to Vietnam
As part of his commitment to helping his ally, Ferdinand Marcos sends 1500 Filipino soldiers to Vietnam to assist the U.S military. -
Ninoy Aquino elected as senator
Ninoy Aquino becomes the youngest elected senator in the country's history at age 34 - halfway through Marcos's first 4-year term -
Marcos re-election
Ferdinand Marcos was the first Filipino president to be re-elected for another term. There was an increasing amount of revolutionary movements representing anti Marcos, symptoms consisted of; first term violence, corruption, police brutality etc. -
Battle of Mendiola
Students marched down the street of the Malacañang Palace,
Firetrucks containing water cannons were brought to disperse the crowd. Students then hijacked trucks and rams the gate of Malacañang. An eerie silence overlooked the event. Sound of gunshots and 4 students shot and killed. -
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First Quarter Storm
The first quarter storm consisted of many protests that represented the people of the Philippines who are strongly against the governments and the Marcos regime. -
First Constitutional Convention
A constitutional convention is the act of gathering important people in the government in hopes of changing or altering the constitution. In this case Marcos wanted to try to extend his term by changing the presidential system to the parliamentary procedure. Marcos was not successful as senators voted the idea down. -
Bombing in Plaza Miranda
The bombing in Plaza Miranda occurred in the middle of a Liberal Party campaign, as a result 9 people died. With this event, fingers were pointed at the communists as the bombing happened at a Liberal Party essentially one of the enemy's of the communists. -
Declaration of Martial Law
Marcos placed the whole Philippines under Martial Law. Which means that Marcos has control over the people, their rights and actions. The people power movement became more quiet as Marcos made any form of protesting illegal. -
Arrest of Ninoy Aquino and Jose Diokno
Ninoy Aquino was arrested in the middle of a meeting in the Hilton Hotel. Both Ninoy and Jose were arrested as a political threat, technically they did not commit any sort of crime. Theses two Filipino senators were also the strongest critics of the Marcos regime. -
Attempted assassination of Imelda Marcos
Carlito Dimahilig attempted to kill Imelda Marcos during a ceremony of National Beautification and cleanliness contest. When Imelda went to the stage to receive her awards as Dimahilig attempted to stab her with a Bolo. -
Marcos Constitution Ratified
After the declaration of martial law, Marcos wanted to try to change the Philippine government from a presidential to a parliamentary system once more. However, this time it passed as previous delegates the voted down in the past were arrested and in jail. Although this still had to be passed, Marcos would use various types of manipulation over the Filipinos. -
LABAN Party Founding
LABAN is the other party that is running against the Marcos Campaign. The leader of the party was Ninoy Aquino. This was unusual as Ninoy Aquino was in still in jail and was sentenced for death penalty, along with 2 other well known communists. -
Noise Barrage
The Noise Barrage was held one day before the first elections under martial law. The filipinos (people power) made as much noise as they possibly could. -
Aquino heart attack/ sent to the United States
In March 1980, Ninoy Aquino suffered a heart attack and is allowed to travel to the US for a heart bypass -
Reagan elected as president
Ronald Reagan elected 40th president of the US. He is a firm supporter of the Marcoses until the end of their reign. He assists their departure from the Philippines. -
Marcos Elections, boycotted by opposition
Marcos held another Presidential Election and won another 6 year term, however, the opposition boycotted the elections. -
Aquino Assassination
After staying in the United States for 3 years Ninoy Aquino decided to come back to the Philippines, he didn't care if Marcos would put him back to jail as he didn't want to abandon his country in such a fragile state. He had some stops in other southeast Asia countries. When Ninoy Aquino landed in the Philippines, as soon as he came out of the airplane he was shot to death. -
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Confetti Revolution
Following Ninoy Aquino's death on August 21, 1983 a new form of protest was used called the confetti revolution. Business people started to join in which was unusual as they weren't involved as much in the past. -
Marcos calls for snap elections
With rising criticism from the United States, many international organizations and Filipino citizens. Marcos calls for an all of a sudden election to prove the negative remarks wrong. -
Defection of Ramos and Enrile
General Fidel V. Ramos and defense minister Juan Ponce Enrile, along with 500 men, defect from the military and show their support for the opposition. -
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EDSA Uprising
The EDSA uprising was a revolution represented by a more varied amount of people. The Filipinos continued to go against the Marcos Regime. It resulted into Marcos Fleeing the country. -
Marcos Flees
The Marcos family is forced to flee from the Malacañang Palace to Guam. -
Corazon Aquino Sworn in as President
Cory Aquino is sworn in as the eleventh President of the Philippines after Marcos flees the country. -
Marcos dies in hawaii
Ferdinand Marcos died of cardiac arrest shortly after midnight in st.Francis medical center. He had been in the hospital for nearly 9 months with a series of heart, lung and kidney ailments.
